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Brennan Kearns P, van den Dries MA, Julvez J, Kampouri M, López-Vicente M, Maitre L, Philippat C, Småstuen Haug L, Vafeiadi M, Thomsen C, Yang TC, Vrijheid M, Tiemeier H, Guxens M. Association of exposure to mixture of chemicals during pregnancy with cognitive abilities and fine motor function of children. Environ Int 2024; 185:108490. [PMID: 38364572 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2024.108490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Accepted: 02/05/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024]
Abstract
Chemical exposures often occur in mixtures and exposures during pregnancy may lead to adverse effects on the fetal brain, potentially reducing lower cognitive abilities and fine motor function of the child. We investigated the association of motheŕs exposure to a mixture of chemicals during pregnancy (i.e., organochlorine compounds, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, phenols, phthalates, organophosphate pesticides) with cognitive abilties and fine motor function in their children. We studied 1097 mother-child pairs from five European cohorts participating in the Human Early Life Exposome study (HELIX). Measurement of 26 biomarkers of exposure to chemicals was performed on urine or blood samples of pregnant women (mean age 31 years). Cognitive abilities and fine motor function were assessed in their children (mean age 8 years) with a battery of computerized tests administered in person (Raveńs Coloured Progressive Matrices, Attention Network Test, N-back Test, Trail Making Test, Finger Tapping Test). We estimated the joint effect of prenatal exposure to chemicals on cognitive abilities and fine motor function using the quantile-based g-computation method, adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics. A quartile increase in all the chemicals in the overall mixture was associated with worse fine motor function, specifically lower scores in the Finger Tapping Test [-8.5 points, 95 % confidence interval (CI) -13.6 to -3.4; -14.5 points, 95 % CI -22.4 to -6.6, and -18.0 points, 95 % CI -28.6 to -7.4) for the second, third and fourth quartile of the overal mixture, respectively, when compared to the first quartile]. Organochlorine compounds, phthalates, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contributed most to this association. We did not find a relationship with cognitive abilities. We conclude that exposure to chemical mixtures during pregnancy may influence neurodevelopment, impacting fine motor function of the offspring.
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- Pavla Brennan Kearns
- Department of Epidemiology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain; Clinical and Epidemiological Neuroscience (NeuroÈpia), Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), 43204 Reus, Spain
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- University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Food Safety, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Department of Food Safety, Oslo, Norway
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, USA
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Spain.
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Alcolea JA, Donat-Vargas C, Chatziioannou AC, Keski-Rahkonen P, Robinot N, Molina AJ, Amiano P, Gómez-Acebo I, Castaño-Vinyals G, Maitre L, Chadeau-Hyam M, Dagnino S, Cheng SL, Scalbert A, Vineis P, Kogevinas M, Villanueva CM. Metabolomic Signatures of Exposure to Nitrate and Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a Spanish Multicentric Study (MCC-Spain). Environ Sci Technol 2023; 57:19316-19329. [PMID: 37962559 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
Abstract
We investigated the metabolomic profile associated with exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) and nitrate in drinking water and with colorectal cancer risk in 296 cases and 295 controls from the Multi Case-Control Spain project. Untargeted metabolomic analysis was conducted in blood samples using ultrahigh-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. A variety of univariate and multivariate association analyses were conducted after data quality control, normalization, and imputation. Linear regression and partial least-squares analyses were conducted for chloroform, brominated THMs, total THMs, and nitrate among controls and for case-control status, together with a N-integration model discriminating colorectal cancer cases from controls through interrogation of correlations between the exposure variables and the metabolomic features. Results revealed a total of 568 metabolomic features associated with at least one water contaminant or colorectal cancer. Annotated metabolites and pathway analysis suggest a number of pathways as potentially involved in the link between exposure to these water contaminants and colorectal cancer, including nicotinamide, cytochrome P-450, and tyrosine metabolism. These findings provide insights into the underlying biological mechanisms and potential biomarkers associated with water contaminant exposure and colorectal cancer risk. Further research in this area is needed to better understand the causal relationship and the public health implications.
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- Jose A Alcolea
- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- Unit of Cardiovascular and Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, CS 90627 69366, Lyon, France
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, CS 90627 69366, Lyon, France
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- Research Group in Gene - Environment and Health Interactions (GIIGAS)/Institute of Biomedicine (IBIOMED), Universidad de León, Campus Universitario de Vegazana, León 24071, Spain
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad de León, Campus Universitario de Vegazana, León 24071, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Ministry of Health of the Basque Government, Sub Directorate for Public Health and Addictions of Gipuzkoa; BioGipuzkoa (BioDonostia) Health Research Institute, San Sebastián 20013, Spain
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universidad de Cantabria-IDIVAL, Avenida Cardenal Herrera Oria S/N, Santander 39011, Spain
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- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom
- Transporters in Imaging and Radiotherapy in Oncology (TIRO), School of Medicine, Direction de la Recherche Fondamentale (DRF), Institut des Sciences du Vivant Frédéric Joliot, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA), 28 Avenue de Valombrose, Nice 06107, France
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 25 avenue Tony Garnier, CS 90627 69366, Lyon, France
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom
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- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- ISGlobal, c/Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Avenida Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Pabellón 11, Planta 0, Madrid 28029, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), c/Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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Anguita-Ruiz A, Amine I, Stratakis N, Maitre L, Julvez J, Urquiza J, Luo C, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Thomsen C, Grazuleviciene R, Heude B, McEachan R, Vafeiadi M, Chatzi L, Wright J, Yang TC, Slama R, Siroux V, Vrijheid M, Basagaña X. Beyond the single-outcome approach: A comparison of outcome-wide analysis methods for exposome research. Environ Int 2023; 182:108344. [PMID: 38016387 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.108344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023]
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Outcome-wide analysis can offer several benefits, including increased power to detect weak signals and the ability to identify exposures with multiple effects on health, which may be good targets for preventive measures. Recently, advanced statistical multivariate techniques for outcome-wide analysis have been developed, but they have been rarely applied to exposome analysis. In this work, we provide an overview of a selection of methods that are well-suited for outcome-wide exposome analysis and are implemented in the R statistical software. Our work brings together six different methods presenting innovative solutions for typical problems arising from outcome-wide approaches in the context of the exposome, including dependencies among outcomes, high dimensionality, mixed-type outcomes, missing data records, and confounding effects. The identified methods can be grouped into four main categories: regularized multivariate regression techniques, multi-task learning approaches, dimensionality reduction approaches, and bayesian extensions of the multivariate regression framework. Here, we compare each technique presenting its main rationale, strengths, and limitations, and provide codes and guidelines for their application to exposome data. Additionally, we apply all selected methods to a real exposome dataset from the Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX) project, demonstrating their suitability for exposome research. Although the choice of the best method will always depend on the challenges to be faced in each application, for an exposome-like analysis we find dimensionality reduction and bayesian methods such as reduced rank regression (RRR) or multivariate bayesian shrinkage priors (MBSP) particularly useful, given their ability to deal with critical issues such as collinearity, high-dimensionality, missing data or quantification of uncertainty.
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- Augusto Anguita-Ruiz
- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBEROBN (CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to the Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBEROBN (CIBER Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain; Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research in the Valencian Region, FISABIO-Public Health, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, Av. Catalunya 21, 46020 Valencia, Spain; Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Clinical and Epidemiological Neuroscience Group (NeuroÈpia), 43204 Reus (Tarragona), Catalonia, Spain
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, 600 S Taylor Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Food Safety, Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, 44248 Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Université Paris Cité and Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm, INRAE, Center for Research in Epidemiology and StatisticS (CRESS), F-75004 Paris, France
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to the Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U 1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to the Development and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), 08003 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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Dypås LB, Duale N, Olsen AK, Bustamante M, Maitre L, Escaramis G, Julvez J, Aguilar-Lacasaña S, Andrusaityte S, Casas M, Vafeiadi M, Grazuleviciene R, Heude B, Lepeule J, Urquiza J, Wright J, Yang TC, Vrijheid M, Gützkow KB. Blood miRNA levels associated with ADHD traits in children across six European birth cohorts. BMC Psychiatry 2023; 23:696. [PMID: 37749515 PMCID: PMC10521440 DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-05199-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/17/2023] [Indexed: 09/27/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a prevalent and highly heritable neurodevelopmental disorder of major societal concern. Diagnosis can be challenging and there are large knowledge gaps regarding its etiology, though studies suggest an interplay of genetic and environmental factors involving epigenetic mechanisms. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) show promise as biomarkers of human pathology and novel therapies, and here we aimed to identify blood miRNAs associated with traits of ADHD as possible biomarker candidates and further explore their biological relevance. METHODS Our study population consisted of 1126 children (aged 5-12 years, 46% female) from the Human Early Life Exposome study, a study spanning six ongoing population-based European birth cohorts. Expression profiles of miRNAs in whole blood samples were quantified by microarray and tested for association with ADHD-related measures of behavior and neuropsychological functions from questionnaires (Conner's Rating Scale and Child Behavior Checklist) and computer-based tests (the N-back task and Attention Network Test). RESULTS We identified 29 miRNAs significantly associated (false discovery rate < .05) with the Conner's questionnaire-rated trait hyperactivity, 15 of which have been linked to ADHD in previous studies. Investigation into their biological relevance revealed involvement in several pathways related to neurodevelopment and function, as well as being linked with other neurodevelopmental or psychiatric disorders known to overlap with ADHD both in symptomology, genetic risk, and co-occurrence, such as autism spectrum disorder or schizophrenia. An additional three miRNAs were significantly associated with Conner's-rated inattention. No associations were found with questionnaire-rated total ADHD index or with computer-based tests. CONCLUSIONS The large overlap of our hyperactivity-associated miRNAs with previous studies on ADHD is intriguing and warrant further investigation. Though this study should be considered explorative and preliminary, these findings contribute towards identifying a set of miRNAs for use as blood-based biomarkers to aid in earlier and easier ADHD diagnosis.
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- Lene B Dypås
- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Clinical and Epidemiological Neuroscience (NeuroÈpia), Institut d'investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Reus, Catalonia, Spain
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), Inserm, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, INSERM, CNRS, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, La Tronche, France
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Siskos AP, Keun HC, Warth B, Kelly RS, Maitre L. Editorial: Metabolomics and the exposome. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1188673. [PMID: 37457250 PMCID: PMC10338829 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1188673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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- Alexandros P. Siskos
- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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- Instituto Salud Global Barcelona (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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Robinson O, Lau CHE, Joo S, Andrusaityte S, Borras E, de Prado-Bert P, Chatzi L, Keun HC, Grazuleviciene R, Gutzkow KB, Maitre L, Martens DS, Sabido E, Siroux V, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Nawrot TS, Bustamante M, Vrijheid M. Associations of four biological age markers with child development: a multi-omic analysis in the European HELIX cohort. eLife 2023; 12:85104. [PMID: 37278618 DOI: 10.7554/elife.85104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: While biological age in adults is often understood as representing general health and resilience, the conceptual interpretation of accelerated biological age in children and its relationship to development remains unclear. We aimed to clarify the relationship of accelerated biological age, assessed through two established biological age indicators, telomere length and DNA methylation age, and two novel candidate biological age indicators , to child developmental outcomes, including growth and adiposity, cognition, behaviour, lung function and onset of puberty, among European school-age children participating in the HELIX exposome cohort. Methods: The study population included up to 1,173 children, aged between 5 and 12 years, from study centres in the UK, France, Spain, Norway, Lithuania, and Greece. Telomere length was measured through qPCR, blood DNA methylation and gene expression was measured using microarray, and proteins and metabolites were measured by a range of targeted assays. DNA methylation age was assessed using Horvath's skin and blood clock, while novel blood transcriptome and 'immunometabolic' (based on plasma protein and urinary and serum metabolite data) clocks were derived and tested in a subset of children assessed six months after the main follow-up visit. Associations between biological age indicators with child developmental measures as well as health risk factors were estimated using linear regression, adjusted for chronological age, sex, ethnicity and study centre. The clock derived markers were expressed as Δ age (i.e., predicted minus chronological age). Results: Transcriptome and immunometabolic clocks predicted chronological age well in the test set (r= 0.93 and r= 0.84 respectively). Generally, weak correlations were observed, after adjustment for chronological age, between the biological age indicators. Among associations with health risk factors, higher birthweight was associated with greater immunometabolic Δ age, smoke exposure with greater DNA methylation Δ age and high family affluence with longer telomere length. Among associations with child developmental measures, all biological age markers were associated with greater BMI and fat mass, and all markers except telomere length were associated with greater height, at least at nominal significance (p<0.05). Immunometabolic Δ age was associated with better working memory (p = 4e -3) and reduced inattentiveness (p= 4e -4), while DNA methylation Δ age was associated with greater inattentiveness (p=0.03) and poorer externalizing behaviours (p= 0.01). Shorter telomere length was also associated with poorer externalizing behaviours (p=0.03). Conclusions: In children, as in adults, biological ageing appears to be a multi-faceted process and adiposity is an important correlate of accelerated biological ageing. Patterns of associations suggested that accelerated immunometabolic age may be beneficial for some aspects of child development while accelerated DNA methylation age and telomere attrition may reflect early detrimental aspects of biological ageing, apparent even in children. Funding: UK Research and Innovation (MR/S03532X/1); European Commission (grant agreement numbers: 308333; 874583).
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- Oliver Robinson
- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Μedical Research Council Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Center for Genomics Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States
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- Department of Metabolism, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Climate and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Center for Genomics Regulation, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Université Grenoble Alpes, Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Grenoble, France
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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Alfano R, Plusquin M, Robinson O, Brescianini S, Chatzi L, Keski-Rahkonen P, Handakas E, Maitre L, Nawrot T, Robinot N, Roumeliotaki T, Sassi F, Scalbert A, Vrijheid M, Vineis P, Richiardi L, Zugna D. Cord blood metabolites and rapid postnatal growth as multiple mediators in the prenatal propensity to childhood overweight. Int J Obes (Lond) 2022; 46:1384-1393. [PMID: 35508813 PMCID: PMC9239910 DOI: 10.1038/s41366-022-01108-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms underlying childhood overweight and obesity are poorly known. Here, we investigated the direct and indirect effects of different prenatal exposures on offspring rapid postnatal growth and overweight in childhood, mediated through cord blood metabolites. Additionally, rapid postnatal growth was considered a potential mediator on childhood overweight, alone and sequentially to each metabolite. METHODS Within four European birth-cohorts (N = 375 mother-child dyads), information on seven prenatal exposures (maternal education, pre-pregnancy BMI, weight gain and tobacco smoke during pregnancy, age at delivery, parity, and child gestational age), selected as obesogenic according to a-priori knowledge, was collected. Cord blood levels of 31 metabolites, associated with rapid postnatal growth and/or childhood overweight in a previous study, were measured via liquid-chromatography-quadrupole-time-of-flight-mass-spectrometry. Rapid growth at 12 months and childhood overweight (including obesity) between four and eight years were defined with reference to WHO growth charts. Single mediation analysis was performed using the imputation approach and multiple mediation analysis using the extended-imputation approach. RESULTS Single mediation suggested that the effect of maternal education, pregnancy weight gain, parity, and gestational age on rapid postnatal growth but not on childhood overweight was partly mediated by seven metabolites, including cholestenone, decenoylcarnitine(C10:1), phosphatidylcholine(C34:3), progesterone and three unidentified metabolites; and the effect of gestational age on childhood overweight was mainly mediated by rapid postnatal growth. Multiple mediation suggested that the effect of gestational age on childhood overweight was mainly mediated by rapid postnatal growth and that the mediating role of the metabolites was marginal. CONCLUSION Our findings provide evidence of the involvement of in utero metabolism in the propensity to rapid postnatal growth and of rapid postnatal growth in the propensity to childhood overweight. We did not find evidence supporting a mediating role of the studied metabolites alone between the studied prenatal exposures and the propensity to childhood overweight.
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- Rossella Alfano
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Centre for Behavioural Science and Mental Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Centre for Health Economics & Policy Innovation, Department of Economics & Public Policy, Imperial College Business School, South Kensington Campus, London, UK
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Μedical Research Council-Health Protection Agency Centre for Environment and Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin and CPO-Piemonte, Torino, Italy
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Stratakis N, Siskos AP, Papadopoulou E, Nguyen AN, Zhao Y, Margetaki K, Lau CHE, Coen M, Maitre L, Fernández-Barrés S, Agier L, Andrusaityte S, Basagaña X, Brantsaeter AL, Casas M, Fossati S, Grazuleviciene R, Heude B, McEachan RRC, Meltzer HM, Millett C, Rauber F, Robinson O, Roumeliotaki T, Borras E, Sabidó E, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, Vineis P, Voortman T, Wright J, Conti DV, Vrijheid M, Keun HC, Chatzi L. Urinary metabolic biomarkers of diet quality in European children are associated with metabolic health. eLife 2022; 11:e71332. [PMID: 35076016 PMCID: PMC8789316 DOI: 10.7554/elife.71332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Urinary metabolic profiling is a promising powerful tool to reflect dietary intake and can help understand metabolic alterations in response to diet quality. Here, we used 1H NMR spectroscopy in a multicountry study in European children (1147 children from 6 different cohorts) and identified a common panel of 4 urinary metabolites (hippurate, N-methylnicotinic acid, urea, and sucrose) that was predictive of Mediterranean diet adherence (KIDMED) and ultra-processed food consumption and also had higher capacity in discriminating children's diet quality than that of established sociodemographic determinants. Further, we showed that the identified metabolite panel also reflected the associations of these diet quality indicators with C-peptide, a stable and accurate marker of insulin resistance and future risk of metabolic disease. This methodology enables objective assessment of dietary patterns in European child populations, complementary to traditional questionary methods, and can be used in future studies to evaluate diet quality. Moreover, this knowledge can provide mechanistic evidence of common biological pathways that characterize healthy and unhealthy dietary patterns, and diet-related molecular alterations that could associate to metabolic disease.
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- Nikos Stratakis
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital CampusLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamNetherlands
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital CampusLondonUnited Kingdom
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital CampusLondonUnited Kingdom
- Oncology Safety, Clinical Pharmacology and Safety Sciences, R&D, AstraZenecaCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- Inserm, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, Team of environmental epidemiology applied to reproduction and respiratory health, IABGrenobleFrance
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus UniversityKaunasLithuania
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Université de Paris, Inserm, InraParisFrance
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradfordUnited Kingdom
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- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial CollegeLondonUnited Kingdom
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- Public Health Policy Evaluation Unit, School of Public Health, Imperial CollegeLondonUnited Kingdom
- Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of São PauloSão PauloBrazil
- Center for Epidemiological Research in Nutrition and Health, University of São PauloSão PauloBrazil
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of CreteHeraklionGreece
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyBarcelonaSpain
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Centre for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute of Science and TechnologyBarcelonaSpain
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of CreteHeraklionGreece
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College LondonLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical CenterRotterdamNetherlands
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustBradfordUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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- ISGlobalBarcelonaSpain
- Universitat Pompeu FabraBarcelonaSpain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud PúblicaMadridSpain
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- Cancer Metabolism & Systems Toxicology Group, Division of Cancer, Department of Surgery & Cancer and Division of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital CampusLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesUnited States
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Solomon O, Huen K, Yousefi P, Küpers LK, González JR, Suderman M, Reese SE, Page CM, Gruzieva O, Rzehak P, Gao L, Bakulski KM, Novoloaca A, Allard C, Pappa I, Llambrich M, Vives M, Jima DD, Kvist T, Baccarelli A, White C, Rezwan FI, Sharp GC, Tindula G, Bergström A, Grote V, Dou JF, Isaevska E, Magnus MC, Corpeleijn E, Perron P, Jaddoe VWV, Nohr EA, Maitre L, Foraster M, Hoyo C, Håberg SE, Lahti J, DeMeo DL, Zhang H, Karmaus W, Kull I, Koletzko B, Feinberg JI, Gagliardi L, Bouchard L, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Tiemeier H, Santorelli G, Maguire RL, Czamara D, Litonjua AA, Langhendries JP, Plusquin M, Lepeule J, Binder EB, Verduci E, Dwyer T, Carracedo Á, Ferre N, Eskenazi B, Kogevinas M, Nawrot TS, Munthe-Kaas MC, Herceg Z, Relton C, Melén E, Gruszfeld D, Breton C, Fallin MD, Ghantous A, Nystad W, Heude B, Snieder H, Hivert MF, Felix JF, Sørensen TIA, Bustamante M, Murphy SK, Raikkönen K, Oken E, Holloway JW, Arshad SH, London SJ, Holland N. Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in newborns and children show widespread sex differences in blood DNA methylation. Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res 2022; 789:108415. [PMID: 35690418 PMCID: PMC9623595 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2022.108415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2021] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Among children, sex-specific differences in disease prevalence, age of onset, and susceptibility have been observed in health conditions including asthma, immune response, metabolic health, some pediatric and adult cancers, and psychiatric disorders. Epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation may play a role in the sexual differences observed in diseases and other physiological traits. METHODS We performed a meta-analysis of the association of sex and cord blood DNA methylation at over 450,000 CpG sites in 8438 newborns from 17 cohorts participating in the Pregnancy And Childhood Epigenetics (PACE) Consortium. We also examined associations of child sex with DNA methylation in older children ages 5.5-10 years from 8 cohorts (n = 4268). RESULTS In newborn blood, sex was associated at Bonferroni level significance with differences in DNA methylation at 46,979 autosomal CpG sites (p < 1.3 × 10-7) after adjusting for white blood cell proportions and batch. Most of those sites had lower methylation levels in males than in females. Of the differentially methylated CpG sites identified in newborn blood, 68% (31,727) met look-up level significance (p < 1.1 × 10-6) in older children and had methylation differences in the same direction. CONCLUSIONS This is a large-scale meta-analysis examining sex differences in DNA methylation in newborns and older children. Expanding upon previous studies, we replicated previous findings and identified additional autosomal sites with sex-specific differences in DNA methylation. Differentially methylated sites were enriched in genes involved in cancer, psychiatric disorders, and cardiovascular phenotypes.
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- Olivia Solomon
- Children's Environmental Health Laboratory, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Children's Environmental Health Laboratory, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Sweden
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- Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dept. Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/ Psychology, Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands; The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Dr. Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA; Bioinformatics Research Center, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Laboratory of Precision Environmental Biosciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA
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- Merck Exploratory Science Center, Merck Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA 02141, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3DB, United Kingdom; Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Children's Environmental Health Laboratory, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Region Stockholm, Sweden
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- Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dept. Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Department of Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Centre of Women's, Family and Child Health, University of South-Eastern Norway, Kongsberg, Norway
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; PHAGEX Research Group, Blanquerna School of Health Science, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Human Health and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, NC, USA
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Div. Metabolic and Nutritional Medicine, Dept. Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Ospedale Versilia, Azienda USL Toscana Nord Ovest, Viareggio, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Genomics, Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Department of Medical Biology, CIUSSS Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Chicoutimi Hospital, Saguenay, QC, Canada
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/ Psychology, Erasmus Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Social and Behavioral Science, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, USA
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- Bradford Institute of Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford BD9 6RJ, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University, NC, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Dept. Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, IAB, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Dept. Translational Research in Psychiatry, Max-Planck-Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ospedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Clinical Sciences, Heart Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Pediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Fundación Pública Galega de Merdicina Xenómica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) y Centro Nacional de Genotipado (CEGEN-PRB3), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Pediatric Nutrition and Human Development Research Unit, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, IISPV, Reus, Spain
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- Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain; IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Department Public Health & Primary care, Leuven University, Belgium
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- Centre for Fertility and Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK
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- Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Sachs' Children and Youth Hospital, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Neonatal Department, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Chronic Diseases and Ageing, Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Université de Paris, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), INSERM, INRAE, F-75004 Paris, France
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Epidemiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Universite de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada; Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA; Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, P.O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, BS8 2BN, UK; Department of Public Health, Section of Epidemiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Section on Metabolic Genetics, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Dr Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Human Development and Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK; Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
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- Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight, UK
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Children's Environmental Health Laboratory, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Vrijheid M, Basagaña X, Gonzalez JR, Jaddoe VWV, Jensen G, Keun HC, McEachan RRC, Porcel J, Siroux V, Swertz MA, Thomsen C, Aasvang GM, Andrušaitytė S, Angeli K, Avraam D, Ballester F, Burton P, Bustamante M, Casas M, Chatzi L, Chevrier C, Cingotti N, Conti D, Crépet A, Dadvand P, Duijts L, van Enckevort E, Esplugues A, Fossati S, Garlantezec R, Gómez Roig MD, Grazuleviciene R, Gützkow KB, Guxens M, Haakma S, Hessel EVS, Hoyles L, Hyde E, Klanova J, van Klaveren JD, Kortenkamp A, Le Brusquet L, Leenen I, Lertxundi A, Lertxundi N, Lionis C, Llop S, Lopez-Espinosa MJ, Lyon-Caen S, Maitre L, Mason D, Mathy S, Mazarico E, Nawrot T, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Ortiz R, Pedersen M, Perelló J, Pérez-Cruz M, Philippat C, Piler P, Pizzi C, Quentin J, Richiardi L, Rodriguez A, Roumeliotaki T, Sabin Capote JM, Santiago L, Santos S, Siskos AP, Strandberg-Larsen K, Stratakis N, Sunyer J, Tenenhaus A, Vafeiadi M, Wilson RC, Wright J, Yang T, Slama R. Advancing tools for human early lifecourse exposome research and translation (ATHLETE): Project overview. Environ Epidemiol 2021; 5:e166. [PMID: 34934888 PMCID: PMC8683140 DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Early life stages are vulnerable to environmental hazards and present important windows of opportunity for lifelong disease prevention. This makes early life a relevant starting point for exposome studies. The Advancing Tools for Human Early Lifecourse Exposome Research and Translation (ATHLETE) project aims to develop a toolbox of exposome tools and a Europe-wide exposome cohort that will be used to systematically quantify the effects of a wide range of community- and individual-level environmental risk factors on mental, cardiometabolic, and respiratory health outcomes and associated biological pathways, longitudinally from early pregnancy through to adolescence. Exposome tool and data development include as follows: (1) a findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable (FAIR) data infrastructure for early life exposome cohort data, including 16 prospective birth cohorts in 11 European countries; (2) targeted and nontargeted approaches to measure a wide range of environmental exposures (urban, chemical, physical, behavioral, social); (3) advanced statistical and toxicological strategies to analyze complex multidimensional exposome data; (4) estimation of associations between the exposome and early organ development, health trajectories, and biological (metagenomic, metabolomic, epigenetic, aging, and stress) pathways; (5) intervention strategies to improve early life urban and chemical exposomes, co-produced with local communities; and (6) child health impacts and associated costs related to the exposome. Data, tools, and results will be assembled in an openly accessible toolbox, which will provide great opportunities for researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders, beyond the duration of the project. ATHLETE's results will help to better understand and prevent health damage from environmental exposures and their mixtures from the earliest parts of the life course onward.
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Affiliation(s)
- Martine Vrijheid
- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Corresponding Author. Address: ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, C. Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: (M. Vrijheid)
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer and Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford,United Kingdom
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) Joint Research Center, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Risk Assessment Department, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, València, Spain
- Faculty of Nursing and Chiropody, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- University Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail)—UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), Risk Assessment Department, Maisons-Alfort, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, València, Spain
- Faculty of Nursing and Chiropody, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- CHU de Rennes, University Rennes, Inserm, EHESP, Irset (Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail)—UMR_S 1085, Rennes, France
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
- Maternal and Child Health and Development Network II (SAMID II), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- BCNatal—Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Child and Adolescence Psychiatry, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biosciences, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- RECETOX Centre, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Brunel University London, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Uxbridge, United Kingdom
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- University Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Health & Environment Alliance (HEAL), Brussels, Belgium
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- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- Biodonostia, Research Health Institute, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- University of Basque Country UPV/EHU, Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
- Biodonostia, Research Health Institute, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, València, Spain
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- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Epidemiology and Environmental Health Joint Research Unit, FISABIO-Universitat Jaume I-Universitat de València, València, Spain
- Faculty of Nursing and Chiropody, Universitat de València, Valencia, Spain
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) Joint Research Center, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford,United Kingdom
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- University Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, INRAE, Grenoble INP, GAEL, Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
- Maternal and Child Health and Development Network II (SAMID II), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- BCNatal—Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Centre for Health and Environment, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu (IR-SJD), Barcelona, Spain
- Maternal and Child Health and Development Network II (SAMID II), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
- BCNatal—Barcelona Center for Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) Joint Research Center, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- RECETOX Centre, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) Joint Research Center, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatrics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery & Cancer and Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain
- Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
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- University Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford,United Kingdom
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford,United Kingdom
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences) Joint Research Center, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Development and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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Julvez J, López-Vicente M, Warembourg C, Maitre L, Philippat C, Gützkow KB, Guxens M, Evandt J, Andrusaityte S, Burgaleta M, Casas M, Chatzi L, de Castro M, Donaire-González D, Gražulevičienė R, Hernandez-Ferrer C, Heude B, Mceachan R, Mon-Williams M, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Robinson O, Sakhi AK, Sebastian-Galles N, Slama R, Sunyer J, Tamayo-Uria I, Thomsen C, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Basagaña X, Vrijheid M. Early life multiple exposures and child cognitive function: A multi-centric birth cohort study in six European countries. Environ Pollut 2021; 284:117404. [PMID: 34077897 PMCID: PMC8287594 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Epidemiological studies mostly focus on single environmental exposures. This study aims to systematically assess associations between a wide range of prenatal and childhood environmental exposures and cognition. The study sample included data of 1298 mother-child pairs, children were 6-11 years-old, from six European birth cohorts. We measured 87 exposures during pregnancy and 122 cross-sectionally during childhood, including air pollution, built environment, meteorology, natural spaces, traffic, noise, chemicals and life styles. The measured cognitive domains were fluid intelligence (Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices test, CPM), attention (Attention Network Test, ANT) and working memory (N-Back task). We used two statistical approaches to assess associations between exposure and child cognition: the exposome-wide association study (ExWAS) considering each exposure independently, and the deletion-substitution-addition algorithm (DSA) considering all exposures simultaneously to build a final multiexposure model. Based on this multiexposure model that included the exposure variables selected by ExWAS and DSA models, child organic food intake was associated with higher fluid intelligence (CPM) scores (beta = 1.18; 95% CI = 0.50, 1.87) and higher working memory (N-Back) scores (0.23; 0.05, 0.41), and child fast food intake (-1.25; -2.10, -0.40), house crowding (-0.39; -0.62, -0.16), and child environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) (-0.89; -1.42, -0.35), were all associated with lower CPM scores. Indoor PM2.5 exposure was associated with lower N-Back scores (-0.09; -0.16, -0.02). Additional associations in the unexpected direction were found: Higher prenatal mercury levels, maternal alcohol consumption and child higher perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) levels were associated with better cognitive performance; and higher green exposure during pregnancy with lower cognitive performance. This first comprehensive and systematic study of many prenatal and childhood environmental risk factors suggests that unfavourable child nutrition, family crowdedness and child indoor air pollution and ETS exposures adversely and cross-sectionally associate with cognitive function. Unexpected associations were also observed and maybe due to confounding and reverse causality.
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- Jordi Julvez
- Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus, Reus (Tarragona), Catalonia, Spain; Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Centre-Sophia Children's Hospital, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychology, Erasmus University Medical Centre-Sophia Children's Hospital, PO Box 2060, 3000 CB, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, 08018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Université de Paris, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Statistics (CRESS), INSERM, INRAE, Paris, France
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- MRC Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Center for Brain and Cognition, Department of Technology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Roc Boronat 138, 08018, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Inserm U1209, CNRS UMR 5309, Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Division of Immunology and Immunotherapy, Cima Universidad de Navarra and "Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra (IdISNA)", Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Granum B, Oftedal B, Agier L, Siroux V, Bird P, Casas M, Warembourg C, Wright J, Chatzi L, de Castro M, Donaire D, Grazuleviciene R, Småstuen Haug L, Maitre L, Robinson O, Tamayo-Uria I, Urquiza J, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Slama R, Thomsen C, Vrijheid M. Multiple environmental exposures in early-life and allergy-related outcomes in childhood. Environ Int 2020; 144:106038. [PMID: 32854059 PMCID: PMC8768577 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Early onset and high prevalence of allergic diseases result in high individual and socio-economic burdens. Several studies provide evidence for possible effects of environmental factors on allergic diseases, but these are mainly single-exposure studies. The exposome provides a novel holistic approach by simultaneously studying a large set of exposures. The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between a broad range of prenatal and childhood environmental exposures and allergy-related outcomes in children. MATERIAL AND METHODS Analyses of associations between 90 prenatal and 107 childhood exposures and allergy-related outcomes (last 12 months: rhinitis and itchy rash; ever: doctor-diagnosed eczema and food allergy) in 6-11 years old children (n = 1270) from the European Human Early-Life Exposome cohort were performed. Initially, we used an exposome-wide association study (ExWAS) considering the exposures independently, followed by a deletion-substitution-addition selection (DSA) algorithm considering all exposures simultaneously. All the exposure variables selected in the DSA were included in a final multi-exposure model using binomial general linear model (GLM). RESULTS In ExWAS, no exposures were associated with the outcomes after correction for multiple comparison. In multi-exposure models for prenatal exposures, lower distance of residence to nearest road and higher di-iso-nonyl phthalate level were associated with increased risk of rhinitis, and particulate matter absorbance (PMabs) was associated with a decreased risk. Furthermore, traffic density on nearest road was associated with increased risk of itchy rash and diethyl phthalate with a reduced risk. DSA selected no associations of childhood exposures, or between prenatal exposures and eczema or food allergy. DISCUSSION This first comprehensive and systematic analysis of many environmental exposures suggests that prenatal exposure to traffic-related variables, PMabs and phthalates are associated with rhinitis and itchy rash.
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Affiliation(s)
- Berit Granum
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology, IAB, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm, CNRS, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, University Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology, IAB, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm, CNRS, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, University Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA; Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Greece; Department of Genetics & Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology, IAB, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm, CNRS, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, University Grenoble-Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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Osorio-Yáñez C, Clemente DBP, Maitre L, Vives-Usano M, Bustamante M, Martinez D, Casas M, Alexander J, Thomsen C, Chatzi L, Gützkow KB, Grazuleviciene R, Martens DS, Plusquin M, Slama R, McEachan RC, Wright J, Yang TC, Urquiza J, Tamayo I, Sunyer J, Vafeiadi M, Nawrot TS, Vrijheid M. Early life tobacco exposure and children's telomere length: The HELIX project. Sci Total Environ 2020; 711:135028. [PMID: 32000334 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Telomere length and mitochondrial DNA content are considered biomarkers of cellular aging, oxidative stress, and inflammation, but there is almost no information on their association with tobacco smoke exposure in fetal and early life. The aim of this study was to assess whether prenatal and childhood tobacco exposure were associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) content in children. As part of a multi-centre European birth cohort study HELIX (Human Early-Life Exposome) (n = 1396) we assessed maternal smoking status during pregnancy through questionnaires, and through urinary cotinine levels that were then used to classify women as not exposed to smoking (<10 µg/L), exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS) (10-50 µg/L) and active smokers (>50 µg/L). When the children were around 8 years of age (range: 5.4-12.0 years), childhood SHS tobacco smoke exposure was assessed through an extensive questionnaire and through measurements of urinary cotinine (<3.03 µg/L non-detected, >3.03 µg/L detected). Leukocyte mtDNA content and LTL were measured in the children at 8 years employing real time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Effect estimates were calculated using multivariate linear regression models for prenatal and childhood exposures adjusted for potential confounders. Maternal cotinine levels indicative of SHS exposure during pregnancy were associated with a decrease of 3.90% in LTL in children (95% CI: -6.68, -0.91), compared with non-smoking, whereas the association for maternal cotinine levels indicative of active smoking did not reach statistical significance (-3.24%; 95% CI: -6.59, 0.21). Childhood SHS tobacco exposure was not associated with LTL in children. Global SHS exposure during childhood was associated with an increase of 3.51% (95% CI: 0.78, 6.27) in mtDNA content. Our findings suggest that tobacco smoke exposure during pregnancy, even at SHS levels, may accelerate telomere shortening in children and thus induce biological aging from an early age.
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- Citlalli Osorio-Yáñez
- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México DF, Mexico
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology, IAB, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Inserm, CNRS, CHU-Grenoble-Alpes, University Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble, France
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain; Municipal Institute of Medical Research (IMIM-Hospital del Mar), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Unit Environment & Health, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain; Univeristat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain.
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Stratakis N, Conti DV, Borras E, Sabido E, Roumeliotaki T, Papadopoulou E, Agier L, Basagana X, Bustamante M, Casas M, Farzan SF, Fossati S, Gonzalez JR, Grazuleviciene R, Heude B, Maitre L, McEachan RRC, Theologidis I, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, West J, Wright J, McConnell R, Brantsaeter AL, Meltzer HM, Vrijheid M, Chatzi L. Association of Fish Consumption and Mercury Exposure During Pregnancy With Metabolic Health and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Children. JAMA Netw Open 2020; 3:e201007. [PMID: 32176304 PMCID: PMC7076335 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Importance The balance of mercury risk and nutritional benefit from fish intake during pregnancy for the metabolic health of offspring to date is unknown. Objective To assess the associations of fish intake and mercury exposure during pregnancy with metabolic syndrome in children and alterations in biomarkers of inflammation in children. Design, Setting, and Participants This population-based prospective birth cohort study used data from studies performed in 5 European countries (France, Greece, Norway, Spain, and the UK) between April 1, 2003, and February 26, 2016, as part of the Human Early Life Exposome (HELIX) project. Mothers and their singleton offspring were followed up until the children were aged 6 to 12 years. Data were analyzed between March 1 and August 2, 2019. Exposures Maternal fish intake during pregnancy (measured in times per week) was assessed using validated food frequency questionnaires, and maternal mercury concentration (measured in micrograms per liter) was assessed using maternal whole blood and cord blood samples. Main Outcomes and Measures An aggregate metabolic syndrome score for children was calculated using the z scores of waist circumference, systolic and diastolic blood pressures, and levels of triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and insulin. A higher metabolic syndrome score (score range, -4.9 to 7.5) indicated a poorer metabolic profile. Three protein panels were used to measure several cytokines and adipokines in the plasma of children. Results The study included 805 mothers and their singleton children. Among mothers, the mean (SD) age at cohort inclusion or delivery of their infant was 31.3 (4.6) years. A total of 400 women (49.7%) had a high educational level, and 432 women (53.7%) were multiparous. Among children, the mean (SD) age was 8.4 (1.5) years (age range, 6-12 years). A total of 453 children (56.3%) were boys, and 734 children (91.2%) were of white race/ethnicity. Fish intake consistent with health recommendations (1 to 3 times per week) during pregnancy was associated with a 1-U decrease in metabolic syndrome score in children (β = -0.96; 95% CI, -1.49 to -0.42) compared with low fish consumption (<1 time per week) after adjusting for maternal mercury levels and other covariates. No further benefit was observed with fish intake of more than 3 times per week. A higher maternal mercury concentration was independently associated with an increase in the metabolic syndrome score of their offspring (β per 2-fold increase in mercury concentration = 0.18; 95% CI, 0.01-0.34). Compared with low fish intake, moderate and high fish intake during pregnancy were associated with reduced levels of proinflammatory cytokines and adipokines in children. An integrated analysis identified a cluster of children with increased susceptibility to metabolic disease, which was characterized by low fish consumption during pregnancy, high maternal mercury levels, decreased levels of adiponectin in children, and increased levels of leptin, tumor necrosis factor α, and the cytokines interleukin 6 and interleukin 1β in children. Conclusions and Relevance Results of this study suggest that moderate fish intake consistent with current health recommendations during pregnancy was associated with improvements in the metabolic health of children, while high maternal mercury exposure was associated with an unfavorable metabolic profile in children.
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- Nikos Stratakis
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Department of Complex Genetics and Epidemiology, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Proteomics Unit, Centre de Regulacio Genomica, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Proteomics Unit, Centre de Regulacio Genomica, Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Inserm, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, U1209 Joint Research Center, La Tronche, Grenoble, France
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics, Inserm, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Universite de Paris, Paris, France
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Foundation for Research and Technology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
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- Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Consorcio de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Epidemiologia y Salud Publica, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
- Department of Complex Genetics and Epidemiology, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Clemente DBP, Maitre L, Bustamante M, Chatzi L, Roumeliotaki T, Fossati S, Grazuleviciene R, Gützkow KB, Lepeule J, Martens DS, McEachan RRC, Meltzer HM, Petraviciene I, Slama R, Tamayo-Uria I, Urquiza J, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Nawrot TS, Vrijheid M. Obesity is associated with shorter telomeres in 8 year-old children. Sci Rep 2019; 9:18739. [PMID: 31822763 PMCID: PMC6904465 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55283-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Telomere length is considered a biomarker of biological aging. Shorter telomeres and obesity have both been associated with age-related diseases. To evaluate the association between various indices of obesity with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in childhood, data from 1,396 mother-child pairs of the multi-centre European birth cohort study HELIX were used. Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and 4 adiposity markers in children at age 8 (6–11) years were assessed: BMI, fat mass, waist circumference, and skinfold thickness. Relative LTL was obtained. Associations of LTL with each adiposity marker were calculated using linear mixed models with a random cohort effect. For each 1 kg/m² increment in maternal pre-pregnancy BMI, the child’s LTL was 0.23% shorter (95%CI: 0.01,0.46%). Each unit increase in child BMI z-score was associated with 1.21% (95%CI: 0.30,2.11%) shorter LTL. Inverse associations were observed between waist circumference and LTL (−0.96% per z-score unit; 95%CI: −2.06,0.16%), and skinfold thickness and LTL (−0.10% per z-score unit; 95%CI: −0.23,0.02%). In conclusion, this large multicentric study suggests that higher child adiposity indicators are associated with short telomeres in children, and that associations are stronger for child BMI than for maternal pre-pregnancy BMI.
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- Diana B P Clemente
- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain.,Bioinformatics and Genomics Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, University Park Campus, 90089-0911, Los Angeles, USA.,Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Andrea Kalokerinou 13, 715 00, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Andrea Kalokerinou 13, 715 00, Crete, Greece
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, Donelaičio 58, 44248, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, NO-0403, Oslo, Norway
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- Inserm and University Grenoble-Alpes, U1209, IAB, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, 110 Rue de la Chimie, 38400, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, Bradford, UK
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, NO-0403, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytautas Magnus University, Donelaičio 58, 44248, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Inserm and University Grenoble-Alpes, U1209, IAB, Team of Environmental Epidemiology Applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, 110 Rue de la Chimie, 38400, Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02138, Massachusetts, USA
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain.,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain.,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Andrea Kalokerinou 13, 715 00, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, BD9 6RJ, Bradford, UK
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- Center for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.,Department of Public Health & Primary Care, Unit Environment & Health, Leuven University, Oude Markt 13, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health Barcelona, C/ Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain. .,Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Plaça de la Mercè, 10, 08002, Barcelona, Spain. .,CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Av. Monforte de Lemos, 3-5, Madrid, Spain.
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Papadopoulou E, Haug LS, Sakhi AK, Andrusaityte S, Basagaña X, Brantsaeter AL, Casas M, Fernández-Barrés S, Grazuleviciene R, Knutsen HK, Maitre L, Meltzer HM, McEachan RRC, Roumeliotaki T, Slama R, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Vrijheid M, Thomsen C, Chatzi L. Diet as a Source of Exposure to Environmental Contaminants for Pregnant Women and Children from Six European Countries. Environ Health Perspect 2019; 127:107005. [PMID: 31617753 PMCID: PMC6867312 DOI: 10.1289/ehp5324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Pregnant women and children are especially vulnerable to exposures to food contaminants, and a balanced diet during these periods is critical for optimal nutritional status. OBJECTIVES Our objective was to study the association between diet and measured blood and urinary levels of environmental contaminants in mother-child pairs from six European birth cohorts (n = 818 mothers and 1,288 children). METHODS We assessed the consumption of seven food groups and the blood levels of organochlorine pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and heavy metals and urinary levels of phthalate metabolites, phenolic compounds, and organophosphate pesticide (OP) metabolites. Organic food consumption during childhood was also studied. We applied multivariable linear regressions and targeted maximum likelihood based estimation (TMLE). RESULTS Maternal high (≥ 4 times / week ) versus low (< 2 times / week ) fish consumption was associated with 15% higher PCBs [geometric mean (GM) ratio = 1.15 ; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.02, 1.29], 42% higher perfluoroundecanoate (PFUnDA) (GM ratio = 1.42 ; 95% CI: 1.20, 1.68), 89% higher mercury (Hg) (GM ratio = 1.89 ; 95% CI: 1.47, 2.41) and a 487% increase in arsenic (As) (GM ratio = 4.87 ; 95% CI: 2.57, 9.23) levels. In children, high (≥ 3 times / week ) versus low (< 1.5 times / week ) fish consumption was associated with 23% higher perfluorononanoate (PFNA) (GM ratio = 1.23 ; 95% CI: 1.08, 1.40), 36% higher PFUnDA (GM ratio = 1.36 ; 95% CI: 1.12, 1.64), 37% higher perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) (GM ratio = 1.37 ; 95% CI: 1.22, 1.54), and > 200 % higher Hg and As [GM ratio = 3.87 (95% CI: 1.91, 4.31) and GM ratio = 2.68 (95% CI: 2.23, 3.21)] concentrations. Using TMLE analysis, we estimated that fish consumption within the recommended 2-3 times/week resulted in lower PFAS, Hg, and As compared with higher consumption. Fruit consumption was positively associated with OP metabolites. Organic food consumption was negatively associated with OP metabolites. DISCUSSION Fish consumption is related to higher PFAS, Hg, and As exposures. In addition, fruit consumption is a source of exposure to OPs. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP5324.
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- Eleni Papadopoulou
- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm), Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), University Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Joint Research Center (U1209), La Tronche, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain
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- Department of Environmental Exposure and Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
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Clemente DBP, Vrijheid M, Martens DS, Bustamante M, Chatzi L, Danileviciute A, de Castro M, Grazuleviciene R, Gutzkow KB, Lepeule J, Maitre L, McEachan RRC, Robinson O, Schwarze PE, Tamayo I, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Slama R, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Nawrot TS. Prenatal and Childhood Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure and Telomere Length in European Children: The HELIX Project. Environ Health Perspect 2019; 127:87001. [PMID: 31393792 PMCID: PMC6792385 DOI: 10.1289/ehp4148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND Telomere length is a molecular marker of biological aging. OBJECTIVE Here we investigated whether early-life exposure to residential air pollution was associated with leukocyte telomere length (LTL) at 8 y of age. METHODS In a multicenter European birth cohort study, HELIX (Human Early Life Exposome) ([Formula: see text]), we estimated prenatal and 1-y childhood exposure to nitrogen dioxide ([Formula: see text]), particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter [Formula: see text] ([Formula: see text]), and proximity to major roads. Average relative LTL was measured using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). Effect estimates of the association between LTL and prenatal, 1-y childhood air pollution, and proximity to major roads were calculated using multiple linear mixed models with a random cohort effect and adjusted for relevant covariates. RESULTS LTL was inversely associated with prenatal and 1-y childhood [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] exposures levels. Each standard deviation (SD) increase in prenatal [Formula: see text] was associated with a [Formula: see text] (95% CI: [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]) change in LTL. Prenatal [Formula: see text] was nonsignificantly associated with LTL ([Formula: see text] per SD increase; 95% CI: [Formula: see text], 0.6). For each SD increment in 1-y childhood [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] exposure, LTL shortened by [Formula: see text] (95% CI: [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]) and [Formula: see text] (95% CI: [Formula: see text], 0.1), respectively. Each doubling in residential distance to nearest major road during childhood was associated with a 1.6% (95% CI: 0.02, 3.1) lengthening in LTL. CONCLUSION Lower exposures to air pollution during pregnancy and childhood were associated with longer telomeres in European children at 8 y of age. These results suggest that reductions in traffic-related air pollution may promote molecular longevity, as exemplified by telomere length, from early life onward. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4148.
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- Diana B P Clemente
- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
- NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Science, Vytauto Didziojo Universitetas, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) and Université Grenoble-Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
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- MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Statistics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Royal Infirmary, Bradford, UK
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- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) and Université Grenoble-Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Unit Environment and Health, Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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Maitre L, Prouteau J, Mulliez A, Jacomet C. Caractéristiques et parcours de soins en médecine générale des patients recevant une prophylaxie pré-exposition (PrEP). Med Mal Infect 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2019.04.345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Agier L, Basagaña X, Maitre L, Granum B, Bird PK, Casas M, Oftedal B, Wright J, Andrusaityte S, de Castro M, Cequier E, Chatzi L, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Grazuleviciene R, Haug LS, Sakhi AK, Leventakou V, McEachan R, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Petraviciene I, Robinson O, Roumeliotaki T, Sunyer J, Tamayo-Uria I, Thomsen C, Urquiza J, Valentin A, Slama R, Vrijheid M, Siroux V. Early-life exposome and lung function in children in Europe: an analysis of data from the longitudinal, population-based HELIX cohort. Lancet Planet Health 2019; 3:e81-e92. [PMID: 30737192 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(19)30010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Several single-exposure studies have documented possible effects of environmental factors on lung function, but none has relied on an exposome approach. We aimed to evaluate the association between a broad range of prenatal and postnatal lifestyle and environmental exposures and lung function in children. METHODS In this analysis, we used data from 1033 mother-child pairs from the European Human Early-Life Exposome (HELIX) cohort (consisting of six existing longitudinal birth cohorts in France, Greece, Lithuania, Norway, Spain, and the UK of children born between 2003 and 2009) for whom a valid spirometry test was recorded for the child. 85 prenatal and 125 postnatal exposures relating to outdoor, indoor, chemical, and lifestyle factors were assessed, and lung function was measured by spirometry in children at age 6-12 years. Two agnostic linear regression methods, a deletion-substitution-addition (DSA) algorithm considering all exposures simultaneously, and an exposome-wide association study (ExWAS) considering exposures independently, were applied to test the association with forced expiratory volume in 1 s percent predicted values (FEV1%). We tested for two-way interaction between exposures and corrected for confounding by co-exposures. FINDINGS In the 1033 children (median age 8·1 years, IQR 6·5-9·0), mean FEV1% was 98·8% (SD 13·2). In the ExWAS, prenatal perfluorononanoate (p=0·034) and perfluorooctanoate (p=0·030) exposures were associated with lower FEV1%, and inverse distance to nearest road during pregnancy (p=0·030) was associated with higher FEV1%. Nine postnatal exposures were associated with lower FEV1%: copper (p=0·041), ethyl-paraben (p=0·029), five phthalate metabolites (mono-2-ethyl 5-carboxypentyl phthalate [p=0·016], mono-2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl phthalate [p=0·023], mono-2-ethyl-5-oxohexyl phthalate [p=0·0085], mono-4-methyl-7-oxooctyl phthalate [p=0·040], and the sum of di-ethylhexyl phthalate metabolites [p=0·014]), house crowding (p=0·015), and facility density around schools (p=0·027). However, no exposure passed the significance threshold when corrected for multiple testing in ExWAS, and none was selected with the DSA algorithm, including when testing for exposure interactions. INTERPRETATION Our systematic exposome approach identified several environmental exposures, mainly chemicals, that might be associated with lung function. Reducing exposure to these ubiquitous chemicals could help to prevent the development of chronic respiratory disease. FUNDING European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (HELIX project).
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- Lydiane Agier
- Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Inserm, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), U1209 Joint Research Center, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Social Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece; Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Inserm, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), U1209 Joint Research Center, Grenoble, France
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
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- Team of Environmental Epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory Health, Inserm, CNRS, University Grenoble Alpes, Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), U1209 Joint Research Center, Grenoble, France.
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Gekiere F, Dessalles MC, Poisson N, Maitre L. [Clinical follow-up -- EEG -- serum determinations: therapeutic experience with clozapine]. Encephale 1996; 22 Spec No 6:16-23. [PMID: 9102314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The effects of clozapine were studied during 5 years at the Villejuif psychiatric hospital in outside and inside patients. Among the results obtained in 114 cases treated, we report here the results obtained in a group of 18 patients in which the longitudinal therapeutic data given by EEG recordings were confronted with those obtained for the plasma levels of the drug and it demethyl metabolite. This study shows on one side that EEG abnormal activities are frequent and need to be taken in account. On another hand we found an important inter as well as intra-variability of the plasma concentrations. For the intra-individual variations a large number of responsible factors was found. The interest to perform the demethyl metabolite dosage is discussed.
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- F Gekiere
- Centre hospitalier Paul Guiraud, Villejuif
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Maitre L. 17th Symposium of AGNP. Nuremberg, October 2-5, 1991. Abstracts. Pharmacopsychiatry 1992; 25:63-118. [PMID: 1594656 DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1014390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Bischoff S, Bruinink A, Gunst F, Krauss J, Schaub M, Vassout A, Maitre L. CAN BRAIN REGION-SELECTIVE DOPAMINE (DA) RECEPTOR BLOCKERS PREFERENTIALLY ACT ON SCHIZOPHRENIA SUBTYPES? Clin Neuropharmacol 1992; 15 Suppl 1 Pt A:23A-24A. [PMID: 1354027 DOI: 10.1097/00002826-199201001-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- S Bischoff
- Research Department, Ciba-Geigy, Basel, Switzerland
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Boulat O, Waldmeier P, Maitre L. 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) as an index of noradrenaline turnover: effects of Hydergine and vincamine. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1990; 82:181-95. [PMID: 2248732 DOI: 10.1007/bf01272761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Among the drugs commonly used in the treatment of memory disorders of the elderly, vincamine and hydergine have been shown to moderately increase the firing rate of noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC) neurons. Since changes in electrical activity of noradrenergic neurons are generally reflected in corresponding alterations of the turnover of this transmitter, the effects of these drugs on the accumulation of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and dopamine (DA) in the presence and absence of the dopamine-beta-hydroxylase inhibitor, FLA 63, were studied in the LC as well as in two of its projection areas, the hippocampus and the cerebellum. Characterization of this procedure with the alpha 2-adrenoceptor antagonist, idazoxan, the corresponding agonist, clonidine, the alpha 1-adrenoceptor antagonist prazosine, and haloperidol, suggested that--DOPAC changes are more suitable than those of DA or DOPAC/DA ratios in reflecting changes in noradrenaline (NA) turnover, inhibiting DBH is advantageous if NA turnover is to be measured in projection areas, but not in LC, and haloperidol and prazosine, in principle, did not affect NA turnover. Vincamine and hydergine at 10 mg/kg doses, at which they were reported to increase LC firing by 50%, did not induce a change in NA turnover in any of the areas. This, together with the data obtained with haloperidol, suggests that a minimal increase in the firing rate of LC cells (+140%) is required before it could influence the turnover of NA, as measured by DOPAC changes. Thus, the stimulating effect of nootropics on the central noradrenergic system may be more sensitively detected by electrophysiological techniques than by biochemical ones.
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- O Boulat
- Research Department, CIBA-GEIGY AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Papp J, Maitre L, Szekeres L. Stimulatory and inhibitory action of oxaprotiline, a tetracyclic antidepressant, and its enantiomers in cardiac tissue. Eur J Pharmacol 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(90)93237-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Bernasconi R, Steulet AF, Aryee D, Martin P, Leonhardt T, Bischoff S, Maitre L. [Interactions of GABAergic and catecholaminergic neurotransmissions. Effects of dopaminergic and noradrenergic agonists and antagonists on GABA turnover]. Encephale 1989; 15:377-85. [PMID: 2572414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effects of specific D1 and D2 agonists and antagonists on GABA turnover in four brain structures have been studied. GABA turnover was estimated by measuring the accumulation of GABA after GABA-T inhibition with gabaculine. Stimulation of DA receptors by apomorphine, a mixed D1 and D2 agonist or by (+/-)2-(N-phenylethyl-N-propyl)amino-5-hydroxytetraline, a selective agonist of D2 receptors, dose-dependently reduced GABA turnover. Both agonists had no effect on GABA levels. S(-)sulpiride, a selective D2 antagonist, had no effect on either GABA levels or GABA turnover. However, sulpiride antagonized the reduction of GABA turnover produced by apomorphine or (+/-)2-(N-phenylethyl-N-propyl)amino-5-hydroxytetraline. By contrast, SKF 38393, a selective D1 agonist, did not appear to influence GABA-mediated inhibitory neurotransmission. SCH 23390, a D1 antagonist, which by itself had no effect on GABA levels and only slightly decreased GABA turnover, did not antagonize the effect of apomorphine. On the contrary, SCH 23390, slightly, but significantly increased the reduction in GABA turnover produced by apomorphine. Furthermore, idaxozan, an alpha 2-antagonist, antagonized the reduction of GABA turnover produced by the alpha 2-agonist clonidine, but did not prevent the effect of apomorphine on GABA turnover. Thus, the tonic inhibition exerted by DA on GABA-mediated neurotransmission seems to be mainly controlled by D2 receptors.
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- R Bernasconi
- Laboratoires de recherche biologique, Ciba-Geigy Ltd, Bâle, Suisse
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Bernasconi R, Marescaux C, Vergnes M, Klebs K, Klein M, Martin P, Portet C, Maitre L, Schmutz M. Evaluation of the anticonvulsant and biochemical activity of CGS 8216 and CGS 9896 in animal models. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 1988; 71:11-27. [PMID: 3343593 DOI: 10.1007/bf01259406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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CGS 8216, a benzodiazepine-receptor ligand with inverse agonistic properties, and CGS 9896, which possesses partial agonistic or mixed agonist-antagonist properties were compared in a number of epilepsy models. The effect of CGS 9896 on the decrease in GABA levels induced by isoniazid was also investigated. CGS 9896 inhibited the kindling process in rats in that it delayed the development of overt seizures and the increase in the duration of afterdischarges. In a genetic rat model characterized by absence-like EEG patterns, CGS 9896 dose-dependently suppressed these spontaneously occurring discharges, while CGS 8216 had no effect. However, CGS 8216 antagonized the anticonvulsant action of CGS 9896. CGS 9896 protected mice against seizures induced by beta-vinyllactic acid, whereas CGS 8216 shortened the latency period before convulsions occurred. CGS 9896 retarded the onset of convulsive fits caused by isoniazid without preventing the decrease in GABA levels produced by that drug. These results confirm the anticonvulsant activity of CGS 9896 and demonstrate the inverse agonistic activity of CGS 8216. The profile of CGS 9896 in the above tests suggests that it might be an effective anticonvulsant, primarily in absence-type seizures.
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- R Bernasconi
- Biology Research Laboratories, CIBA-GEIGY Ltd., Basle, Switzerland
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Waldmeier PC, Tipton KF, Bernasconi R, Felner AE, Baumann PA, Maitre L. CGP 4718 A, a new potential antidepressant with a dual mode of action. Eur J Pharmacol 1984; 107:79-89. [PMID: 6526072 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(84)90094-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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CGP 4718 A (4-[5-chloro-benzofuranyl-2-]-1-methylpiperidine HCl) was found to inhibit MAO A preferentially in vitro in a competitive manner. Assessment of its in vivo effects by an ex vivo approach showed it to be a relatively weak, reversible inhibitor of MAO A. There were also effects on MAO B but they were inferior by a factor of about 10. The onset of the inhibitory effects in rat liver and brain was rapid, being maximal in about 1 h following administration of CGP 4718 A p.o. The inhibition was of relatively short duration with the effects being undetectable 24 h after treatment. CGP 4718 A also inhibited the reuptake of serotonin (5-HT) in synaptosomes in vitro and ex vivo. Evidence for 5-HT uptake inhibition was also found by using the H 75/12 depletor model. Its in vitro and in vivo potency as a 5-HT uptake inhibitor was approximately the same as that of imipramine. The effects on MAO A and on 5-HT uptake occurred over a similar dose range (above 10 mg/kg p.o.) and also had a similar time course. No evidence for inhibitory effects on noradrenaline uptake was found in vivo.
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Waldmeier PC, Baumann PA, Fehr B, De Herdt P, Maitre L. Carbamazepine decreases catecholamine turnover in the rat brain. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1984; 231:166-72. [PMID: 6491972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The anticonvulsant carbamazepine (100 mg/kg i.p.) increased the levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol sulfate in the rat brain as well as its accumulation after inhibition of acid transport by probenecid. It did not interfere with 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol sulfation in vivo. However, this was not corroborated by the results of turnover studies. The depletion of brain norepinephrine after inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase or dopamine (DA) beta-hydroxylase rather tended to be decreased and the accumulation of DA in the rat heart after DA beta-hydroxylase inhibition was diminished. Carbamazepine also reduced the depletion of striatal DA after tyrosine hydroxylase inhibition and the accumulation of striatal dopa after central decarboxylase inhibition, but did not affect the levels of the deaminated DA metabolites, homovanillic acid and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, even after pretreatment with probenecid. Therefore, carbamazepine seems to reduce catecholamine turnover in spite of its enhancing action on the firing of norepinephrine and DA neurons reported in the literature. These apparently paradoxical effects might be explained by an interference with the catecholamine storage mechanism. Two other anticonvulsants, diphenylhydantoin and phenobarbital, in doses approximately equieffective to that of carbamazepine with respect to their anticonvulsant action, showed similar although somewhat weaker effects on DA, but not on norepinephrine turnover. Within the catecholamine hypothesis of affective disorders, the reduction of catecholamine turnover by carbamazepine might explain the reported antimanic and antipsychotic effects in patients.
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Waldmeier PC, Baumann PA, Hauser K, Maitre L, Storni A. Oxaprotiline, a noradrenaline uptake inhibitor with an active and an inactive enantiomer. Biochem Pharmacol 1982; 31:2169-76. [PMID: 7115436 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(82)90510-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Bernasconi R, Maitre L, Martin P, Raschdorf F. The use of inhibitors of GABA-transaminase for the determination of GABA turnover in mouse brain regions: an evaluation of aminooxyacetic acid and gabaculine. J Neurochem 1982; 38:57-66. [PMID: 7108535 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1982.tb10853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Baclofen increased striatal levels of dopamine (DA), homovanillic (HVA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) dose-dependently above 10 mg/kg i.p. The effect on the DA metabolites was shown to be caused only by the (-)-isomer. The HVA increase after 20 mg/kg i.p. was not antagonized by either scopolamine or picrotoxin. Repeated treatment produced a smaller increase in HVA than a single administration. Baclofen reduced both the disappearance of DA after alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine and the acceleration of the DA disappearance caused by neuroleptics in corpus striatum and in the mesolimbic area. The neuroleptic-induced increases in HVA and DOPAC and in DOPA accumulation after central decarboxylase inhibition were also reduced. Picrotoxin could not antagonize these effects of baclofen which therefore cannot be regarded as being garbergic. Baclofen effects on DA metabolism are similar to those reported for gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and are probably a consequence of inhibition of firing of DA neurons.
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Greengrass PM, Waldmeier PC, Imhof PR, Maitre L. Comparison of the effects of maprotiline (ludiomil) and clomipramine (anafranil) on serotonin uptake and tryptophan-binding in plasma. Biol Psychiatry 1976; 11:91-100. [PMID: 1260079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The influence of maprotiline or clomipramine on plasma tryptophan-binding and brain tryptophan was studied in rats. Neither compound altered tryptophan-binding nor brain tryptophan levels after acute of chronic treatment. In a comparative study maprotiline and clomipramine were administered to healthy volunteers for 4 days and the concentrations of total and free tryptophan in plasma were determined. Serotonin uptake was also measured in the platelets from these subjects. Maprotiline treatment did not inhibit serotonin uptake nor did it have any influence on plasma tryptophan binding. Clomipramine also had no influence on plasma tryptophan-binding but strongly inhibited serotonin uptake into platelets. These results confirm the earlier observation that maprotiline has no influence on serotonin uptake and can be clearly distinguished from clomipramine.
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Waldmeier PC, Feldtrauer JJ, Maitre L. Inhibition and activation of enzymatic transfer of the methyl group from 5-methyltetrahydrofolate to tryptamine by catecholamine metabolites and analogues. Biochem Pharmacol 1975; 24:1209-13. [PMID: 1137606 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(75)90064-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Waldmeier PC, Maitre L. 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC): a possible endogenous inhibitor of indoleamine-N-methylation in the rat brain. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1974. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01926289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A method is described for the simultaneous automated fluorometric estimation of noradrenaline and dopamine in brain extracts. It is based on a slight modification of the automated method for dopamine published recently. Interference of noradrenaline in the estimation of dopamine, and vice versa, is low (0.8 and 1.4%, respectively). Interferences of other catechols and related compounds have also been studied. Samples can be processed at a rate of 30 per hour, and the limit of sensitivity for both amines is about 2 ng/ml of brain extract.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Waldmeier
- Research Department, Pharmaceuticals Division, Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle, Switzerland
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- Research Department, Pharmaceuticals Division, Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle, Switzerland
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- Research Department, Pharmaceuticals Division, Ciba-Geigy Limited, Basle, Switzerland
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Maitre L, Waldmeier P, Baumann P. Effects of some tetrahydrocannabinols on the biosynthesis and utilization of catecholamines in the rat brain. Life Sci 1973. [DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(73)90094-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maitre L. [Various biochemical pharmacological aspects of neuropsychotropic substances]. Rev Neurol (Paris) 1969; 120:379-85. [PMID: 5379314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Jacob J, Maitre L. [Chromatographic and pharmacological analysis of rabbit and guinea pig heart extracts]. Arch Int Pharmacodyn Ther 1965; 158:73-90. [PMID: 5854056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Jacob J, Maitre L. 39b Hypotensive substances in trichloracetic acid extracts of the rabbit heart. Biochem Pharmacol 1961. [DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(61)90207-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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