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Do early-life viral infections cause asthma?Epidemiologic associations between viral lower respiratory infections (LRIs) and asthma in later childhood are well known
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Maternal Serum Vitamin D Levels During Pregnancy and Offspring Neurocognitive DevelopmentNew research links poor language to lack of Vitamin D in womb.
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Increased allergic immune response to Sarcoptes scabiei antigens in crusted versus ordinary scabiesScabies, a parasitic skin infestation by the burrowing "itch" mite Sarcoptes scabiei, causes significant health problems for children and adults worldwide.
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Regulatory role of IL10 genetic variations in determining allergen-induced TH2 cytokine responses in childrenInterleukin-10 is a key immunomodulatory cytokine the principal function of which is to limit the magnitude of immune response.
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Viral infections and atopy in asthma pathogenesis: New rationales for asthma prevention and treatmentProspective birth cohort studies tracking asthma initiation and consolidation in community cohorts have identified viral infections occurring against a...
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Lipopolysaccharide-induced interferon response networks at birth are predictive of severe viral lower respiratory infections in the first year of lifeAppropriate innate immune function is essential to limit pathogenesis and severity of severe lower respiratory infections (sLRI) during infancy, a leading cause of hospitalization and risk factor for subsequent asthma in this age group.
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Rare variant analysis in eczema identifies exonic variants in DUSP1, NOTCH4 and SLC9A4Previous genome-wide association studies revealed multiple common variants involved in eczema but the role of rare variants remains to be elucidated. Here, we investigate the role of rare variants in eczema susceptibility. We meta-analyze 21 study populations including 20,016 eczema cases and 380,433 controls. Rare variants are imputed with high accuracy using large population-based reference panels.
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IRF7-Associated Immunophenotypes Have Dichotomous Responses to Virus/Allergen Coexposure and OM-85-Induced ReprogrammingHigh risk for virus-induced asthma exacerbations in children is associated with an IRF7lo immunophenotype, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Here, we applied a Systems Biology approach to an animal model comprising rat strains manifesting high versus low susceptibility to experimental asthma, induced by virus/allergen coexposure, to elucidate the mechanism(s)-of-action of the high-risk asthma immunophenotype.
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Risk factors and prognosis of recurrent wheezing in Chinese young children: A prospective cohort studyWe aimed to investigate the risk factors for different wheezing phenotypes in Chinese young children and to explore the prognosis of recurrent wheezing
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotypePrevious analyses of family data from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study provide evidence that this phenotype has a stronger genetic cause than asthma...