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SynthesisPediatric pulmonology2021

Exposure to violence, chronic stress, nasal DNA methylation, and atopic asthma in children.

Qi Yan, Erick Forno, Andres Cardenas, Cancan Qi, Yueh-Ying Han, Edna Acosta-Pérez, Soyeon Kim, Rong Zhang, Nadia Boutaoui, Glorisa Canino and 8 more

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Synthesis in Pediatric pulmonology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Genome-wide cross-trait analysis of heterogeneous outcomes in early life atopic dermatitis.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2025
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  6. Asthma: Biomedical and Psychobiological Perspectives.Biopsychosocial science and medicine · 2025
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  8. Managing childhood asthma with an eye toward environmental, social, and behavioral features.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2025
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  13. Omics approaches in asthma research: Challenges and opportunities.Chinese medical journal pulmonary and critical care medicine · 2024
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  15. Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.Clinics in chest medicine · 2023
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  16. Epigenome-wide association studies of allergic disease and the environment.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Qi YanDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5236-9673
Erick FornoDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6497-9885
Andres CardenasDivision of Environmental Health Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2284-3298
Cancan QiDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Yueh-Ying HanDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Edna Acosta-PérezBehavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Soyeon KimDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rong ZhangDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Nadia BoutaouiDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Glorisa CaninoBehavioral Sciences Research Institute, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Judith M VonkUniversity Medical Center Groningen, GRIAC Research Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Cheng-Jian XuDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Wei ChenDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anna MarslandDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Emily OkenDivision of Chronic Disease Research Across the Lifecourse, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Diane R GoldChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Gerard H KoppelmanDepartment of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, University Medical Center Groningen, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Juan C CeledónDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6139-5320
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLHarvard University · USUniversity of Puerto Rico System · PRBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES FOR CORE LABORATORIESU54MD007587 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI LUCIANO, CARLOS A., WOJNA, VALERIE · 2012 to 2018
$23.2M
Prenatal environmental determinants of health in young adulthood: a lifecourse approachR01HD034568 · NICHD · HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. · PI Marie-France Hivert, Emily Oken · 1998 to 2026
$20.6M
Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM133807 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MED SCIENCES · PI LUCIANO, CARLOS A., MOROU-BERMUDEZ, EVANGELIA · 2020 to 2024
$17.7M
Common and distinct early environmental influences on cardiometabolic and respiratory health: Mechanisms and methodsUH3OD023286 · OD · HARVARD PILGRIM HEALTH CARE, INC. · PI OKEN, EMILY · 2018 to 2022
$11.7M
Epigenetic Variation and Childhood Asthma in Puerto RicansR01HL117191 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2013 to 2020
$5.8M
The Fetal and Childhood Environment, Oxidative Balance, Inflammation and AsthmaR01AI102960 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI GOLD, DIANE R, OKEN, EMILY · 2013 to 2017
$4.0M
Genes, Home Allergens and Asthma Puerto Rican ChildrenR01HL079966 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2006 to 2010
$3.8M
Obesity and Childhood Asthma: The Role of Adipose TissueR01HL149693 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI FORNO, ERICK · 2020 to 2024
$3.0M
Early Life DNA Methylation and Childhood Allergic DiseaseR01HL111108 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI DEMEO, DAWN L · 2013 to 2016
$3.0M
Pittsburgh Training Grant in Pediatric Pulmonary MedicineT32HL129949 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Juan Carlos Celedon · 2016 to 2026
$2.9M
Novel Epigenomic Biomarkers of Prenatal Risk Factors, and Childhood ObesityR01NR013945 · NINR · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI BACCARELLI, ANDREA · 2013 to 2015
$1.6M
Exposure to violence, epigenetic variation, and asthma in Puerto Rican childrenR01MD011764 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CELEDON, JUAN CARLOS · 2017 to 2020
$1.3M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExposure to violence (ETV) or chronic stress may influence asthma through unclear mechanisms.

methodsEpigenome-wide association study (EWAS) of ETV or chronic stress measures and DNA methylation in nasal epithelium from 487 Puerto Ricans aged 9-20 years who participated in the Epigenetic Variation and Childhood Asthma in Puerto Ricans study [EVA-PR]). We assessed four measures of ETV and chronic stress in children (ETV scale, gun violence, and perceived stress) and their mothers (perceived stress). Each EWAS was conducted using linear regression, with CpGs as dependent variables and the stress/violence measure as a predictor, adjusting for age, sex, the top five principal components, and SVA latent factors. We then selected the top 100 CpGs (by p value) associated with each stress/violence measure in EVA-PR and conducted a meta-analysis of the selected CpGs and atopic asthma using data from EVA-PR and two additional cohorts (Project Viva and PIAMA).

resultsThree CpGs (in SNN, PTPRN2, and LINC01164) were associated with maternal perceived stress or gun violence (p = 1.28-3.36 × 10

conclusionsPending confirmation in longitudinal studies, our findings suggest that nasal epithelial methylation markers associated with measures of ETV and chronic stress may be linked to atopic asthma in children and adolescents.

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AsthmaExposure to ViolenceStress, PsychologicalAdolescentChildDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA MethylationEpigenomeGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMembrane ProteinsMuscle ProteinsTranscription FactorsDNA-Binding ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMuscle ProteinsTranscription Factorschildhood asthmaepigeneticsstressviolence

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PMID33751861
PMCPMC8217314
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