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Cosemans C, Madhloum N, Sleurs H, Alfano R, Verheyen L, Wang C, Vanbrabant K, Vanpoucke C, Lefebvre W, Nawrot TS, Plusquin M. Prenatal particulate matter exposure is linked with neurobehavioural development in early life. Environ Res 2024; 252:118879. [PMID: 38579996 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.118879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Early life exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) may negatively affect neurobehavioral development in children, influencing their cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. Here, we report a study on prenatal PM2.5 exposure and neurobehavioral development focusing on different time points in the first years of life. METHODS This study was part of the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort that follows mother-child pairs longitudinally. First, the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) was employed on 88 newborns aged one to two months to assess their autonomic/physiological regulation, motor organisation, state organisation/regulation, and attention/social interaction. Second, our study included 393 children between the ages of four and six years, for which the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) was used to assess the children's emotional problems, hyperactivity, conduct problems, peer relationship, and prosocial behaviour. Prenatal PM2.5 exposure was determined using a high-resolution spatial-temporal method based on the maternal address. Multiple linear and multinomial logistic regression models were used to analyse the relationship between prenatal PM2.5 exposure and neurobehavioral development in newborns and children, respectively. RESULTS A 5 μg/m³ increase in first-trimester PM2.5 concentration was associated with lower NBAS range of state cluster scores (-6.11%; 95%CI: -12.00 to -0.23%; p = 0.04) in one-to-two-month-old newborns. No other behavioural clusters nor the reflexes cluster were found to be associated with prenatal PM2.5 exposure. Furthermore, a 5 μg/m³ increment in first-trimester PM2.5 levels was linked with higher odds of a child experiencing peer problems (Odds Ratio (OR) = 3.89; 95%CI: 1.39 to 10.87; p = 0.01) at ages four to six. Additionally, a 5 μg/m³ increase in second-trimester PM2.5 concentration was linked to abnormal prosocial behaviour (OR = 0.49; 95%CI: 0.25 to 0.98; p = 0.04) at four to six years old. No associations were found between in utero PM2.5 exposure and hyperactivity or conduct problems. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that prenatal exposure to PM may impact neurobehavioural development in newborns and preschool children. We identified sensitive time windows during early-to-mid pregnancy, possibly impacting stage changes in newborns and peer problems and prosocial behaviour in children.
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- Charlotte Cosemans
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Belgian Interregional Environment Agency, IRCEL-CELINE, Gaucheretstraat 92-94, 1030, Brussels, Belgium
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- Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO, Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium; School of Public Health, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Leuven University, Oude Markt 13, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Li S, Spitz N, Ghantous A, Abrishamcar S, Reimann B, Marques I, Silver MJ, Aguilar-Lacasaña S, Kitaba N, Rezwan FI, Röder S, Sirignano L, Tuhkanen J, Mancano G, Sharp GC, Metayer C, Morimoto L, Stein DJ, Zar HJ, Alfano R, Nawrot T, Wang C, Kajantie E, Keikkala E, Mustaniemi S, Ronkainen J, Sebert S, Silva W, Vääräsmäki M, Jaddoe VWV, Bernstein RM, Prentice AM, Cosin-Tomas M, Dwyer T, Håberg SE, Herceg Z, Magnus MC, Munthe-Kaas MC, Page CM, Völker M, Gilles M, Send T, Witt S, Zillich L, Gagliardi L, Richiardi L, Czamara D, Räikkönen K, Chatzi L, Vafeiadi M, Arshad SH, Ewart S, Plusquin M, Felix JF, Moore SE, Vrijheid M, Holloway JW, Karmaus W, Herberth G, Zenclussen A, Streit F, Lahti J, Hüls A, Hoang TT, London SJ, Wiemels JL. A Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium (PACE) meta-analysis highlights potential relationships between birth order and neonatal blood DNA methylation. Commun Biol 2024; 7:66. [PMID: 38195839 PMCID: PMC10776586 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05698-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
Abstract
Higher birth order is associated with altered risk of many disease states. Changes in placentation and exposures to in utero growth factors with successive pregnancies may impact later life disease risk via persistent DNA methylation alterations. We investigated birth order with Illumina DNA methylation array data in each of 16 birth cohorts (8164 newborns) with European, African, and Latino ancestries from the Pregnancy and Childhood Epigenetics Consortium. Meta-analyzed data demonstrated systematic DNA methylation variation in 341 CpGs (FDR adjusted P < 0.05) and 1107 regions. Forty CpGs were located within known quantitative trait loci for gene expression traits in blood, and trait enrichment analysis suggested a strong association with immune-related, transcriptional control, and blood pressure regulation phenotypes. Decreasing fertility rates worldwide with the concomitant increased proportion of first-born children highlights a potential reflection of birth order-related epigenomic states on changing disease incidence trends.
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- Shaobo Li
- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, UHasselt, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DB, UK
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- SAMRC Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders, Dept of Psychiatry & Neuroscience Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
- Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, UHasselt, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, UHasselt, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, UHasselt, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Clinical Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University, Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Pediatric Research Centre, Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinical Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University, Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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- Clinical Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University, Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Clinical Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center Oulu, Oulu University, Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Population Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anthropology and Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- MRC Unit The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Fajara, The Gambia
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Oslo University Hospital, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Physical Health and Aging, Division for Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Woman and Child Health Department, Ospedale Versilia, AUSL Toscana Nord Ovest, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, CPO Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, UHasselt, Agoralaan, Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, London, UK
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Environmental Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
- Perinatal Immunology, Medical Faculty, Saxonian Incubator for Clinical Translation (SIKT), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Choudhary P, Monasso GS, Karhunen V, Ronkainen J, Mancano G, Howe CG, Niu Z, Zeng X, Guan W, Dou J, Feinberg JI, Mordaunt C, Pesce G, Baïz N, Alfano R, Martens DS, Wang C, Isaevska E, Keikkala E, Mustaniemi S, Thio CHL, Fraszczyk E, Tobi EW, Starling AP, Cosin-Tomas M, Urquiza J, Röder S, Hoang TT, Page C, Jima DD, House JS, Maguire RL, Ott R, Pawlow X, Sirignano L, Zillich L, Malmberg A, Rauschert S, Melton P, Gong T, Karlsson R, Fore R, Perng W, Laubach ZM, Czamara D, Sharp G, Breton CV, Schisterman E, Yeung E, Mumford SL, Fallin MD, LaSalle JM, Schmidt RJ, Bakulski KM, Annesi-Maesano I, Heude B, Nawrot TS, Plusquin M, Ghantous A, Herceg Z, Nisticò L, Vafeiadi M, Kogevinas M, Vääräsmäki M, Kajantie E, Snieder H, Corpeleijn E, Steegers-Theunissen RPM, Yang IV, Dabelea D, Fossati S, Zenclussen AC, Herberth G, Magnus M, Håberg SE, London SJ, Munthe-Kaas MC, Murphy SK, Hoyo C, Ziegler AG, Hummel S, Witt SH, Streit F, Frank J, Räikkönen K, Lahti J, Huang RC, Almqvist C, Hivert MF, Jaddoe VWV, Järvelin MR, Kantomaa M, Felix JF, Sebert S. Maternal educational attainment in pregnancy and epigenome-wide DNA methylation changes in the offspring from birth until adolescence. Mol Psychiatry 2023:10.1038/s41380-023-02331-5. [PMID: 38052982 DOI: 10.1038/s41380-023-02331-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 12/07/2023]
Abstract
Maternal educational attainment (MEA) shapes offspring health through multiple potential pathways. Differential DNA methylation may provide a mechanistic understanding of these long-term associations. We aimed to quantify the associations of MEA with offspring DNA methylation levels at birth, in childhood and in adolescence. Using 37 studies from high-income countries, we performed meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) to quantify the associations of completed years of MEA at the time of pregnancy with offspring DNA methylation levels at birth (n = 9 881), in childhood (n = 2 017), and adolescence (n = 2 740), adjusting for relevant covariates. MEA was found to be associated with DNA methylation at 473 cytosine-phosphate-guanine sites at birth, one in childhood, and four in adolescence. We observed enrichment for findings from previous EWAS on maternal folate, vitamin-B12 concentrations, maternal smoking, and pre-pregnancy BMI. The associations were directionally consistent with MEA being inversely associated with behaviours including smoking and BMI. Our findings form a bridge between socio-economic factors and biology and highlight potential pathways underlying effects of maternal education. The results broaden our understanding of bio-social associations linked to differential DNA methylation in multiple early stages of life. The data generated also offers an important resource to help a more precise understanding of the social determinants of health.
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- Priyanka Choudhary
- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland.
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
- Research Unit of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Bristol Medical School Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Micriobiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Epidemiology of Allergic and Respiratory Diseases (EPAR) team, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, Institute Pierre Louis d'Epidemiologie et Sante Publique (IPLESP), Sorbonne Université and INSERM, Paris, France
- Paris-Saclay University, Paris-South University, UVSQ, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), INSERM, Villejuif, France
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- Institute Desbrest of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Montpellier and INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Population Health Unit, Public Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Population Health Unit, Public Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Section for Research Support, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
- Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
- Biostatistics and Computational Biology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, 27709, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27701, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes eV, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes eV, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Menzies Institute of Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
- University of Western Australia, School of Population and Global Health, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL), Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA
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- Department Genes and Environment, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Kraepelinstrasse 2+10, 80804, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Bristol Medical School Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Population Health Research, Division of Intramural Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, 20817, USA
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- Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MA, USA
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- Department of Medical Micriobiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis (UC Davis), Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Institute Desbrest of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Montpellier and INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Université de Paris Cité, Inserm, INRAE, Centre of Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), F-75004, Paris, France
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Epigenomics and Mechanisms Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Centre for Behavioural Sciences and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédicaen Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Research Unit of Clinical Medicine, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Population Health Unit, Public Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
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- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Population Health Unit, Public Health and Welfare, Helsinki and Oulu, Finland
- Clinical Medicine Research Unit, Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Children's Hospital, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Division of Biomedical Informatics and Personalized Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA
- Center for Genes, Environment and Health, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
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- ISGlobal (Barcelona Institute for Global Health), Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), Doctor Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Environmental Immunology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology and Hematology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27701, USA
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27606, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes eV, Neuherberg, Germany
- Technical University Munich, School of Medicine, Forschergruppe Diabetes at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany
- Forschergruppe Diabetes eV, Neuherberg, Germany
- Technical University Munich, School of Medicine, Forschergruppe Diabetes at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
- Center for Innovative Psychiatric and Psychotherapeutic Research, Biobank, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA, Australia
- Edith Cowan University, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Joondalup, WA, Australia
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonology Unit at Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse (CoRAL), Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
- Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, London, UK
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Research Unit of Population Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Oulu, Finland
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Vandionant S, Hendrix S, Alfano R, Plusquin M, Cuypers A. Comparing cadmium-induced effects on the regulation of the DNA damage response and cell cycle progression between entire rosettes and individual leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol Biochem 2023; 204:108105. [PMID: 37883918 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Revised: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) activates the DNA damage response (DDR) and inhibits the cell cycle in Arabidopsis thaliana through the transcription factor SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1. The aim of this study was to investigate which individual leaf best reflects the Cd-induced effects on the regulation of the DDR and cell cycle progression in rosettes, enabling a more profound interpretation of the rosette data since detailed information, provided by the individual leaf responses, is lost when studying the whole rosette. Wild-type A. thaliana plants were cultivated in hydroponics and exposed to different Cd concentrations. Studied individual leaves were leaf 1 and 2, which emerged before Cd exposure, and leaf 3, which emerged upon Cd exposure. The DDR and cell cycle regulation were studied in rosettes as well as individual leaves after several days of Cd exposure. Varying concentration-dependent response patterns were observed between the entire rosette and individual leaves. Gene expression of selected DDR and cell cycle regulators showed higher similarity in their response between the rosette and the individual leaf emerged during Cd exposure than between both individual leaves. The same pattern was observed for plant growth and cell cycle-related parameters. We conclude that Cd-induced effects on the regulation of the DDR and cell cycle progression in the leaf that emerged during Cd exposure, resemble those observed in the rosette the most, which contributes to the interpretation of the rosette data in the framework of plant development and after exposure to Cd.
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- Stéphanie Vandionant
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Vineis P, Handakas E, Alfano R, Millett C, Fecht D, Chatzi L, Plusquin M, Nawrot T, Richiardi L, Barros H, Vrijheid M, Sassi F, Robinson O. The contribution to policies of an exposome-based approach to childhood obesity. Exposome 2023; 3:osad006. [PMID: 37823001 PMCID: PMC7615122 DOI: 10.1093/exposome/osad006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Childhood obesity is an increasingly severe public health problem, with a prospective impact on health. We propose an exposome approach to identify actionable risk factors for this condition. Our assumption is that relationships between external exposures and outcomes such as rapid growth, overweight, or obesity in children can be better understood through a "meet-in-the-middle" model. This is based on a combination of external and internal exposome-based approaches, that is, the study of multiple exposures (in our case, dietary patterns) and molecular pathways (metabolomics and epigenetics). This may strengthen causal reasoning by identifying intermediate markers that are associated with both exposures and outcomes. Our biomarker-based studies in the STOP consortium suggest (in several ways, including mediation analysis) that branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) could be mediators of the effect of dietary risk factors on childhood overweight/obesity. This is consistent with intervention and animal studies showing that higher intake of BCAAs has a positive impact on body composition, glycemia, and satiety. Concerning food, of particular concern is the trend of increasing intake of ultra-processed food (UPF), including among children. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain the impact of UPF on obesity and overweight, including nutrient intake (particularly proteins), changes in appetite, or the role of additives. Research from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children cohort has shown a relationship between UPF intake and trajectories in childhood adiposity, while UPF was related to lower blood levels of BCAAs. We suggest that an exposome-based approach can help strengthening causal reasoning and support policies. Intake of UPF in children should be restricted to prevent obesity.
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- Paolo Vineis
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Heath, Imperial College London, London, UK
- NOVA National School of Public Health, Public Health Research Center, Comprehensive Health Research Center, CHRC,, NOVA University Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
- NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Chemical Radiation Threats and Hazards, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Departamento de Ciências da Saúde Pública e Forenses e Educação Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Health Economics and Policy Innovation, Department of Economics and Public Policy, Imperial College Business School, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College, London, UK
- Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Well-being, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Alfano R, De' Donato F, Vineis P, Romanello M. Gli indicatori di Lancet Countdown per l'Italia: monitorare i cambiamenti climatici e la salute. Epidemiol Prev 2023; 47:6-21. [PMID: 37455628 DOI: 10.19191/ep23.3.s1.a606.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVES to provide evidence of the health impacts of climate change in Italy. DESIGN descriptive study. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS the indicators published in the 2022 Lancet Countdown report were adapted and refined to provide the most recent data relevant to Italy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES twelve indicators were measured, organized within five sections mirroring those of the 2022 Lancet Countdown report: climate change impacts, exposures, and vulnerabilities; adaptation, planning, and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. RESULTS the overall picture depicted by the analysis of the 12 indicators reveals two key findings. First, climate change is already affecting the health of Italian populations, with effects not being uniform across the Country and with the most vulnerable groups being disproportionately at risk. Second, results showed that Italy's mitigation response has been partial, with major costs to human health. Accelerated climate change mitigation through energy system decarbonisation and shifts to more sustainable modes of transport could offer major benefits to health from cleaner air locally and from more active lifestyles, and to climate change from reduction of global warming. The decarbonisation of agricultural systems would similarly offer health co-benefits to Italian population. Conclusions: through accelerated action on climate change mitigation, Italy has the opportunity of delivering major and immediate health benefits to its population. Developing a key set of local indicators to monitor the impacts of climate change and evaluate response actions, in terms of adaptation and mitigation, can help support and enhance policy and action to fight climate changes.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt (Belgium)
- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom)
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- Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, ASL Roma 1, Rome (Italy);
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom)
- Italian Institute of Technology, Genova (Italy)
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- Italian Institute of Technology, Genova (Italy)
- Lancet Countdown, London (United Kingdom)
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Alfano R, Zugna D, Barros H, Bustamante M, Chatzi L, Ghantous A, Herceg Z, Keski-Rahkonen P, de Kok TM, Nawrot TS, Relton CL, Robinson O, Roumeliotaki T, Scalbert A, Vrijheid M, Vineis P, Richiardi L, Plusquin M. Cord blood epigenome-wide meta-analysis in six European-based child cohorts identifies signatures linked to rapid weight growth. BMC Med 2023; 21:17. [PMID: 36627699 PMCID: PMC9831885 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02685-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Rapid postnatal growth may result from exposure in utero or early life to adverse conditions and has been associated with diseases later in life and, in particular, with childhood obesity. DNA methylation, interfacing early-life exposures and subsequent diseases, is a possible mechanism underlying early-life programming. METHODS Here, a meta-analysis of Illumina HumanMethylation 450K/EPIC-array associations of cord blood DNA methylation at single CpG sites and CpG genomic regions with rapid weight growth at 1 year of age (defined with reference to WHO growth charts) was conducted in six European-based child cohorts (ALSPAC, ENVIRONAGE, Generation XXI, INMA, Piccolipiù, and RHEA, N = 2003). The association of gestational age acceleration (calculated using the Bohlin epigenetic clock) with rapid weight growth was also explored via meta-analysis. Follow-up analyses of identified DNA methylation signals included prediction of rapid weight growth, mediation of the effect of conventional risk factors on rapid weight growth, integration with transcriptomics and metabolomics, association with overweight in childhood (between 4 and 8 years), and comparison with previous findings. RESULTS Forty-seven CpGs were associated with rapid weight growth at suggestive p-value <1e-05 and, among them, three CpGs (cg14459032, cg25953130 annotated to ARID5B, and cg00049440 annotated to KLF9) passed the genome-wide significance level (p-value <1.25e-07). Sixteen differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were identified as associated with rapid weight growth at false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted/Siddak p-values < 0.01. Gestational age acceleration was associated with decreasing risk of rapid weight growth (p-value = 9.75e-04). Identified DNA methylation signals slightly increased the prediction of rapid weight growth in addition to conventional risk factors. Among the identified signals, three CpGs partially mediated the effect of gestational age on rapid weight growth. Both CpGs (N=3) and DMRs (N=3) were associated with differential expression of transcripts (N=10 and 7, respectively), including long non-coding RNAs. An AURKC DMR was associated with childhood overweight. We observed enrichment of CpGs previously reported associated with birthweight. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide evidence of the association between cord blood DNA methylation and rapid weight growth and suggest links with prenatal exposures and association with childhood obesity providing opportunities for early prevention.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- ISGlobal, Institute of Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Μedical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Mohn Centre for Children's Health and Well-being, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Alfano R, Bijnens E, Langie SAS, Nawrot TS, Reimann B, Vanbrabant K, Wang C, Plusquin M. Epigenome-wide analysis of maternal exposure to green space during gestation and cord blood DNA methylation in the ENVIRONAGE cohort. Environ Res 2023; 216:114828. [PMID: 36400229 PMCID: PMC9760568 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.114828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND DNA methylation programming is sensitive to prenatal life environmental influences, but the impact of maternal exposure to green space on newborns DNA methylation has not been studied yet. METHODS We conducted a meta-epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of maternal exposure to green space during gestation with cord blood DNA methylation in two subsets of the ENVIRONAGE cohort (N = 538). Cord blood DNA methylation was measured by Illumina HumanMethylation 450K in one subset (N = 189) and EPICarray in another (N = 349). High (vegetation height>3 m (m)), low (vegetation height<3 m) and total (including both) high-resolution green space exposures during pregnancy were estimated within 100 m and 1000 m distance around maternal residence. In each subset, we sought cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites via linear mixed models adjusted on newborns' sex, ethnicity, gestational age, season at delivery, sampling day, maternal parity, age, smoking, education, and estimated blood cell proportions. EWASs results were meta-analysed via fixed-effects meta-analyses. Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) were identified via ENmix-combp and DMRcate algorithms. Sensitivity analyses were additionally adjusted on PM2.5, distance to major roads, urbanicity and neighborhood income. In the 450K subset, cord blood expression of differentially methylated genes was measured by Agilent microarrays and associated with green space. RESULTS 147 DMRs were identified, 85 of which were still significant upon adjustment for PM2.5, distance to major roads, urbanicity and neighborhood income, including HLA-DRB5, RPTOR, KCNQ1DN, A1BG-AS1, HTR2A, ZNF274, COL11A1 and PRSS36 DMRs. One CpG reached genome-wide significance, while 54 CpGs were suggestive significant (p-values<1e-05). Among them, a CpG, hypermethylated with 100 m buffer total green space, was annotated to PAQR9, whose expression decreased with 1000 m buffer low green space (p-value = 1.45e-05). CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that maternal exposure to green space during pregnancy is associated with cord blood DNA methylation, mainly at loci organized in regions, in genes playing important roles in neurological development (e.g., HTR2A).
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- Rossella Alfano
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Department of Public Health, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan Building D, 3590, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Palladino R, Alfano R, Moccia M, Barone-Adesi F, Majeed A, Triassi M, Millett C. Association between institutional affiliations of academic editors and authors in medical journals. Eur J Public Health 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckac129.465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Most of the literature on conflict of interest (COI) has not focused on the role of academic editors and their possible COIs, although academic editors often hold senior faculty positions at universities, which might be considered a COI if this influences towards a more favourable processing to articles submitted by institutional colleagues. The current study aims to assess whether academic editor affiliation, a potential COI, can influence academic institution ranking as top contributor in the biomedical field.
Methods
We conducted a cross-sectional analysis extracting publicly available data from the 2019 Clarivate InCites Journal Citation Reports for journals in the “Medicine, General & Internal” category and from each journal website. We constructed the following study outcomes: i) being a top 5 academic contributor for the peer-review journal of interest (yes/no), ii) being a top 10 academic contributor for the peer-review journal of interest (yes/no), and iii) ranking position as top 50 academic contributor for the peer-review journal of interest. Mixed-effect linear and logistic regression models were employed, as appropriate.
Results
We included 114 journals in our analysis, 49% were open-access only. Sharing same affiliation of any of the editorial board members was associated with a 6.7 and 5.6 greater likelihood of being top 5 and top 10 contributors, respectively (95%CI 5.07-8.73 and 4.34-7.22). Similarly, sharing same affiliation was associated with being 12.1 places higher as top contributor (95%CI 10.35-13.81). When considering the editor in chief affiliation solely, association was even stronger.
Conclusions
We found that academic editors sharing the same institutional affiliation with authors was strongly associated with the likelihood of that institution of being a top contributor. Shared institutional affiliations between editors and authors should be clearly stated as part of an open and transparent peer-review process.
Key messages
• Editors sharing same affiliation with authors was strongly associated with the likelihood for the institution the editor was affiliated with of being top contributor for academic medical journals.
• Shared institutional affiliations between editors and authors should be clearly stated as part of an open and transparent peer-review process.
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- R Palladino
- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, Imperial College , London, UK
- Department of Public Health, University , Naples, Italy
- CIRMIS, University , Naples, Italy
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University , Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- MS Clinical Care and Research Centre, Department of Neuroscience , Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale , Novara, Italy
- Research Center in Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Università del Piemonte Orientale , Novara, Italy
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College of London , London, UK
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- Department of Public Health, University , Naples, Italy
- CIRMIS, University , Naples, Italy
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- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, Imperial College , London, UK
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Wang C, Alfano R, Reimann B, Hogervorst J, Bustamante M, De Vivo I, Plusquin M, Nawrot TS, Martens DS. Genetic regulation of newborn telomere length is mediated and modified by DNA methylation. Front Genet 2022; 13:934277. [PMID: 36267401 PMCID: PMC9576874 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.934277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Telomere length at birth determines later life telomere length and potentially predicts ageing-related diseases. However, the genetic and epigenetic settings of telomere length in newborns have not been analyzed. In addition, no study yet has reported how the interplay between genetic variants and genome-wide cytosine methylation explains the variation in early-life telomere length. In this study based on 281 mother-newborn pairs from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort, telomere length and whole-genome DNA methylation were assessed in cord blood and 26 candidate single nucleotide polymorphism related to ageing or telomere length were genotyped. We identified three genetic variants associated with cord blood telomere length and 57 cis methylation quantitative trait loci (cis-mQTLs) of which 22 mQTLs confirmed previous findings and 35 were newly identified. Five SNPs were found to have significant indirect effects on cord blood telomere length via the mediating CpGs. The association between rs911874 (SOD2) and newborn telomere length was modified by nearby DNA methylation indicated by a significant statistical interaction. Our results suggest that DNA methylation in cis might have a mediation or modification effect on the genetic difference in newborn telomere length. This novel approach warrants future follow-up studies that are needed to further confirm and extend these findings.
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- Congrong Wang
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
- Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- *Correspondence: Dries S. Martens,
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Cosemans C, Wang C, Alfano R, Martens DS, Sleurs H, Dockx Y, Vanbrabant K, Janssen BG, Vanpoucke C, Lefebvre W, Smeets K, Nawrot TS, Plusquin M. In utero particulate matter exposure in association with newborn mitochondrial ND4L 10550A>G heteroplasmy and its role in overweight during early childhood. Environ Health 2022; 21:88. [PMID: 36117180 PMCID: PMC9484069 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-022-00899-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mitochondria play an important role in the energy metabolism and are susceptible to environmental pollution. Prenatal air pollution exposure has been linked with childhood obesity. Placental mtDNA mutations have been associated with prenatal particulate matter exposure and MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy has been associated with BMI in adults. Therefore, we hypothesized that in utero PM2.5 exposure is associated with cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy and early life growth. In addition, the role of cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy in overweight during early childhood is investigated. METHODS This study included 386 mother-newborn pairs. Outdoor PM2.5 concentrations were determined at the maternal residential address. Cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy was determined using Droplet Digital PCR. Associations were explored using logistic regression models and distributed lag linear models. Mediation analysis was performed to quantify the effects of prenatal PM2.5 exposure on childhood overweight mediated by cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy. RESULTS Prenatal PM2.5 exposure was positively associated with childhood overweight during the whole pregnancy (OR = 2.33; 95% CI: 1.20 to 4.51; p = 0.01), which was mainly driven by the second trimester. In addition, prenatal PM2.5 exposure was associated with cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy from gestational week 9 - 13. The largest effect was observed in week 10, where a 5 µg/m3 increment in PM2.5 was linked with cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy (OR = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.87 to 0.99). Cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy was also linked with childhood overweight (OR = 3.04; 95% CI: 1.15 to 7.50; p = 0.02). The effect of prenatal PM2.5 exposure on childhood overweight was mainly direct (total effect OR = 1.18; 95% CI: 0.99 to 1.36; natural direct effect OR = 1.20; 95% CI: 1.01 to 1.36)) and was not mediated by cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy. CONCLUSIONS Cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy was linked with childhood overweight. In addition, in utero exposure to PM2.5 during the first trimester of pregnancy was associated with cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy in newborns. Our analysis did not reveal any mediation of cord blood MT-ND4L10550A>G heteroplasmy in the association between PM2.5 exposure and childhood overweight.
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- Charlotte Cosemans
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO, Mol, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- School of Public Health, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Alfano R, Plusquin M, Robinson O, Brescianini S, Chatzi L, Keski-Rahkonen P, Handakas E, Maitre L, Nawrot T, Robinot N, Roumeliotaki T, Sassi F, Scalbert A, Vrijheid M, Vineis P, Richiardi L, Zugna D. Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. Int J Obes (Lond) 2022; 46:1384-1393. [PMID: 35508813 PMCID: PMC9239910 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-022-01108-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying childhood overweight and obesity are poorly known. Here, we investigated the direct and indirect effects of different prenatal exposures on offspring rapid postnatal growth and overweight in childhood, mediated through cord blood metabolites. Additionally, rapid postnatal growth was considered a potential mediator on childhood overweight, alone and sequentially to each metabolite. METHODS Within four European birth-cohorts (N = 375 mother-child dyads), information on seven prenatal exposures (maternal education, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight gain and tobacco smoke during pregnancy, age at delivery, parity, and child gestational age), selected as obesogenic according to a-priori knowledge, was collected. Cord blood levels of 31 metabolites, associated with rapid postnatal growth and/or childhood overweight in a previous study, were measured via liquid-chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight-mass-spectrometry. Rapid growth at 12 months and childhood overweight (including obesity) between four and eight years were defined with reference to WHO growth charts. Single mediation analysis was performed using the imputation approach and multiple mediation analysis using the extended-imputation approach. RESULTS Single mediation suggested that the effect of maternal education, pregnancy weight gain, parity, and gestational age on rapid postnatal growth but not on childhood overweight was partly mediated by seven metabolites, including cholestenone, decenoylcarnitine(C10:1), phosphatidylcholine(C34:3), progesterone and three unidentified metabolites; and the effect of gestational age on childhood overweight was mainly mediated by rapid postnatal growth. Multiple mediation suggested that the effect of gestational age on childhood overweight was mainly mediated by rapid postnatal growth and that the mediating role of the metabolites was marginal. CONCLUSION Our findings provide evidence of the involvement of in utero metabolism in the propensity to rapid postnatal growth and of rapid postnatal growth in the propensity to childhood overweight. We did not find evidence supporting a mediating role of the studied metabolites alone between the studied prenatal exposures and the propensity to childhood overweight.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rossella Alfano
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Behavioural Science and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Department of Economics & Public Policy, Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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Koeck RM, Busato F, Tost J, Consten D, van Echten-Arends J, Mastenbroek S, Wurth Y, Remy S, Langie S, Nawrot TS, Plusquin M, Alfano R, Bijnens EM, Gielen M, van Golde R, Dumoulin JCM, Brunner H, van Montfoort APA, Zamani Esteki M. Methylome-wide analysis of IVF neonates that underwent embryo culture in different media revealed no significant differences. NPJ Genom Med 2022; 7:39. [PMID: 35768464 PMCID: PMC9243125 DOI: 10.1038/s41525-022-00310-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
A growing number of children born are conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF), which has been linked to an increased risk of adverse perinatal outcomes, as well as altered growth profiles and cardiometabolic differences in the resultant individuals. Some of these outcomes have also been shown to be influenced by the use of different IVF culture media and this effect is hypothesised to be mediated epigenetically, e.g. through the methylome. As such, we profiled the umbilical cord blood methylome of IVF neonates that underwent preimplantation embryo development in two different IVF culture media (G5 or HTF), using the Infinium Human Methylation EPIC BeadChip. We found no significant methylation differences between the two groups in terms of: (i) systematic differences at CpG sites or regions, (ii) imprinted sites/genes or birth weight-associated sites, (iii) stochastic differences presenting as DNA methylation outliers or differentially variable sites, and (iv) epigenetic gestational age acceleration.
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- Rebekka M Koeck
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics & Environment, Centre National de Recherche en Genomique Humaine, CEA - institut de Biologie François Jacob, Université Paris Saclay, 91000, Evry, France
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- Laboratory for Epigenetics & Environment, Centre National de Recherche en Genomique Humaine, CEA - institut de Biologie François Jacob, Université Paris Saclay, 91000, Evry, France
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, St. Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022, GC, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Section of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713, GZ, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development Research Institute, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105, AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Reproductive Medicine, St. Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022, GC, Tilburg, the Netherlands
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- Health Unit, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium
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- Health Unit, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Boeretang 200, 2400, Mol, Belgium.,Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, School for Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven University (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.,Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.,Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands. .,Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Tobi EW, Juvinao-Quintero DL, Ronkainen J, Ott R, Alfano R, Canouil M, Geurtsen ML, Khamis A, Küpers LK, Lim IY, Perron P, Pesce G, Tuhkanen J, Starling AP, Andrew T, Binder E, Caiazzo R, Chan JKY, Gaillard R, Gluckman PD, Keikkala E, Karnani N, Mustaniemi S, Nawrot TS, Pattou F, Plusquin M, Raverdy V, Tan KH, Tzala E, Raikkonen K, Winkler C, Ziegler AG, Annesi-Maesano I, Bouchard L, Chong YS, Dabelea D, Felix JF, Heude B, Jaddoe VWV, Lahti J, Reimann B, Vääräsmäki M, Bonnefond A, Froguel P, Hummel S, Kajantie E, Jarvelin MR, Steegers-Theunissen RPM, Howe CG, Hivert MF, Sebert S. Maternal Glycemic Dysregulation During Pregnancy and Neonatal Blood DNA Methylation: Meta-analyses of Epigenome-Wide Association Studies. Diabetes Care 2022; 45:614-623. [PMID: 35104326 PMCID: PMC8918264 DOI: 10.2337/dc21-1701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Maternal glycemic dysregulation during pregnancy increases the risk of adverse health outcomes in her offspring, a risk thought to be linearly related to maternal hyperglycemia. It is hypothesized that changes in offspring DNA methylation (DNAm) underline these associations. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS To address this hypothesis, we conducted fixed-effects meta-analyses of epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) results from eight birth cohorts investigating relationships between cord blood DNAm and fetal exposure to maternal glucose (Nmaximum = 3,503), insulin (Nmaximum = 2,062), and area under the curve of glucose (AUCgluc) following oral glucose tolerance tests (Nmaximum = 1,505). We performed lookup analyses for identified cytosine-guanine dinucleotides (CpGs) in independent observational cohorts to examine associations between DNAm and cardiometabolic traits as well as tissue-specific gene expression. RESULTS Greater maternal AUCgluc was associated with lower cord blood DNAm at neighboring CpGs cg26974062 (β [SE] -0.013 [2.1 × 10-3], P value corrected for false discovery rate [PFDR] = 5.1 × 10-3) and cg02988288 (β [SE]-0.013 [2.3 × 10-3], PFDR = 0.031) in TXNIP. These associations were attenuated in women with GDM. Lower blood DNAm at these two CpGs near TXNIP was associated with multiple metabolic traits later in life, including type 2 diabetes. TXNIP DNAm in liver biopsies was associated with hepatic expression of TXNIP. We observed little evidence of associations between either maternal glucose or insulin and cord blood DNAm. CONCLUSIONS Maternal hyperglycemia, as reflected by AUCgluc, was associated with lower cord blood DNAm at TXNIP. Associations between DNAm at these CpGs and metabolic traits in subsequent lookup analyses suggest that these may be candidate loci to investigate in future causal and mediation analyses.
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- Elmar W Tobi
- Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- INSERM U1283, CNRS UMR 8199, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,University of Lille, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- INSERM U1283, CNRS UMR 8199, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,University of Lille, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.,Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore.,Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore
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- Department of Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.,Research Center, Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- Paris-Saclay University, Paris-South University, UVSQ, Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health (CESP), INSERM, Villejuif, France.,Sorbonne Université and INSERM, Team EPAR, Institut Pierre Louis D'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Paris, France
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO
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- Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Department of Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.,Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- University of Lille, CHU Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, Lille, France
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.,Academic Clinical Program in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore.,Liggins Institute, University of Auckland, Aukland, New Zealand
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland.,PEDEGO Research Unit, MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Bioinformatics Institute, A*STAR, Singapore.,Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland.,PEDEGO Research Unit, MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University of Lille, CHU Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, Lille, France
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- University of Lille, CHU Lille, Inserm, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1190 Translational Research for Diabetes, Lille, France
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- Academic Clinical Program in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.,Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Montpellier University, INSERM, Institut Desbrest d'Épidémiologie et de Santé Publique (IDESP), Montpellier, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, CIUSSS du Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Hôpital Universitaire de Chicoutimi, Canada
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- Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences, A*STAR, Singapore.,Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, National University Health System, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO.,Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Université de Paris, Inserm, INRAE, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Paris, France
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- PEDEGO Research Unit, MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- INSERM U1283, CNRS UMR 8199, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,University of Lille, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.,Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- INSERM U1283, CNRS UMR 8199, European Genomic Institute for Diabetes, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.,University of Lille, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France.,Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, U.K
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- Institute of Diabetes Research, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes, Technical University Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany.,Forschergruppe Diabetes e.V., Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich-Neuherberg, Germany
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- Population Health Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland.,PEDEGO Research Unit, MRC Oulu, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.,Children's Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.,MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, U.K.,Unit of Primary Health Care, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland.,Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, U.K
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- Division of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, NH
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- Division of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.,Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Center for Life Course Health Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Van Der Stukken C, Nawrot TS, Alfano R, Wang C, Langie SAS, Plusquin M, Janssen BG, Martens DS. The telomere-mitochondrial axis of aging in newborns. Aging (Albany NY) 2022; 14:1627-1650. [PMID: 35169104 PMCID: PMC8908926 DOI: 10.18632/aging.203897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Aging starts at the beginning of life as evidenced by high variability in telomere length (TL) and mitochondrial DNA content (mtDNAc) at birth. Whether p53 and PGC-1α are connected to these age-related markers in early life is unclear. In this study, we hypothesized that these hallmarks of aging are associated at birth. In 613 newborns from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort, p53 and PGC-1α protein levels were measured in cord plasma, while TL and mtDNAc were measured in both cord blood and placental tissue. Cord blood methylation data of genes corresponding to the measured protein levels were available from the Human MethylationEPIC 850K BeadChip array. Pearson correlations and linear regression models were applied while accounting for selected covariates. In cord, a 10% increase in TL was associated with 5.22% (95% CI: 3.26 to 7.22; p < 0.0001) higher mtDNAc and −2.66% (95% CI: –5.04 to −0.23%; p = 0.032) lower p53 plasma level. In placenta, a 10% increase in TL was associated with 5.46% (95% CI: 3.82 to 7.13%; p < 0.0001) higher mtDNAc and −2.42% (95% CI: −4.29 to −0.52; p = 0.0098) lower p53 plasma level. Methylation level of TP53 was correlated with TL and mtDNAc in cord blood and with cord plasma p53 level. Our study suggests that p53 may be an important factor both at the protein and methylation level for the telomere-mitochondrial axis of aging at birth.
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.,Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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Keski-Rahkonen P, Robinson O, Alfano R, Plusquin M, Scalbert A. Commentary: Data Processing Thresholds for Abundance and Sparsity and Missed Biological Insights in an Untargeted Chemical Analysis of Blood Specimens for Exposomics. Front Public Health 2022; 9:755837. [PMID: 35111711 PMCID: PMC8801530 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.755837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Pekka Keski-Rahkonen
- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC/WHO), Lyon, France
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Handakas E, Lau CH, Alfano R, Chatzi VL, Plusquin M, Vineis P, Robinson O. A systematic review of metabolomic studies of childhood obesity: State of the evidence for metabolic determinants and consequences. Obes Rev 2022; 23 Suppl 1:e13384. [PMID: 34797026 DOI: 10.1111/obr.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic and carries significant long-term consequences to physical and mental health. Metabolomics, the global profiling of small molecules or metabolites, may reveal the mechanisms of development of childhood obesity and clarify links between obesity and metabolic disease. A systematic review of metabolomic studies of childhood obesity was conducted, following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews (PRISMA) guidelines, searching across Scopus, Ovid, Web of Science and PubMed databases for articles published from January 1, 2005 to July 8, 2020, retrieving 1271 different records and retaining 41 articles for qualitative synthesis. Study quality was assessed using a modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Thirty-three studies were conducted on blood, six on urine, three on umbilical cord blood, and one on saliva. Thirty studies were primarily cross-sectional, five studies were primarily longitudinal, and seven studies examined effects of weight-loss following a life-style intervention. A consistent metabolic profile of childhood obesity was observed including amino acids (particularly branched chain and aromatic), carnitines, lipids, and steroids. Although the use of metabolomics in childhood obesity research is still developing, the identified metabolites have provided additional insight into the pathogenesis of many obesity-related diseases. Further longitudinal research is needed into the role of metabolic profiles and child obesity risk.
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- Evangelos Handakas
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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Alfano R, Robinson O, Handakas E, Nawrot TS, Vineis P, Plusquin M. Perspectives and challenges of epigenetic determinants of childhood obesity: A systematic review. Obes Rev 2022; 23 Suppl 1:e13389. [PMID: 34816569 DOI: 10.1111/obr.13389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The tremendous increase in childhood obesity prevalence over the last few decades cannot merely be explained by genetics and evolutionary changes in the genome, implying that gene-environment interactions, such as epigenetic modifications, likely play a major role. This systematic review aims to summarize the evidence of the association between epigenetics and childhood obesity. A literature search was performed via PubMed and Scopus engines using a combination of terms related to epigenetics and pediatric obesity. Articles studying the association between epigenetic mechanisms (including DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation, non-coding RNAs, and chromatin and histones modification) and obesity and/or overweight (or any related anthropometric parameters) in children (0-18 years) were included. The risk of bias was assessed with a modified Newcastle-Ottawa scale for non-randomized studies. One hundred twenty-one studies explored epigenetic changes related to childhood obesity. DNA methylation was the most widely investigated mechanism (N = 101 studies), followed by non-coding RNAs (N = 19 studies) with evidence suggestive of an association with childhood obesity for DNA methylation of specific genes and microRNAs (miRNAs). One study, focusing on histones modification, was identified. Heterogeneity of findings may have hindered more insights into the epigenetic changes related to childhood obesity. Gaps and challenges that future research should face are herein described.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Unit of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Human Genetic Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Handakas E, Keski-Rahkonen P, Chatzi L, Alfano R, Roumeliotaki T, Plusquin M, Maitre L, Richiardi L, Brescianini S, Scalbert A, Robinot N, Nawrot T, Sassi F, Vrijheid M, Vineis P, Robinson O. Cord blood metabolic signatures predictive of childhood overweight and rapid growth. Int J Obes (Lond) 2021; 45:2252-2260. [PMID: 34253844 PMCID: PMC8455328 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-021-00888-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Metabolomics may identify biological pathways predisposing children to the risk of overweight and obesity. In this study, we have investigated the cord blood metabolic signatures of rapid growth in infancy and overweight in early childhood in four European birth cohorts. METHODS Untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolomic profiles were measured in cord blood from 399 newborns from four European cohorts (ENVIRONAGE, Rhea, INMA and Piccolipiu). Rapid growth in the first year of life and overweight in childhood was defined with reference to WHO growth charts. Metabolome-wide association scans for rapid growth and overweight on over 4500 metabolic features were performed using multiple adjusted logistic mixed-effect models and controlling the false discovery rate (FDR) at 5%. In addition, we performed a look-up analysis of 43 pre-annotated metabolites, previously associated with birthweight or rapid growth. RESULTS In the Metabolome-Wide Association Study analysis, we identified three and eight metabolites associated with rapid growth and overweight, respectively, after FDR correction. Higher levels of cholestenone, a cholesterol derivative produced by microbial catabolism, were predictive of rapid growth (p = 1.6 × 10-3). Lower levels of the branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) valine (p = 8.6 × 10-6) were predictive of overweight in childhood. The area under the receiver operator curve for multivariate prediction models including these metabolites and traditional risk factors was 0.77 for rapid growth and 0.82 for overweight, compared with 0.69 and 0.69, respectively, for models using traditional risk factors alone. Among the 43 pre-annotated metabolites, seven and five metabolites were nominally associated (P < 0.05) with rapid growth and overweight, respectively. The BCAA leucine, remained associated (1.6 × 10-3) with overweight after FDR correction. CONCLUSION The metabolites identified here may assist in the identification of children at risk of developing obesity and improve understanding of mechanisms involved in postnatal growth. Cholestenone and BCAAs are suggestive of a role of the gut microbiome and nutrient signalling respectively in child growth trajectories.
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- Evangelos Handakas
- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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- Centre for Behavioural Science and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Department of Economics & Public Policy, Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Licata G, Gambardella A, Tancredi V, Calabrese G, De Rosa A, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Face atopic dermatitis resistant to dupilumab: a case series of three patients successfully treated with upadacitinib. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 36:e150-e152. [PMID: 34553800 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- G Licata
- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mentals and Physical Health and Preventive medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Sharp GC, Alfano R, Ghantous A, Urquiza J, Rifas-Shiman SL, Page CM, Jin J, Fernández-Barrés S, Santorelli G, Tindula G. Paternal body mass index and offspring DNA methylation: findings from the PACE consortium. Int J Epidemiol 2021; 50:1297-1315. [PMID: 33517419 PMCID: PMC8407864 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyaa267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence links paternal adiposity in the periconceptional period to offspring health outcomes. DNA methylation has been proposed as a mediating mechanism, but very few studies have explored this possibility in humans. METHODS In the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) consortium, we conducted a meta-analysis of coordinated epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS) of paternal prenatal body mass index (BMI) (with and without adjustment for maternal BMI) in relation to DNA methylation in offspring blood at birth (13 data sets; total n = 4894) and in childhood (6 data sets; total n = 1982). RESULTS We found little evidence of an association at either time point: at all CpGs, the false-discovery-rate-adjusted P-values were >0.05. In secondary sex-stratified analyses, we found just four CpGs for which there was robust evidence of an association in female offspring. To compare our findings to those of other studies, we conducted a systematic review, which identified seven studies, including five candidate gene studies showing associations between paternal BMI/obesity and offspring or sperm DNA methylation at imprinted regions. However, in our own study, we found very little evidence of enrichment for imprinted genes. CONCLUSION Our findings do not support the hypothesis that paternal BMI around the time of pregnancy is associated with offspring-blood DNA methylation, even at imprinted regions.
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- Gemma C Sharp
- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health School of Public Health Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Norway
- Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Children’s Environmental Health Laboratory, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Calabrese G, Gambardella A, Licata G, Di Brizzi EV, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Dupilumab and conjunctivitis: a case series of twenty patients. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2021; 35:e612-e614. [PMID: 33657247 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.17210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- G Calabrese
- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy.,Department of Anesthesiology Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Licata G, Gambardella A, Calabrese G, Pagliuca F, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Refractory Type I pityriasis rubra pilaris treated with tildrakizumab. Clin Exp Dermatol 2021; 46:1594-1595. [PMID: 34101231 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- G Licata
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Pathology, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania, Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Alfano R, Pezoa S, Pennybaker A, Hazi N, Becheau O, Laskowski A. Efficient lentiviral vector production in a chemically defined, blood-free and serum-free medium, scalable to the iCELLis® technology. Cytotherapy 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1465324921005405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Alfano R, Pezoa S, Pennybaker A, Hazi N, Becheau O, Laskowski A. Application of aber’s FUTURA® biomass probes to inform transfection and cell lysis in iCELLis® bioreactor-based AAV manufacturing. Cytotherapy 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/s1465324921005399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ronchi A, Montella M, Cozzolino I, Argenziano G, Moscarella E, Piccolo V, Iovino F, Troiani T, Alfano R, Errico ME, D'Onofrio V, Berretta M, Franco R, Zito Marino F. The potential diagnostic and predictive role of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene alterations in melanocytic tumors. Eur Rev Med Pharmacol Sci 2021; 24:3829-3838. [PMID: 32329859 DOI: 10.26355/eurrev_202004_20849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) gene has been demonstrated to be rearranged, mutated or amplified in several haematological and solid tumors. Moreover, the use of ALK inhibitors has recently revolutionized the treatment of ALK-rearranged patients affected by non-small cell lung carcinoma. Herein we review the genetic alterations of ALK in melanocytic neoplasms described in literature, focusing on their potential diagnostic and predictive role. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Authors reviewed the pertinent literature through research on PubMed server was performed typing the terms "ALK", "Anaplastic lymphoma kinase", "ALKATI", "Melanoma", "Spitz", "Spitzoid". RESULTS ALK translocations were demonstrated in melanocytic neoplasms, particularly in acral melanoma and spitzoid tumors. ALKATI was described in primary and metastatic melanoma, indicating its early occurrence in oncogenesis, with varying immunohistochemical expression of the protein. CONCLUSIONS The identification of the specific type of ALK mutations could be interesting for planning biologic therapy of melanoma patients. Further studies are needed to evaluate the possibility to introduce an ALK-targeted therapy in patients affected by malignant melanoma.
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- A Ronchi
- Pathology Unit, Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
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Wang C, Plusquin M, Ghantous A, Herceg Z, Alfano R, Cox B, Nawrot TS. DNA methylation of insulin-like growth factor 2 and H19 cluster in cord blood and prenatal air pollution exposure to fine particulate matter. Environ Health 2020; 19:129. [PMID: 33287817 PMCID: PMC7720562 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-020-00677-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The IGF2 (insulin-like growth factor 2) and H19 gene cluster plays an important role during pregnancy as it promotes both foetal and placental growth. We investigated the association between cord blood DNA methylation status of the IGF2/H19 gene cluster and maternal fine particulate matter exposure during fetal life. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study investigating the association between prenatal PM2.5 exposure and newborn DNA methylation of the IGF2/H19. METHODS Cord blood DNA methylation status of IGF2/H19 cluster was measured in 189 mother-newborn pairs from the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort (Flanders, Belgium). We assessed the sex-specific association between residential PM2.5 exposure during pregnancy and the methylation level of CpG loci mapping to the IGF2/H19 cluster, and identified prenatal vulnerability by investigating susceptible time windows of exposure. We also addressed the biological functionality of DNA methylation level in the gene cluster. RESULTS Prenatal PM2.5 exposure was found to have genetic region-specific significant association with IGF2 and H19 during specific gestational weeks. The association was found to be sex-specific in both gene regions. Functionality of the DNA methylation was annotated by the association to fetal growth and cellular pathways. CONCLUSIONS The results of our study provided evidence that prenatal PM2.5 exposure is associated with DNA methylation in newborns' IGF2/H19. The consequences within the context of fetal development of future phenotyping should be addressed.
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- Congrong Wang
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, 3590 Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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Alfano R, Chadeau-Hyam M, Ghantous A, Keski-Rahkonen P, Chatzi L, Perez AE, Herceg Z, Kogevinas M, de Kok TM, Nawrot TS, Novoloaca A, Patel CJ, Pizzi C, Robinot N, Rusconi F, Scalbert A, Sunyer J, Vermeulen R, Vrijheid M, Vineis P, Robinson O, Plusquin M. A multi-omic analysis of birthweight in newborn cord blood reveals new underlying mechanisms related to cholesterol metabolism. Metabolism 2020; 110:154292. [PMID: 32553738 PMCID: PMC7450273 DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2020.154292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Birthweight reflects in utero exposures and later health evolution. Despite existing studies employing high-dimensional molecular measurements, the understanding of underlying mechanisms of birthweight remains limited. METHODS To investigate the systems biology of birthweight, we cross-sectionally integrated the methylome, the transcriptome, the metabolome and a set of inflammatory proteins measured in cord blood samples, collected from four birth-cohorts (n = 489). We focused on two sets of 68 metabolites and 903 CpGs previously related to birthweight and investigated the correlation structures existing between these two sets and all other omic features via bipartite Pearson correlations. RESULTS This dataset revealed that the set of metabolome and methylome signatures of birthweight have seven signals in common, including three metabolites [PC(34:2), plasmalogen PC(36:4)/PC(O-36:5), and a compound with m/z of 781.0545], two CpGs (on the DHCR24 and SC4MOL gene), and two proteins (periostin and CCL22). CCL22, a macrophage-derived chemokine has not been previously identified in relation to birthweight. Since the results of the omics integration indicated the central role of cholesterol metabolism, we explored the association of cholesterol levels in cord blood with birthweight in the ENVIRONAGE cohort (n = 1097), finding that higher birthweight was associated with increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and that high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was lower in small versus large for gestational age newborns. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggests that an integration of different omic-layers in addition to single omics studies is a useful approach to generate new hypotheses regarding biological mechanisms. CCL22 and cholesterol metabolism in cord blood play a mechanistic role in birthweight.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90007, United States; Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, CA, United States
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Environment & Health Unit, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Unit of Epidemiology, Anna Meyer Children's University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert Thomas, 69008 Lyon, France
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- ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain; Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Human Genetic Foundation (HuGeF), Turin, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Picillo M, Palladino R, Erro R, Alfano R, Colosimo C, Marconi R, Antonini A, Barone P. The PRIAMO study: age- and sex-related relationship between prodromal constipation and disease phenotype in early Parkinson's disease. J Neurol 2020; 268:448-454. [PMID: 32809151 PMCID: PMC7880965 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-020-10156-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To explore the impact of sex and age on relationship between prodromal constipation and disease phenotype in Parkinson's disease at early stages. METHODS A total of 385 Parkinson's disease patients from the PRIAMO study were classified according to the presence of prodromal constipation and followed for 24 months. Multivariable mixed-effect models were applied. All analyses were performed separately for sex (64.1% men) and median age (different by sex: 67 years-old in men and 68 years-old in women). RESULTS As for sex, prodromal constipation was associated with greater odds of attention/memory complaints and apathy symptoms in women only. As for age, prodromal constipation was associated with lower cognitive and higher apathy scores in older patients only. CONCLUSIONS Prodromal constipation anticipates lower cognitive performances and more severe apathy since the earliest stages in women and older patients. Sex- and age-related heterogeneity of prodromal markers of Parkinson's disease may impact disease phenotype.
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- Marina Picillo
- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Neuroscience Section, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy
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- Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College of London, London, UK.,Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Neuroscience Section, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, University "Federico II", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Santa Maria University Hospital, Terni, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences (DNS), Padova University, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, Neuroscience Section, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEMAND), University of Salerno, Salerno, 84131, Italy.
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Rubba F, Alfano R, Egidio R, Martello R, Bellevicine C, Troncone G, Guida A, Triassi M, Palladino R. [Impact assessment of the implementation of an integrated care model for thyroid disease at the University Hospital "Federico II" of Naples (Campania Region, Southern Italy): an interrupted time series analysis]. Epidemiol Prev 2020; 44:56-63. [PMID: 32374115 DOI: 10.19191/ep20.1.a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES to evaluate the implementation of an integrated care model for thyroid disease on thyroid surgery at the University Hospital "Federico II" of Naples (Campania Region, Southern Italy). DESIGN quasi-experimental design employing an interrupted time series analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS all subjects who were admitted to the University Hospital "Federico II" for thyroid surgery between January 2008 and December 2018. The integrated care model for thyroid disease was implemented starting from January 2016. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES rate of partial thyroidectomies over all thyroidectomies; rate of diagnosed thyroid cancers over all diagnosed thyroid tumours; length of stay (LOS). Differences pre- and post-interventions were assessed employing Poisson (for count outcomes) and linear (for continuous outcomes) regression models. Models were adjusted for age, gender, tumour diagnosis (none, benign, malignant), Charlson index, and discharge month. RESULTS data on 4,233 thyroidectomies were included. There was no difference between pre- and post-intervention trends for the rate of partial thyroidectomies over all thyroidectomies (pre-intervention: IRR 1.00; 95%CI 0.99;1.00 - post-intervention: IRR 1.00; 95%CI 0.98;1.02) and for the rate of diagnosed thyroid cancers over all thyroid tumours (pre-intervention IRR 0.99; 95%CI 0.99;1.00 - post-intervention IRR 1.00; 95%CI 0.99;1.01). On the contrary, the LOS reduced from 4.5 (±4.3) days in 2008 to 3.2 (±3.2) days in 2018. The multivariate analysis confirmed this reduction, estimated to be 1.1 days on average in the pre-intervention eight-year period (pre-intervention coefficient -0.01; 95%CI -0.02;-0.01), followed by an even greater reduction in the post-intervention three-year period which was estimated to be 1.1 day (post-intervention: coefficient -0.03; 95%CI -0.05;-0.01). CONCLUSIONS the implementation of an integrated care model for thyroid disease contributed to reduce the LOS for thyroidectomies, improving the efficiency in the management of thyroid disease. However, this intervention had no impact in reducing the rate of total thyroidectomies.
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- Fabiana Rubba
- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli.,Gli autori hanno contribuito in uguale misura al lavoro
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli.,Gli autori hanno contribuito in uguale misura al lavoro
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli
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- Direzione generale per la tutela della salute e il coordinamento del sistema sanitario regionale, Regione Campania, Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli.,Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College of London (UK);
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Pennybaker A, Alfano R. Expansion and activation of T cells in the wave bioreactor platform in chemically defined and serum free OptiPEAK T Lymphocyte media. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.04.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alfano R, Pennybaker A, Laskowski A, Lundeen T. Implementation of the aber biomass probe in Pall's iCELLis nano bioreactor provides a robust and reproducible method to assess cell density. Cytotherapy 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2020.03.309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Giorgio CM, Babino G, Caccavale S, Russo T, De Rosa AB, Alfano R, Fulgione E, Argenziano G. Combination of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolaevulinic acid and microneedling in the treatment of alopecia areata resistant to conventional therapies: our experience with 41 patients. Clin Exp Dermatol 2020; 45:323-326. [PMID: 31469914 DOI: 10.1111/ced.14084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alopecia areata (AA) is a complex immune-mediated disorder, which is difficult to treat. The available treatment options seem to have limited benefit, help only some patients and have a high relapse rate. We evaluated a new therapeutic option for moderate to severe AA based on the combination of photodynamic therapy (PDT) with 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA) and microneedling (MN). In total, 14 patients were enrolled, and these were randomly divided into 3 groups: Group A (MN alone; n = 9), Group B (ALA-PDT alone; n = 15) and Group C (combination of MN and ALA-PDT; n = 17). All patients were treated once every 3 weeks for a total of six treatments. The best clinical outcome was achieved in Group C, with complete hair regrowth observed in three patients, and an improvement of ≥ 50% and < 50% of the treated areas obtained in seven and six patients, respectively. Our report suggests that combination of ALA-PDT with MN could be an additional therapeutic option in moderate to severe AA, as MN allows better skin penetration of ALA and subsequent indirect immunosuppression.
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- C M Giorgio
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Gambardella A, Calabrese G, Di Brizzi EV, Alfano R, Argenziano G. A case of Atopic dermatitis and Hidradenitis Suppurativa successfully treated with Dupilumab. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:e284-e286. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- A. Gambardella
- Dermatology Unit Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples Italy
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- Dermatology Unit Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples Italy
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- Dermatology Unit Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology Surgery and Emergency University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples Italy
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- Dermatology Unit Department of Mental and Physical Health and Preventive Medicine University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Naples Italy
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Babino G, Fulgione E, Russo T, Agozzino M, D'Ambra I, Giorgio CM, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Kyrle disease associated with hidradenitis suppurativa successfully treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibition. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2020; 34:e395-e397. [PMID: 32058641 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.16296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- G Babino
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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Molfino A, Amabile MI, Muscaritoli M, Germano A, Alfano R, Ramaccini C, Spagnoli A, Cavaliere L, Marseglia G, Nardone A, Muto G, Carbone U, Triassi M, Fiorito S. Association Between Metabolic and Hormonal Derangements and Professional Exposure to Urban Pollution in a High Intensity Traffic Area. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2020; 11:509. [PMID: 32849295 PMCID: PMC7431614 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.00509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Rationale: Studies suggest a relation between exposure to air particulate matter (PM)2.5 pollution and greater cardiovascular morbidity, as well as increased risk for obesity and diabetes. We aimed to identify association(s) between nutritional and metabolic status and exposure to environmental pollution in a cohort of policemen exposed to high levels of air pollution. Methods: We considered adult municipal policemen, working in an urban area at high-traffic density with documented high levels of air PM2.5 (exposed group) compared to non-exposed policemen. Clinical characteristics, including the presence/absence of metabolic syndrome, were recorded, and serum biomarkers, including adiponectin, leptin, and ghrelin, were assessed. Results: One hundred ninety-nine participants were enrolled, 100 in the exposed group and 99 in the non-exposed group. Metabolic syndrome was documented in 32% of exposed group and in 52.5% of non-exposed group (P = 0.008). In the exposed group, we found a positive correlation between body mass index and serum leptin as well as in the non-exposed group (P < 0.0001). Within the exposed group, subjects with metabolic syndrome showed lower serum adiponectin (P < 0.0001) and higher leptin (P = 0.002) levels with respect to those without metabolic syndrome, whereas in the non-exposed group, subjects with metabolic syndrome showed only higher leptin levels when compared to those without metabolic syndrome (P = 0.01). Among the participants with metabolic syndrome, we found lower adiponectin levels in those of the exposed group with respect to the non-exposed ones (P = 0.007). When comparing the exposed and non-exposed groups, after stratifying participants for Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance >2.5, we found lower adiponectin levels in those of the exposed group with respect to the non-exposed ones (P = 0.038). Conclusions: Exposure to air PM pollution was associated with lower levels of adiponectin in adult males with metabolic syndrome.
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- Alessio Molfino
- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- *Correspondence: Alessio Molfino
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, CNR, Rome, Italy
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Rubba F, Alfano R, Schiavone D, Scamardo MS, Landolfo D, Barbieri O, Carannante I, D’Onofrio G, Guida A, Triassi M. Show your rare, handle with care: a knowledge brokers network to handle rare disease patients. Eur J Public Health 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
In Rare diseases patients. difficult in diagnosis can produce inappropriate pathways of care. A correct diagnosis took almost 5 years in Europe and 7.3-7.6 y in US. The directive 2011/24/EU provides a legal regulatory asset for the European Reference Networks (ERNs). ERNs are designed to connect health care providers and centers of expertise for gaining appropriate pathways of high-quality care and to support sponsorship in order to make healthcare closer to the patients. Federico II University actually has 9 confirmed ERNs.
Methods
We connected the patient related activities inside the ERNs and we planned a project-based network that creates harmonization of diagnostic tools and widespread diffusion of screening activity able to drive diagnostic enrichment. The Hospital Chief Office together with the Public Health Department acts as “Knowledge brokers” (KB) defined as connectors who may crisscross the hierarchical boundaries. We scheduled interventions into the ERNs and future improvements. Interventions areas have been represented in a conceptual map.
Results
Brokers into the network are attended to allow better merged innovation rate and sharing data. Improvements could be directed toward: 1) sharing data and communication, 2) diagnostic enrichment 3) hospital services networking into the path. Including this model in the regional pathways may build a common platform to support appropriate care in disease-endemic regions.
The designed model finally aimed at define how humanization and networking of care can be measured as gain in efficiency along the overall path.
Conclusions
Network potential may overload a simply specific hub focused approach. The “criss cross” knowledge brokering (could be a strategy able to support clinical and diagnostic activities. To proceed over, in orphan disease handling, we may progress from approaches centered on florid cases toward a balanced screening design, able to guarantee a diagnostic enrichment for a rare condition.
Key messages
Implicit and formal Networking cam help rare disease handling. Sharing data and diagnostic enrichment are the main issues.
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- F Rubba
- AOU Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Health Department, Campania Region, Naples, Italy
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Montagna MT, Mascipinto S, Pousis C, Bianchi FP, Caggiano G, Carpagnano LF, De Giglio O, Barbuti G, Auxilia F, Destrebecq A, Castaldi S, Baldovin T, Bargellini A, Righi E, Boccia G, Santoro E, Casini B, Baggiani A, Novati R, Oriani R, Odone A, Mezzoiuso AG, Orsi GB, Napoli C, Pasquarella C, Veronesi L, Ripabelli G, Sammarco ML, Rossini A, Squeri R, Laganà P, Antonuccio GM, Genovese C, Tardivo S, Torre I, Alfano R, Pennino F, Torregrossa MV, Barchitta M, Agodi A. Knowledge, experiences, and attitudes toward Mantoux test among medical and health professional students in Italy: a cross-sectional study. Ann Ig 2019; 30:86-98. [PMID: 30374514 DOI: 10.7416/ai.2018.2253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The World Health Organization's Action Framework for tuberculosis elimination in low-tuberculosis incidence countries includes the screening for active and latent tuberculosis in selected high-risk groups, including health care workers. In this context, medical and health profession students, exposed to nosocomial tuberculosis transmission during training and clinical rotations, are target populations for tuberculosis screening. No updated data are available on tuberculosis screening practice and knowledge of medical and health profession students in Italy. METHODS Within the activities Italian Study Group on Hospital Hygiene of the Italian Society of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, we carried out a multicentre cross-sectional study to assess knowledge, attitude and practices on tuberculosis prevention and control among Medical, Dentistry, Nursing and other health professions' students. Students were enrolled in the study on a voluntary basis and were administered a previously piloted structured questionnaire. Logistic regression models were applied to explore knowledge on tuberculosis prevention by selected socio-demographic variables and University-based tuberculosis prevention practice. RESULTS Students of seventeen Universities across Italy participated in the study, and 58.2% of them received compulsory tuberculin skin test either at enrollment or while attending clinical practice. A total of 5,209 students filled the questionnaire. 37.7% were medicine and dentistry students (Group 1), 44.9% were nursing students (Group 2) and 17.4% were other health professions' students (Group 3). Age and gender had different distributions by groups, as well as knowledge and practice on tuberculin skin test. 84.4% of the study population (95% CI = 83.3-85.3) was aware of the existence of the tuberculin skin test, 74.4% (95% CI = 73.2-75.6) knew what is the first-level screening test for latent tuberculosis and only 22.5% (95% CI = 21.4-23.6) knew how to proceed after a positive tuberculin skin test result. Overall, knowledge on tuberculosis prevention was higher in Group 2 and lower Group 3, as compared to Group 1. CONCLUSION In Italy, the knowledge on tuberculosis screening among University students is generally good. To reduce some of the criticalities found among the different study courses, it would be appropriate to harmonize both the regulations on tuberculosis screening practices for admission to University courses, and the educational activities on the topic of tuberculosis, to be extended to all workers involved in health care setting.
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- M T Montagna
- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padova, Hygiene and Public Health Unit, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, "Scuola Medica Salernitana", University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S. - Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research, N.T.M.S. - Hygiene and Epidemiology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Medical Direction, Aosta Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy
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- Medical Direction, Aosta Regional Hospital, Aosta, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medical Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Health Sciences "Vincenzo Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy
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- Fondazione Santa Lucia, Institute for Research and Health Care, IRCCS, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother-Child Care "G. D'Alessandro", University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies 'GF Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Advanced Technologies 'GF Ingrassia', University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Infante T, Bruzzese G, Schiano C, Lucchese R, Alfano R, Faenza M, Nicoletti GF, Napoli C. P1514Evaluation of endothelial progenitor cells as cardiovascular prognostic biomarkers in hemodialysis patients. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Endothelial cells arise from endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), which reside in bone marrow vascular niches, and are classified according to specific functional differences. Oxidative stress and inflammation lead to endothelial dysfunction that is a critical event in the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic plaques. Patients with chronic renal failure frequently show endothelial dysfunction and are at a greatly increased risk of developing atherosclerosis. Owing to their ability to partially restore vascular damage, both the number and functional changes in EPCs may be considered as useful prognostic biomarkers of cardiovascular events in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
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This study investigated EPC features and several biomarkers of systemic vascular inflammation and carotid atherogenesis in hemodialysis (HD) patients.
Methods
We studied 104 HD patients (males=55 and females 49, mean age: 51±12 years) and 40 healthy controls (males=20/females=20; mean age: 52±11 years). Isolated EPCs were cultured in the fibronectin-covered culture dishes and counted. EPC markers were studied by flow cytometry (FACS) by using anti-CD34, anti-CD133 and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) antibodies. Serum levels of intercellular cell adhesion molecule (ICAM), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), IL-6, TNF-α, and asymmetric dimethyl-arginine (ADMA) were measured by ELISA method. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and ratio (CIMR) were also evaluated.
Results
In our experimental conditions, EPC number was decreased in HD patients when compared to controls (p<0.01). Expression of CD34 was significantly lower in the HD group (p<0.01). Interestingly, EPCs were significantly inversely correlated with serum TNF-α levels in HD patients (r=−0.388, p<0.01) but not in the control group (r=−0.133, p=NS). Furthermore, there was an inverse association between VEGFR-2 positive cells and serum TNF α levels (r=−0.401, p=0.002) in HD patients. In HD patients, there was a positive correlation between ICAM levels with CIMT (r=0.405, p=0.03) and CIMR was positively correlated with VCAM levels (r=0.377, p=0.01) and ADMA (r=0.233, p<0.05).
Conclusions
Our study shows that EPC number was decreased in HD patients and it was associated with systemic inflammation. TNF-α could activate inhibitory actions on EPC in HD patients. A significant relationship was present between ICAM/VCAM and carotid atherosclerosis, while this was not evident with EPC number. These pathogenic mechanisms can contribute to the high incidence of cardiovascular diseases in HD patients. However, further larger studies should investigate this working hypothesis.
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- ASL NA1 Pellegrini Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Naples, Italy
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- University della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialistics and Advanced Clinical and Surgical Sciences, Naples, Italy
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- University della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialistics and Advanced Clinical and Surgical Sciences, Naples, Italy
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- University della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical-Surgical and Dental Specialties, Plastic Surgery Unit, Naples, Italy
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- University della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, Naples, Italy
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- University della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”, Department of Internal Medicine and Specialistics and Advanced Clinical and Surgical Sciences, Naples, Italy
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Saenen ND, Martens DS, Neven KY, Alfano R, Bové H, Janssen BG, Roels HA, Plusquin M, Vrijens K, Nawrot TS. Air pollution-induced placental alterations: an interplay of oxidative stress, epigenetics, and the aging phenotype? Clin Epigenetics 2019; 11:124. [PMID: 31530287 PMCID: PMC6749657 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-019-0688-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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According to the "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease" (DOHaD) concept, the early-life environment is a critical period for fetal programming. Given the epidemiological evidence that air pollution exposure during pregnancy adversely affects newborn outcomes such as birth weight and preterm birth, there is a need to pay attention to underlying modes of action to better understand not only these air pollution-induced early health effects but also its later-life consequences. In this review, we give an overview of air pollution-induced placental molecular alterations observed in the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort and evaluate the existing evidence. In general, we showed that prenatal exposure to air pollution is associated with nitrosative stress and epigenetic alterations in the placenta. Adversely affected CpG targets were involved in cellular processes including DNA repair, circadian rhythm, and energy metabolism. For miRNA expression, specific air pollution exposure windows were associated with altered miR-20a, miR-21, miR-146a, and miR-222 expression. Early-life aging markers including telomere length and mitochondrial DNA content are associated with air pollution exposure during pregnancy. Previously, we proposed the air pollution-induced telomere-mitochondrial aging hypothesis with a direct link between telomeres and mitochondria. Here, we extend this view with a potential co-interaction of different biological mechanisms on the level of placental oxidative stress, epigenetics, aging, and energy metabolism. Investigating the placenta is an opportunity for future research as it may help to understand the fundamental biology underpinning the DOHaD concept through the interactions between the underlying modes of action, prenatal environment, and disease risk in later life. To prevent lasting consequences from early-life exposures of air pollution, policy makers should get a basic understanding of biomolecular consequences and transgenerational risks.
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- N. D. Saenen
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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Russo T, Pampena R, Piccolo V, Alfano R, Papageorgiou C, Apalla Z, Longo C, Lallas A, Argenziano G. The prevalent dermoscopic criterion to distinguish between benign and suspicious pink tumours. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:1886-1891. [PMID: 31125473 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pink skin tumours are difficult to differentiate, clinically and dermoscopically. In previous studies, mainly focused on pigmented lesions, pattern analysis provided the best sensitivity and specificity values, as compared to other algorithms. These findings suggest that the global dermoscopic appearance, based on the evaluation of prevalent features, could represent a valuable and practical approach even when dealing with pink lesions. OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a new dermoscopic approach for pink tumours based on the prevalent criterion, as compared to a standard diagnostic method (Menzies algorithm). METHODS The databases of two referral centres were retrospectively evaluated to retrieve dermoscopic images of amelanotic/hypomelanotic skin lesions. Two experts in dermoscopy, blinded for the final diagnosis and for clinical and demographic information, evaluated separately dermoscopic pictures of 1000 lesions according to the Menzies score and to the prevalent criterion method. RESULTS According to the high sensitivity model of the Menzies score, 129 (12.9%) lesions were considered as non-suspicious (of which 16 were false negative) and 871 (87.1%) as suspicious (of which 212 were false positive), with 97.6% sensitivity and 34.8% specificity. According to the high specificity model, 370 (37%) lesions were evaluated as non-suspicious (of which 105 were false negative) and 630 (63%) as suspicious (of which 60 were false positive), with 84.4% sensitivity and 81.5% specificity. Concerning the prevalent criterion method, 316 (31.6%) lesions were evaluated as non-suspicious (of which 46 were false negative) and 684 (68.4) as suspicious (of which 55 were false positive), with 93.2% sensitivity and 83.1% specificity. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that focusing on the prevalent dermoscopic features could allow to detect malignant pink tumours with similar sensitivity but higher specificity than using the conventional Menzies scoring system.
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- T Russo
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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- First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Centro Oncologico ad Alta Tecnologia Diagnostica, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Dermatology Department, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- First Department of Dermatology, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples, Italy
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Reimann B, Janssen BG, Alfano R, Ghantous A, Espín-Pérez A, de Kok TM, Saenen ND, Cox B, Robinson O, Chadeau-Hyam M, Penders J, Herceg Z, Vineis P, Nawrot TS, Plusquin M. The Cord Blood Insulin and Mitochondrial DNA Content Related Methylome. Front Genet 2019; 10:325. [PMID: 31031804 PMCID: PMC6474284 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial dysfunction seems to play a key role in the etiology of insulin resistance. At birth, a link has already been established between mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content and insulin levels in cord blood. In this study, we explore shared epigenetic mechanisms of the association between mtDNA content and insulin levels, supporting the developmental origins of this link. First, the association between cord blood insulin and mtDNA content in 882 newborns of the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort was assessed. Cord blood mtDNA content was established via qPCR, while cord blood levels of insulin were determined using electrochemiluminescence immunoassays. Then the cord blood DNA methylome and transcriptome were determined in 179 newborns, using the human 450K methylation Illumina and Agilent Whole Human Genome 8 × 60 K microarrays, respectively. Subsequently, we performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) adjusted for different maternal and neonatal variables. Afterward, we focused on the 20 strongest associations based on p-values to assign transcriptomic correlates and allocate corresponding pathways employing the R packages ReactomePA and RDAVIDWebService. On the regional level, we examined differential methylation using the DMRcate and Bumphunter packages in R. Cord blood mtDNA content and insulin were significantly correlated (r = 0.074, p = 0.028), still showing a trend after additional adjustment for maternal and neonatal variables (p = 0.062). We found an overlap of 33 pathways which were in common between the association with cord blood mtDNA content and insulin levels, including pathways of neurodevelopment, histone modification, cytochromes P450 (CYP)-metabolism, and biological aging. We further identified a DMR annotated to Repulsive Guidance Molecule BMP Co-Receptor A (RGMA) linked to cord blood insulin as well as mtDNA content. Metabolic variation in early life represented by neonatal insulin levels and mtDNA content might reflect or accommodate alterations in neurodevelopment, histone modification, CYP-metabolism, and aging, indicating etiological origins in epigenetic programming. Variation in metabolic hormones at birth, reflected by molecular changes, might via these alterations predispose children to metabolic diseases later in life. The results of this study may provide important markers for following targeted studies.
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- Brigitte Reimann
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics Research, Stanford University, California, CA, United States
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- Department of Toxicogenomics, GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biology, East-Limburg Hospital, Genk, Belgium
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
- School of Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Alfano R, Guida F, Galobardes B, Chadeau-Hyam M, Delpierre C, Ghantous A, Henderson J, Herceg Z, Jain P, Nawrot TS, Relton C, Vineis P, Castagné R, Plusquin M. Socioeconomic position during pregnancy and DNA methylation signatures at three stages across early life: epigenome-wide association studies in the ALSPAC birth cohort. Int J Epidemiol 2019; 48:30-44. [PMID: 30590607 PMCID: PMC6443021 DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Socioeconomic experiences are recognized determinants of health, and recent work has shown that social disadvantages in early life may induce sustained biological changes at molecular level that are detectable later in life. However, the dynamics and persistence of biological embedding of socioeconomic position (SEP) remains vastly unexplored. METHODS Using the data from the ALSPAC birth cohort, we performed epigenome-wide association studies of DNA methylation changes at three life stages (birth, n = 914; childhood at mean age 7.5 years, n = 973; and adolescence at mean age 15.5 years, n = 974), measured using the Illumina HumanMethylation450 Beadchip, in relation to pregnancy SEP indicators (maternal and paternal education and occupation). RESULTS Across the four early life SEP metrics investigated, only maternal education was associated with methylation levels at birth, and four CpGs mapped to SULF1, GLB1L2 and RPUSD1 genes were identified [false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected P-value <0.05]. No epigenetic signature was found associated with maternal education in child samples, but methylation levels at 20 CpG loci were found significantly associated with maternal education in adolescence. Although no overlap was found between the differentially methylated CpG sites at different ages, we identified two CpG sites at birth and during adolescence which are 219 bp apart in the SULF1 gene that encodes an heparan sulphatase involved in modulation of signalling pathways. Using data from an independent birth cohort, the ENVIRONAGE cohort, we were not able to replicate these findings. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, our results suggest that parental SEP, and particularly maternal education, may influence the offspring's methylome at birth and adolescence.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- INSERM, UMR1027, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- NIHR-Health Protection Research Unit, Respiratory Infections and Immunity, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- IIGM, Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- INSERM, UMR1027, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Medical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Russo T, Corneli P, Piccolo V, Zalaudek I, Alfano R, Argenziano G. Saint Valentine's melanoma. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2019; 33:e179-e180. [PMID: 30653771 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.15433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- T Russo
- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pasini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trieste, University of Trieste, Piazza dell'Ospitale, 2, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pasini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Maggiore Hospital Trieste, University of Trieste, Piazza dell'Ospitale, 2, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Surgery and Emergency, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pasini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Via Pasini, 5, 80131, Naples, Italy
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Alfano R, Herceg Z, Nawrot TS, Chadeau-Hyam M, Ghantous A, Plusquin M. The Impact of Air Pollution on Our Epigenome: How Far Is the Evidence? (A Systematic Review). Curr Environ Health Rep 2018; 5:544-578. [PMID: 30361985 DOI: 10.1007/s40572-018-0218-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This systematic review evaluated existing evidence linking air pollution exposure in humans to major epigenetic mechanisms: DNA methylation, microRNAs, long noncoding RNAs, and chromatin regulation. RECENT FINDINGS Eighty-two manuscripts were eligible, most of which were observational (85%), conducted in adults (66%) and based on DNA methylation (79%). Most observational studies, except panel, demonstrated modest effects of air pollution on the methylome. Panel and experimental studies revealed a relatively large number of significant methylome alterations, though based on smaller sample sizes. Particulate matter levels were positively associated in several studies with global or LINE-1 hypomethylation, a hallmark of several diseases, and with decondensed chromatin structure. Several air pollution species altered the DNA methylation clock, inducing accelerated biological aging. The causal nature of identified associations is not clear, however, especially that most originate from countries with low air pollution levels. Existing evidence, gaps, and perspectives are highlighted herein.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Environment & Health Unit, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, 69008, Lyon, France.
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium.
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Rubba F, Alfano R, Martello R, Egidio R, Montella E, D'Onofrio G, De Divitiis O, Pacelli R, Marinelli A, Triassi M. Therapeutic and l Diagnostic Path as a tool for handling Cerebral neoplastic disease. Eur J Public Health 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cky218.155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- F Rubba
- AOU Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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De Pascale T, Alfano R, Barbieri O, Carannante I, Marra F, Schiavone D, Gentile L, Castrianni D, D'Onofrio G, Buonocore G, Passione A, Santangelo M, Triassi M, Rubba F. [Organ donation and transplantation: the "friendly access initiative" in the Federico II Hospital (Naples), between nudging and narrative medicine]. Epidemiol Prev 2018; 42:364-368. [PMID: 30370739 DOI: 10.19191/ep18.5-6.p364.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In Italy, to show the willingness to donate one's organs, there is the principle of the explicit consensus (or disagreement) (Law n. 91 of the 01.04.1999, Art. 23; Decree of the Italian Health Ministry of the 08.04.2000). According to data of the Italian Association for the donation of organs, tissues and cells (AIDO), in 2017 in Campania Region (Southern Italy) an average of 12.5 people x1,000,000 donated their organs vs. a national average of 23.7. This negative discrepancy between national and regional data highlights that it is imperative to promote awareness-raising measures to address to the population of Campania Region in order to improve the following of a practice which is still object of preconceptions and scarce knowledge. This paper describes a pilot project started in 2017 by the "Sportello amico trapianti" (friendly access to transplantation) to promote the donation of organs within the university-hospital "Federico II" (Naples, Campania Region). The first phase of this project was based on the nudge theory, that is the "little push" to direct decisional processes of groups and individuals. This phase took place during the "Atelier della salute" (a health workshop), organized by the Medicine and Surgery school of the university-hospital "Federico II": here, a questionnaire was administered to 60 people. The questionnaire consisted in 12 questions, answered by volunteers, which aim was to test the general knowledge about organ donation and transplantation. Analysing the answers, a panel of 7 experts (2 epidemiologists, 1 social worker, 2 experts in public and institutional communication, 1 biologist expert in donation of haematopoietic progenitor cell, 1 transplant surgeon), responsible for the coordination and monitoring of the activities, identified the critical elements to bring attention to in order to raise awareness in the population. The second phase consisted in a literary workshop which aim was to identify nudge cases. The text used was Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro, a novel focused on organ donation in a dystopic context where the protagonists are clones created to facilitate the donation of organs. Six students participated in this workshop: all six considered the dystopic scenario as a potential nudge to humanize the approach to organ donation and transplant. In conclusion, we believe that the nudge methodology may be used in order to improve awareness and adherence to donation of organs.
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Direzione, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Direzione, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Centro di ricerca CEINGE - Biotecnologie Avanzate, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Unità di trapianto del rene, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli;
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Alfano R, Palladino R, Risitano A, De Pascale T, Raia M, Castrianni D, Scamardo MS, Cerbone V, Schiavone D, D'Onofrio G, Buonocore G, Triassi M, Del Vecchio L, Rubba F. [Network references for rare diseases: state of the art for the paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria]. Epidemiol Prev 2018; 42:333-343. [PMID: 30370735 DOI: 10.19191/ep18.5-6.p333.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND recently, healthcare network models have been proposed to improve general awareness of rare diseases for patients and specific knowledge about diagnosis, treatment, and management for healthcare services. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a rare haematological disease that still has no framing in an official network. OBJECTIVES to describe the use of network models in diagnosis, treatment, and management of PNH patients both in Italy and abroad and its impact on patients and healthcare service. DISEGN: literature search was performed using the keywords "Hemoglobinuria", "Network", "PHN", and "Screening" in both MedLine and EMBASE. Search was restricted to the articles published in the last 5 years and written in English, French or Italian language. RESULTS from the total 251 articles of the initial search, only 21 were finally included in our review. None of the included study explicitly described a network model. In general, we were able to identify two different kind of networks implicitly described in the studies: laboratory networks for diagnostic harmonization or screening of the population at risk of PNH (10/21 studies) and PNH registry as network of clinical information to be use for better understanding of the natural history of the disease and to assess therapeutic effectiveness (11/21 studies). CONCLUSIONS few network approaches in PNH diagnosis, treatment, and management are described in literature. Despite the scarce application of the networks, our review highlights the positive impact that networks have in both patients and healthcare services.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- UOC ematologia, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Centro di ricerca CEINGE - Biotecnologie Avanzate, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Centro di ricerca CEINGE - Biotecnologie Avanzate, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Centro di ricerca CEINGE - Biotecnologie Avanzate, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli
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- Dipartimento di sanità pubblica, Azienda ospedaliero-universitaria "Federico II", Napoli;
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Alfano R, Robinson O, Vermeulen R, Vineis P, Chadeau-Hyam M, Plusquin M. Multi-omic signature of birthweight: metabolites and methylation driven approaches. Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.respe.2018.05.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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Torre I, Alfano R, Borriello T, De Giglio O, Iervolino C, Montagna MT, Scamardo MS, Pennino F. Environmental surveillance and in vitro activity of antimicrobial agents against Legionella pneumophila isolated from hospital water systems in Campania, South Italy: a 5-year study. Environ Res 2018; 164:574-579. [PMID: 29625340 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Legionellosis' treatment failures have been recently reported showing the possibility of resistance development to traditional therapy, especially in healthcare related disease cases. Environmental impact of antibiotic residues, especially in hospital waters, may act on the resistome of Legionella resulting in developing resistance mechanisms. OBJECTIVES In this study we investigate the antibiotic susceptibility of environmental Legionella pneumophila (Lpn) strains isolated from hospital water systems in Campania, a region located in Southwest Italy. METHODS 5321 hospital water samples were investigated for the presence of Lpn. Among positive samples, antibiotic susceptibility was tested for a random subset of 125 Lpn strains (25 Lpn isolates from each of the following serogroups: 1, 3, 5, 6, 8). Susceptibility testing was performed, using the E-test on buffered charcoal yeast extract agar supplemented with α-ketoglutarate, for 10 antimicrobial drugs: azithromycin, cefotaxime, clarithromycin, doxycycline, erythromycin, rifampicin, tigecycline, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin. Non parametric tests were used to determine and assess the significant differences in susceptibility to the different antimicrobics between the serogroups. RESULTS Among the isolated strains, none showed resistance to the antibiotics tested. Rifampicin was the most active antibiotic against overall Legionella strains, followed by levofloxacin. Between the macrolides the clarithromycin was overall the most active drug, instead the azithromycin was the less active. Analyzing the different serogroups a significant difference was found between serogroup 1 and non-1 serogroup isolates for doxycycline and tigecycline. CONCLUSIONS Antibiotic susceptibility of environmental isolates of Legionella spp. might be useful for the early detection of resistance to antibiotics that directly impacts on mortality and length of hospital stay.
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- Ida Torre
- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Hygiene Section, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Hygiene Section, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Public Health, University of Napoli "Federico II", Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
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