Large-scale characterisation of the pregnancy vaginal microbiome and sialidase activity in a low-risk Chinese population
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Quality control
- Retracted paper
- Contamination issues suspected
- Batch effect issues suspected
- Uncontrolled confounding suspected
- Results are suspect (various reasons)
- Tags applied
Experiment 1
Subjects
- Location of subjects
- China
- Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
- Homo sapiens
- Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
- Posterior fornix of vagina Pars posterior fornicis vaginae,Posterior fornix,Posterior part of fornix of vagina,Posterior fornix of vagina,posterior fornix of vagina
- Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
- Birth measurement Birth measurement,birth measurement
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Low vaginal sialidase activity
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- High vaginal sialidase activity
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Women with high vaginal sialidase activity, which is often associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV)
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 783
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 36
- Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
- Within 30 days
Lab analysis
- Sequencing type
- 16S
- 16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
- V4
- Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
- Illumina
Statistical Analysis
- Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
- relative abundances
- Statistical test
- LEfSe
- Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
- 0.05
- MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
- Yes
- LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
- 2.0
Alpha Diversity
- Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
- increased
- Richness Number of species
- increased
Signature 1
Source: FIG 2 (C)
Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with low (green) versus high (red) vaginal sialidase activity
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in High vaginal sialidase activity
Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica
Signature 2
Source: FIG 2 (C)
Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with low (green) versus high (red) vaginal sialidase activity
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in High vaginal sialidase activity
Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica
Experiment 2
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- Leukocyte low (grades I-II)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Vaginal microbiota of women with Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Signature 1
Source: FIG 3 (C)
Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with leukocyte low (grades I-II, green) versus leukocyte high (grades III-IV, red)
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)
Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica
Signature 2
Source: FIG 3 (C)
Description: LDA analysis in vaginal microbiota of women with leukocyte low (grades I-II, green) versus leukocyte high (grades III-IV, red)
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Leukocyte high (grades III-IV)
Revision editor(s): Rahila, Scholastica