Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29936100›Full record

ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2019

Vitamin D supplementation attenuates asthma development following traffic-related particulate matter exposure.

Paige E Bolcas, Eric B Brandt, Zhonghua Zhang, Jocelyn M Biagini Myers, Brandy P Ruff, Gurjit K Khurana Hershey

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Article in The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paige E BolcasDivision of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Immunology Graduate Program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Eric B BrandtDivision of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Zhonghua ZhangDivision of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jocelyn M Biagini MyersDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Brandy P RuffDivision of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Gurjit K Khurana HersheyDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio; Division of Asthma Research, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: Gurjit.Hershey@cchmc.org.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USUniversity of Cincinnati · USUniversity of Cincinnati Medical Center · US

Funding

TSLP, IL-9-producing mucosal mast cells, and allergic inflammationU19AI070235 · NIAID · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI Marc E. Rothenberg · 2006 to 2026
$31.3M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI070235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecent literature suggests that children who are vitamin D deficient are uniquely susceptible to the effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) exposure. This is highly significant because large segments of the population reside in zones of high TRAP exposure.

objectiveWe sought to determine whether vitamin D supplementation mitigates the effect of TRAP exposure on asthma development, asthma exacerbation, and/or airway inflammation and to determine the timing of vitamin D supplementation that confers maximal health benefit.

methodsUsing established mouse models of asthma, we examined the effect of prenatal and postnatal vitamin D supplementation on asthma development, as well as the utility of vitamin D as a treatment for established asthma in the context of diesel exhaust particle (DEP) exposure.

resultsDEP and allergen coexposure resulted in increased airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and accumulation of pathogenic T

conclusionsOur data establish that vitamin D confers protection against asthma development specifically in the context of TRAP exposure. Although vitamin D replacement did not reverse established asthma, restoration of normal vitamin D status in early life significantly attenuated the development of AHR in the setting of DEP-exacerbated allergic asthma and reduced numbers of lung T

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AsthmaLungTh17 CellsTh2 CellsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalMiceMice, Inbred BALB CTraffic-Related PollutionVehicle EmissionsVitamin DVehicle EmissionsVitamin Dallergenasthmadiesel exhaust particlehouse dust mitepreventiontraffic pollutionVitamin D

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PMID29936100
PMCPMC6309534
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