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An Integrative Transcriptomic and Metabolomic Study of Lung Function in Children With Asthma.

Rachel S Kelly, Bo L Chawes, Kevin Blighe, Yamini V Virkud, Damien C Croteau-Chonka, Michael J McGeachie, Clary B Clish, Kevin Bullock, Juan C Celedón, Scott T Weiss and 1 more

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Article in Chest, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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53 citing papers in PubMed, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rachel S KellyChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: hprke@channing.harvard.edu.
Bo L ChawesChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; COPSAC, Copenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kevin BligheChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Yamini V VirkudChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Allergy and Immunology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Damien C Croteau-ChonkaChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Michael J McGeachieChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Clary B ClishBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
Kevin BullockBroad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA.
Juan C CeledónDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Scott T WeissChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Jessica A Lasky-SuChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USBroad Institute · USMassachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

The Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa RicaR37HL066289 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, SCOTT T · 2007 to 2015
$14.6M
Systems Biology of Airway DiseaseP01HL132825 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI ZHOU, ANNY XIAOBO · 2016 to 2020
$12.6M
Integrative Metabolomics of Asthma SeverityR01HL123915 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LASKY-SU, JESSICA A · 2014 to 2023
$7.0M
Epigenetic Variation and Childhood Asthma in Puerto RicansR01HL117191 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2013 to 2020
$5.8M
THE GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ASTHMA IN COSTA RICAR01HL066289 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, SCOTT T · 2001 to 2005
$5.2M
Vitamin D to Prevent Severe Asthma Exacerbations in High-Risk Children - CCCU01HL119952 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2015 to 2018
$2.9M
Weight loss-induced modification of the genomic network underlying obese asthmaK01HL127265 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CROTEAU-CHONKA, DAMIEN C. · 2015 to 2019
$844k
The Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa RicaK01HL004370 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2001 to 2005
$697k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL004370NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL127265NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL132825NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL066289NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117191NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123915NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL066289NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL119952
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSingle omic analyses have provided some insight into the basis of lung function in children with asthma, but the underlying biologic pathways are still poorly understood.

methodsWeighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) was used to identify modules of coregulated gene transcripts and metabolites in blood among 325 children with asthma from the Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica study. The biology of modules associated with lung function as measured by FEV

resultsWGCNA clustered 25,060 gene probes and 8,185 metabolite features into eight gene modules and eight metabolite modules, where four and six, respectively, were associated with lung function (P ≤ .05). The gene modules were enriched for immune, mitotic, and metabolic processes and asthma-associated microRNA targets. The metabolite modules were enriched for lipid and amino acid metabolism. Integration of correlated gene-metabolite modules expanded the single omic findings, linking the FEV

conclusionsThe results of this hypothesis-generating study suggest a mechanistic basis for multiple asthma genes, including ORMDL3, and a role for lipid metabolism. They demonstrate that integrating multiple omic technologies may provide a more informative picture of asthmatic lung function biology than single omic analyses.

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MetabolomicsAdolescentAllelesAsthmaChildCosta RicaFemaleGene Regulatory NetworksGenotypeHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRespiratory Function TestsTranscriptomeMembrane ProteinsORMDL3 protein, humanasthmaintegrative omicslung functionmetabolometranscriptome

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PMID29908154
PMCPMC6689076
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