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ArticleImmunity, inflammation and disease2020

Gender-dependent association between exhaled nitric oxide and the CC16 38AA genotype in young school children.

Sarah J D Nauwelaerts, Nancy H C Roosens, Koen De Cremer, Alfred Bernard, Sigrid C J De Keersmaecker

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Article in Immunity, inflammation and disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Sarah J D NauwelaertsTransversal activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Nancy H C RoosensTransversal activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Koen De CremerPlatform Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Alfred BernardLouvain Centre for Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, University catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-3171-3743
Sigrid C J De KeersmaeckerTransversal activities in Applied Genomics, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4198-4133
Sciensano (Belgium) · BEResearch Institute for Chromatography · BEUCLouvain · BE

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Abstract

backgroundStudies that investigated the association between the CC16 A38G polymorphism and the risk of asthma yielded conflicting results. The aim of this study among schoolchildren was to assess the relationships of CC16 A38G polymorphism with aeroallergen sensitization and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO), two outcomes predicting asthma later in life.

methodsThe study included 139 children (72 boys), median age of 7.7. Information on each child's health, lifestyle, and environment was collected through a questionnaire completed by their parents. CC16 genotypes were determined using urinary DNA. We measured FeNO, the CC16 protein in urine and nasal lavage fluid and aeroallergen-specific immunoglobulin E in nasal mucosa fluid.

resultsChildren with the homozygous mutant CC16 38AA genotype had higher odds of increased FeNO (>30 ppb) compared with their peers with the wild-type genotype 38GG (OR, 9.85; 95% CI, 2.09-46.4; P = .004). This association was female gender specific (P = .002) not being observed in boys (P = .40). It was also independent of allergic sensitization, which yet emerged as the strongest predictor of FeNO along with the use of bleach for house cleaning. Children with the CC16 38AA genotype had lower covariates-adjusted urinary CC16 levels than those with 38GG (median, μg/L, 1.17 vs 2.08, P = .02).

conclusionOur study suggests that the CC16 38AA allele promotes airway inflammation as measured by FeNO through a gender-dependent association. Deficient levels of CC16 in the deep lung, measured noninvasively in urine, as a possible proxy for serum CC16, might underlie this promoting effect.

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ChildExhalationFemaleGenotypeHumansMaleNitric OxideSchoolsUteroglobinNitric OxideSCGB1A1 protein, humanUteroglobinallergic sensitizationCC16 proteinFeNOgenotypenoninvasiveurine

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