Elevated third trimester corticosteroid levels are associated with fewer offspring infections
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Elevated third trimester corticosteroid levels are associated with fewer offspring infections. / Prince, Nicole; Kelly, Rachel S.; Chu, Su H.; Kachroo, Priyadarshini; Chen, Yulu; Mendez, Kevin M.; Begum, Sofina; Bisgaard, Hans; Bønnelykke, Klaus; Kim, Min; Levy, Ofer; Litonjua, Augusto A.; Wheelock, Craig E.; Weiss, Scott T.; Chawes, Bo L.; Lasky-Su, Jessica A.
I: Scientific Reports, Bind 13, 10461, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Elevated third trimester corticosteroid levels are associated with fewer offspring infections
AU - Prince, Nicole
AU - Kelly, Rachel S.
AU - Chu, Su H.
AU - Kachroo, Priyadarshini
AU - Chen, Yulu
AU - Mendez, Kevin M.
AU - Begum, Sofina
AU - Bisgaard, Hans
AU - Bønnelykke, Klaus
AU - Kim, Min
AU - Levy, Ofer
AU - Litonjua, Augusto A.
AU - Wheelock, Craig E.
AU - Weiss, Scott T.
AU - Chawes, Bo L.
AU - Lasky-Su, Jessica A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Respiratory infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in early life, and recurrent infections increase the risk of developing chronic diseases. The maternal environment during pregnancy can impact offspring health, but the factors leading to increased infection proneness have not been well characterized during this period. Steroids have been implicated in respiratory health outcomes and may similarly influence infection susceptibility. Our objective was to describe relationships between maternal steroid levels and offspring infection proneness. Using adjusted Poisson regression models, we evaluated associations between sixteen androgenic and corticosteroid metabolites during pregnancy and offspring respiratory infection incidence across two pre-birth cohorts (N = 774 in VDAART and N = 729 in COPSAC). Steroid metabolites were measured in plasma samples from pregnant mothers across all trimesters of pregnancy by ultrahigh-performance-liquid-chromatography/mass-spectrometry. We conducted further inquiry into associations of steroids with related respiratory outcomes: asthma and lung function spirometry. Higher plasma corticosteroid levels in the third trimester of pregnancy were associated with lower incidence of offspring respiratory infections (P = 4.45 × 10–7 to 0.002) and improved lung function metrics (P = 0.020–0.036). Elevated maternal androgens were generally associated with increased offspring respiratory infections and worse lung function, with some associations demonstrating nominal significance at P < 0.05, but these trends were inconsistent across individual androgens. Increased maternal plasma corticosteroid levels in the late second and third trimesters were associated with lower infections and better lung function in offspring, which may represent a potential avenue for intervention through corticosteroid supplementation in late pregnancy to reduce offspring respiratory infection susceptibility in early life. Clinical Trial Registry information: VDAART and COPSAC were originally conducted as clinical trials; VDAART: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00920621; COPSAC: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00798226.
AB - Respiratory infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in early life, and recurrent infections increase the risk of developing chronic diseases. The maternal environment during pregnancy can impact offspring health, but the factors leading to increased infection proneness have not been well characterized during this period. Steroids have been implicated in respiratory health outcomes and may similarly influence infection susceptibility. Our objective was to describe relationships between maternal steroid levels and offspring infection proneness. Using adjusted Poisson regression models, we evaluated associations between sixteen androgenic and corticosteroid metabolites during pregnancy and offspring respiratory infection incidence across two pre-birth cohorts (N = 774 in VDAART and N = 729 in COPSAC). Steroid metabolites were measured in plasma samples from pregnant mothers across all trimesters of pregnancy by ultrahigh-performance-liquid-chromatography/mass-spectrometry. We conducted further inquiry into associations of steroids with related respiratory outcomes: asthma and lung function spirometry. Higher plasma corticosteroid levels in the third trimester of pregnancy were associated with lower incidence of offspring respiratory infections (P = 4.45 × 10–7 to 0.002) and improved lung function metrics (P = 0.020–0.036). Elevated maternal androgens were generally associated with increased offspring respiratory infections and worse lung function, with some associations demonstrating nominal significance at P < 0.05, but these trends were inconsistent across individual androgens. Increased maternal plasma corticosteroid levels in the late second and third trimesters were associated with lower infections and better lung function in offspring, which may represent a potential avenue for intervention through corticosteroid supplementation in late pregnancy to reduce offspring respiratory infection susceptibility in early life. Clinical Trial Registry information: VDAART and COPSAC were originally conducted as clinical trials; VDAART: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00920621; COPSAC: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier NCT00798226.
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-023-36535-0
DO - 10.1038/s41598-023-36535-0
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37380711
AN - SCOPUS:85163696835
VL - 13
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
SN - 2045-2322
M1 - 10461
ER -
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