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ArticleeLife2021

Psychosocial experiences modulate asthma-associated genes through gene-environment interactions.

Justyna A Resztak, Allison K Farrell, Henriette Mair-Meijers, Adnan Alazizi, Xiaoquan Wen, Derek E Wildman, Samuele Zilioli, Richard B Slatcher, Roger Pique-Regi, Francesca Luca

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Article in eLife, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05974917 (Serious gaMe Come Interventi Emergenti di E-health Per i Giovani Con distuRbi neuroLogici o rEspiratori), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05974917 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Serious gaMe Come Interventi Emergenti di E-health Per i Giovani Con distuRbi neuroLogici o rEspiratori (SMILER) - Progetto@Cnr

TypeobservationalSponsorIstituto di Farmacologia Traslazionale - sede di Palermo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)Ran2023 to 2023Enrolled30ConditionsSerious Game, Asthma in Children, Children, OnlyArmsSerious Game (SG)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Context-specific genetic effects inform endotypes and treatment in asthma.The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology · 2026
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  4. Copy Number Variation in Asthma: An Integrative Review.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2025
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  10. Gene-environment interactions in childhood asthma revisited; expanding the interaction concept.Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Justyna A ResztakCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9567-7369
Allison K FarrellDepartment of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, United States.
Henriette Mair-MeijersCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.
Adnan AlaziziCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.
Xiaoquan WenDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States.
Derek E WildmanCollege of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, United States.
Samuele ZilioliDepartment of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.
Richard B SlatcherDepartment of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.
Roger Pique-RegiCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1262-2275
Francesca LucaCenter for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University, Detroit, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8252-9052
Wayne State University · USMiami University · USUniversity of Michigan · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Risky Family Environments and Childhood AsthmaR01HL114097 · NHLBI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SLATCHER, RICHARD B, ZILIOLI, SAMUELE · 2011 to 2019
$5.6M
Resolving Methodological Challenges in Genomics Research: Causality, Risk Prediction, and Reproducibility: Administrative SupplementR35GM138121 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Xiaoquan Wen · 2020 to 2026
$2.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114097NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM138121
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social interactions and the overall psychosocial environment have a demonstrated impact on health, particularly for people living in disadvantaged urban areas. Here, we investigated the effect of psychosocial experiences on gene expression in peripheral blood immune cells of children with asthma in Metro Detroit. Using RNA-sequencing and a new machine learning approach, we identified transcriptional signatures of 19 variables including psychosocial factors, blood cell composition, and asthma symptoms. Importantly, we found 169 genes associated with asthma or allergic disease that are regulated by psychosocial factors and 344 significant gene-environment interactions for gene expression levels. These results demonstrate that immune gene expression mediates the link between negative psychosocial experiences and asthma risk.

Indexed as

AsthmaGene-Environment InteractionAdolescentChildFemaleGenotypeHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMichiganTranscriptomeasthmaeQTLsgene expressiongeneticsgenomicsGxEhuman

Identifiers

PMID34142656
PMCPMC8282343
OpenAlexW3171697783

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