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JOURNAL OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
Volume 20, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-03201-w
Keywords
Vaginal microbiota; 16S rRNA sequencing; HPV persistent infection; HPV clearance
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFC2009100, 2021YFC2009105]
- foundation of Science & Technology Department of Sichuan Province [2019YJ0044]
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Persistent HR-HPV infection is associated with dysbiosis of the vaginal microbiota, and microbiome regulation with Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus may affect HPV clearance.
Background The status of vaginal microbiota in persistent high-risk human papilloma virus (HR-HPV) infection is unclear. The present work aimed to identify the vaginal microbiota of persistent HPV infection and explore the possible underlying microbiota factors. Methods A total of 100 women were recruited in this study, of which 28 presented HR-HPV persistent infection (P group), 30 showed clearance of any subtype of HR-HPV (C group), and 42 had no history of any HR-HPV infection (NC group). The vaginal microbiota and the community structure of the three groups were compared based on the 16S rRNA sequencing of the V3-V4 region. The microbiota diversity and differential analysis were carried out to detect the potential factors associated with HR-HPV infection. Results P and C groups showed an increase of Firmicutes and Actinobacteriota but a decrease in Proteobacteria compared to the NC group. The Chao1 index indicated that the microbial richness of the NC group was greater than C group (P < 0.05).The principal co-ordinate analysis(PCoA) revealed differences between the NC and P/C groups.The linear discriminant analysis effect size (LEfSe) method indicated that Proteobacteria phylum was significantly different in the mean relative abundance in the NC group,but the P and C groups did not show such indicative taxa. The Wilcox rank-sum test indicated that the Bifidobacterium (P = 0.002) and Lactobacillus (P = 0.005) of the C group were in a high mean relative abundance compared to the NC group. Conclusions The persistent HR-HPV infection is associated with dysbiosis of the vaginal microbiota. Microbiome regulation with Bifidobacteria and Lactobacillus may affect the clearance of HPV.
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