Multiomics Studies Investigating Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: An Effective Tool for Mechanism Exploration

Front Immunol. 2022 Apr 27:13:826198. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.826198. eCollection 2022.

Abstract

Patients with recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) account for approximately 1%-5% of women aiming to achieve childbirth. Although studies have shown that RPL is associated with failure of endometrial decidualization, placental dysfunction, and immune microenvironment disorder at the maternal-fetal interface, the exact pathogenesis remains unknown. With the development of high-throughput technology, more studies have focused on the genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics of RPL, and new gene mutations and new biomarkers of RPL have been discovered, providing an opportunity to explore the pathogenesis of RPL from different biological processes. Bioinformatics analyses of these differentially expressed genes, proteins and metabolites also reflect the biological pathways involved in RPL, laying a foundation for further research. In this review, we summarize the findings of omics studies investigating decidual tissue, villous tissue and blood from patients with RPL and identify some possible limitations of current studies.

Keywords: blood; decidua; omics; recurrent pregnancy loss; villus.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Habitual* / genetics
  • Abortion, Habitual* / metabolism
  • Decidua* / metabolism
  • Endometrium / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Placenta / metabolism
  • Pregnancy
  • Proteomics