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1. Exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances and asthma phenotypes in childhood:an investigation of the COPSAC2010 cohort

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Sevelsted, Astrid, Pedersen, Casper Emil Tingskov, Gürdeniz, Gözde, Rasmussen, Morten Arendt, Schullehner, Jörg, Sdougkou, Kalliroi, Martin, Jonathan W., Lasky-Su, Jessica, Morin, Andreanne, Ober, Carole, Schoos, Ann Marie Malby, Stokholm, Jakob, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Chawes, Bo, and Bisgaard, Hans

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MeSH, hs-CRP, Mother-child cohort, Allergy, PFOS, PFOA, Metabolomics, FeNO, Child, Asthma, Sensitization, Xenobiotics
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Background: Exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances may affect offspring immune development and thereby increase risk of childhood asthma, but the underlying mechanisms and asthma phenotype affected by such exposure is unknown. Methods: In the Danish COPSAC2010 cohort of 738 unselected pregnant women and their children plasma PFOS and PFOA concentrations were semi-quantified by untargeted metabolomics analyses and calibrated using a targeted pipeline in mothers (gestation week 24 and 1 week postpartum) and children (age ½, 1½ and 6 years). We examined associations between pregnancy and childhood PFOS and PFOA exposure and childhood infections, asthma, allergic sensitization, atopic dermatitis, and lung function measures, and studied potential mechanisms by integrating data on systemic low-grade inflammation (hs-CRP), functional immune responses, and epigenetics. Findings: Higher maternal PFOS and PFOA exposure during pregnancy showed association with a non-atopic asthma phenotype by age 6, a protection against sensitization, and no association with atopic asthma or lung function, or atopic dermatitis. The effect was primarily driven by prenatal exposure. There was no association with infection proneness, low-grade inflammation, altered immune responses or epigenetic changes. Interpretations: Prenatal exposure to PFOS and PFOA, but not childhood exposure, specifically increased the risk of low prevalent non-atopic asthma, whereas there was no effect on atopic asthma, lung function, or atopic dermatitis. Funding: All funding received by COPSAC are listed on www.copsac.com. The Lundbeck Foundation (Grant no R16-A1694); The Novo Nordic Foundation (Grant nos NNF20OC0061029, NNF170C0025014, NNF180C0031764); The Ministry of Health (Grant no 903516); Danish Council for Strategic Research (Grant no 0603-00280B); and The Capital Region Research Foundation have provided core support to the COPSAC research center. COPSAC acknowledges the National Facility for Exposomics (SciLifeLab, Sweden) for supporting calibration of the untargeted metabolomics PFAS data. BC and AS has received funding for this project from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (BC: grant agreement No. 946228 DEFEND; AS: grant agreement No. 864764 HEDIMED).

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2023
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3. Association between respiratory infections in early life and later asthma is independent of virus type.

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Bønnelykke, Klaus, Vissing, Nadja Hawwa, Sevelsted, Astrid, Johnston, Sebastian L., and Bisgaard, Hans

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Background Lower respiratory tract infections in the first years of life are associated with later asthma, and this observation has led to a focus on the potential causal role of specific respiratory viruses, such as rhinoviruses and respiratory syncytial virus, in asthma development. However, many respiratory viruses and bacteria trigger similar respiratory symptoms and it is possible that the important risk factors for asthma are the underlying susceptibility to infection and the exaggerated reaction to such triggers rather than the particular triggering agent. Objective We sought to study the association between specific infections in early life and development of asthma later in childhood. Methods Three hundred thirteen children were followed prospectively in the Copenhagen Prospective Studies of Asthma in Childhood 2000 high-risk birth cohort. Nine respiratory virus types (respiratory syncytial virus, rhinoviruses, other picornaviruses, coronaviruses 229E and OC43, parainfluenza viruses 1-3, influenza viruses AH1, AH3, and B, human metapneumovirus, adenoviruses, and bocavirus) and 3 pathogenic airway bacteria ( Streptococcus pneumoniae , Haemophilus influenzae , and Moraxella catarrhalis ) were identified in airway secretions sampled during episodes of troublesome lung symptoms in the first 3 years of life. Asthma was determined by age 7 years. Results In unadjusted analyses, all viruses and pathogenic bacteria identified during episodes of troublesome lung symptoms were associated with increased risk of asthma by age 7 years with similar odds ratios for all viruses and pathogenic bacteria. After adjustment for the frequency of respiratory episodes, the particular triggers were no longer associated with asthma. Conclusion The number of respiratory episodes in the first years of life, but not the particular viral trigger, was associated with later asthma development. This suggests that future research should focus on the susceptibility and exaggerated response to lower respiratory tract infections in general rather than on the specific triggering agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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