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ArticleERJ open research2024

Purine degradation pathway metabolites at birth and the risk of lower respiratory tract infections in infancy.

Maria J Gutierrez, Gustavo Nino, Sonia Restrepo-Gualteros, Ethan Mondell, Elizabeth Chorvinsky, Surajit Bhattacharya, Bethlehem Solomon Bera, Allison Welham, Xiumei Hong, Xiaobin Wang

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Article in ERJ open research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria J GutierrezDivision of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5494-5841
Gustavo NinoDivision of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Children's National Hospital, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Sonia Restrepo-GualterosDepartment of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3870-4102
Ethan MondellSchool of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2534-6206
Elizabeth ChorvinskyCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Surajit BhattacharyaCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Bethlehem Solomon BeraCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Allison WelhamCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA.
Xiumei HongCenter on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Xiaobin WangCenter on the Early Life Origins of Disease, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · USChildren's National · USUniversidad Nacional de Colombia · CO

Funding

Preterm Birth, Maternal and Cord Blood Metabolome, and Child Metabolic RiskR01HD041702 · NICHD · LURIE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO · PI Frank B Hu, XIAOBIN WANG · 2001 to 2026
$11.1M
Immune Development Across the Life Course: Integrating Exposures and Multi-Omics in the Boston Birth CohortU01ES034983 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Hongkai Ji, Harry Benjamin Larman · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
Early Life Determinants of Obesity in U.S. Urban Low Income Minority Birth CohortR01HD086013 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, BRUCE Y, WANG, XIAOBIN · 2016 to 2020
$3.3M
The Hopkins Population CenterP2CHD042854 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Alison Gemmill · 2021 to 2026
$3.0M
Functional RNA Modifications, Micronutrient Exposure, Developmental DisabilitiesR01ES031521 · NIEHS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI WANG, XIAOBIN, XIE, HEHUANG · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Maternal Exposure to Low Level Mercury, Metabolome, and Child Cardiometabolic Risk in Multi-Ethnic Prospective Birth CohortsR01ES031272 · NIEHS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, GUOYING, WANG, XIAOBIN · 2020 to 2024
$1.2M
“Role of Maternal Obesity in Epigenetic and Metabolic Programming and Lower Respiratory Infection Risk in Early Life” K23HD104933 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GUTIERREZ, MARIA JIMENA · 2021 to 2025
$854k
Maternal and Cord Blood Metabolome, Infant Feeding, and Development of Food Allergy in a Prospective Birth CohortR21AI154233 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HONG, XIUMEI · 2020 to 2021
$450k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI154233NICHD NIH HHS K23 HD104933NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042854NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD041702NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086013NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031272NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031521NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES034983
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) are the leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide, and altered metabolite production is recognised as a critical factor in LRTI pathogenesis. Methods: This study aimed to identify prenatal metabolic changes associated with LRTI risk in infancy, using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry unbiased metabolomics analysis on cord blood from 810 full-term newborns. Results: We identified 22 compounds linked to LRTIs in infancy, enriched for purine degradation pathway (PDP) metabolites. High cord blood PDP metabolites, including xanthine, hypoxanthine, xanthosine and inosine, were linked to reduced LRTI risk during infancy. Notably, a low xanthine to uric acid ratio at birth predicted a four-fold increased LRTI risk. Conclusion: This study is the first to reveal that high cord blood PDP metabolites identify newborns at lower LRTI risk, stratifying disease risk at birth. Moreover, our results prompt further study on PDP enzymes as pharmacological targets to decrease LRTI morbidity and mortality for at-risk newborns.

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