Association between Disgust Sensitivity during Pregnancy and Endogenous Steroids: A Longitudinal Study

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25136857" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25136857</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms25136857" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijms25136857</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Association between Disgust Sensitivity during Pregnancy and Endogenous Steroids: A Longitudinal Study

Original language description

The emotion of disgust protects individuals against pathogens, and it has been found to be elevated during pregnancy. Physiological mechanisms discussed in relation to these changes include immune markers and progesterone levels. This study aimed to assess the association between steroids and disgust sensitivity in pregnancy. Using a prospective longitudinal design, we analyzed blood serum steroid concentrations and measured disgust sensitivity via text-based questionnaires in a sample of 179 pregnant women during their first and third trimesters. We found positive correlations between disgust sensitivity and the levels of C19 steroids (including testosterone) and its precursors in the Delta 5 pathway (androstenediol, DHEA, and their sulfates) and the Delta 4 pathway (androstenedione). Additionally, positive correlations were observed with 5 alpha/beta-reduced C19 steroid metabolites in both trimesters. In the first trimester, disgust sensitivity was positively associated with 17-hydroxypregnanolone and with some estrogens. In the third trimester, positive associations were observed with cortisol and immunoprotective Delta 5 C19 7 alpha/beta-hydroxy-steroids. Our findings show that disgust sensitivity is positively correlated with immunomodulatory steroids, and in the third trimester, with steroids which may be related to potential maternal-anxiety-related symptoms. This study highlights the complex relationship between hormonal changes and disgust sensitivity during pregnancy.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10608 - Biochemistry and molecular biology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

ISSN

1661-6596

e-ISSN

1422-0067

Volume of the periodical

25

Issue of the periodical within the volume

13

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

26

Pages from-to

6857

UT code for WoS article

001270002500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85197391974