Uterine microbiota and its effect on reproductive outcomes

Keburia L.K., Smolnikova V.Yu., Priputnevich T.V., Muravyeva V.V.

Academician V.I. Kulakov National Medical Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Perinatology, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
Implantation failures are one of the causes of the inefficiency of in vitro fertilization programs. The uterine microbiota and its effect on successful implantation is the subject of investigations in recent years. The possibilities of culture and molecular genetic methods for diagnosis, in particular 16s rRNA sequencing, metagenomic sequencing in the study of the uterine microbiota and its effect on the frequency of implantation and the onset and outcome of pregnancy are described. The analysis of the data available in the literature, as well as the results of previous studies confirm the relevance of investigating the uterine microbiota in order to elaborate an algorithm for management of patients with repeated implantation failures depending on microbial contamination.

Keywords

infertility
assisted reproductive technologies
uterine and cervical canal microbiota
embryo implantation
16s rRNA sequencing

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Received 15.06.2018

Accepted 22.06.2018

About the Authors

Keburiya, Lela K., postgraduate student, Department of Assistive Technologies in Infertility Treatment, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +79039655547. E-mail: tati-keburiya@yandex.ru
Smolnikova, Veronika U., MD, leading researcher, Department of Assistive Technologies in Infertility Treatment, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. E-mail: v_smolnikova@oparina4.ru
Priputnevich, Tatiana V., MD, head of Microbiology Department,
National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia.
117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. Tel.: +74954382510. E-mail: t_priputnevich@oparina4.ru
Muravieva, Vera V., researcher of Microbiology Laboratory, National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology named
after Academician V.I. Kulakov Ministry of Health of Russia. 117997, Russia, Moscow, Ac. Oparina str. 4. E-mail: v_muravieva@oparina4.ru

For citations: Keburiya L.K., Smolnikova V.Yu., Priputnevich T.V., Muravieva V.V. Uterine microbiota and its effect on reproductive outcomes. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2019; (2): 22-7. (in Russian)
http://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2019.2.22-27

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