SUPR
HHV-6 and preeclampsia study
Dnr:

sens2025545

Type:

NAISS SENS

Principal Investigator:

Susanne Lager

Affiliation:

Uppsala universitet

Start Date:

2025-02-28

End Date:

2026-03-01

Primary Classification:

30220: Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine

Allocation

Abstract

Preeclampsia is a human specific pregnancy complication. In this project we investigate if infection with HHV-6 is an underlying cause. To do this we infect human placental cells with the viruses. We want to know if viral infection alters DNA methylation, mRNA levels and microRNAs. Cells from 8 placentas have been infected with the viruses and un-infected cells are controls, in total we have 48 samples that have been analyzed with three different methods.