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Sphingolipid classes and the interrelationship with pediatric asthma and asthma risk factors.

Yulu Chen, Antonio Checa, Pei Zhang, Mengna Huang, Rachel S Kelly, Min Kim, Yih-Chieh S Chen, Kathleen A Lee-Sarwar, Nicole Prince, Kevin M Mendez and 11 more

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. [Lipid analysis in children with bronchial asthma based on liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry: a prospective study].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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21 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Yulu ChenChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2208-7242
Antonio ChecaUnit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pei ZhangUnit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Mengna HuangChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Rachel S KellyChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3023-1822
Min KimCopenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8769-4804
Yih-Chieh S ChenChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kathleen A Lee-SarwarChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nicole PrinceChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Kevin M MendezChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sofina BegumChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Priyadarshini KachrooChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Su H ChuChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Jakob StokholmCopenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4989-9769
Klaus BønnelykkeCopenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.
Augusto A LitonjuaDivision of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Golisano Children's Hospital and University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, USA.
Hans BisgaardCopenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-4131-7592
Scott T WeissChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bo L ChawesCopenhagen Prospective Studies on Asthma in Childhood (COPSAC), Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6846-6243
Craig E WheelockUnit of Integrative Metabolomics, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jessica A Lasky-SuChanning Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKKarolinska University Hospital · SEGunma University · JPUniversity of Rochester Medical Center · US

Funding

VISUAL INDICES OF NEUROTOXICITYP30ES001247 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Martha Susiarjo · 1985 to 2026
$42.8M
SYSTEMS APPROACHES TO THE EPIDEMIOLOGY, GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF LUNG DISEASEST32HL007427 · NHLBI · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI DAWN L DEMEO, Edwin K Silverman · 1985 to 2026
$13.6M
IMMUNOLOGIC BASIS OF RESISTANCE AND HYPERSENSITIVITYT32AI007306 · NIAID · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI Nora Amanda Barrett, Joshua A Boyce · 1985 to 2026
$12.2M
Randomized Trial: Maternal Vitamin D Supplementation to Prevent Childhood AsthmaU01HL091528 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LITONJUA, AUGUSTO A, WEISS, SCOTT T · 2009 to 2013
$10.0M
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL: VDAART CONTINUATION STUDY - DCC - LEADR01HL091528 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LITONJUA, AUGUSTO A, WEISS, SCOTT T · 2014 to 2018
$9.1M
Integrative Metabolomics of Asthma SeverityR01HL123915 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LASKY-SU, JESSICA A · 2014 to 2023
$7.0M
Omic Determinants of Longitudinal Lung Function in AsthmaR01HL155742 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LASKY-SU, JESSICA A, MCGEACHIE, MICHAEL JOHN · 2021 to 2025
$3.9M
Mechanistic insights into asthma pathogenesis through the integration of asthma genes, risk exposures, and metabolomicsR01HL141826 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LASKY-SU, JESSICA A · 2018 to 2021
$3.4M
Multi-Omic Endotyping of AsthmaK01HL146980 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KELLY, RACHEL SABINE · 2019 to 2023
$891k
Integrative metabolomic characterization of ADHD and asthma comorbidityK01HL153941 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI CHU, SU HEE · 2020 to 2024
$891k
Multi-Omics Analysis of the Association of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids with Asthma and Allergy in ChildhoodK08HL148178 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LEE-SARWAR, KATHLEEN A · 2019 to 2022
$683k
Methylomic and metabolomic determinants of Lung Function in AsthmaticsK99HL159234 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI KACHROO, PRIYADARSHINI · 2022 to 2023
$346k
European Research CouncilNHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL146980NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL153941NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL148178NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL159234NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL091528NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL123915NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL141826NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL155742NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007427NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL091528NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007306NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES001247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWhile dysregulated sphingolipid metabolism has been associated with risk of childhood asthma, the specific sphingolipid classes and/or mechanisms driving this relationship remain unclear. We aimed to understand the multifaceted role between sphingolipids and other established asthma risk factors that complicate this relationship.

methodsWe performed targeted LC-MS/MS-based quantification of 77 sphingolipids in plasma from 997 children aged 6 years from two independent cohorts (VDAART and COPSAC

resultsWe observed elevations in circulatory sphingolipids with asthma phenotypes and risk factors; however, there were differential associations of sphingolipid classes with clinical outcomes and/or risk factors. While elevations from metabolites involved in ceramide recycling and catabolic pathways were associated with asthma and worse lung function [meta p-value range: 1.863E-04 to 2.24E-3], increased ceramide levels were associated with asthma risk factors [meta p-value range: 7.75E-5 to .013], but not asthma. Further investigation identified that some ceramides acted as mediators while some interacted with risk factors in the associations with asthma outcomes.

conclusionThis study demonstrates the differential role that sphingolipid subclasses may play in asthma and its risk factors. While overall elevations in sphingolipids appeared to be deleterious overall; elevations in ceramides were uniquely associated with increases in asthma risk factors only; while elevations in asthma phenotypes were associated with recycling sphingolipids. Modification of asthma risk factors may play an important role in regulating sphingolipid homeostasis via ceramides to affect asthma. Further function work may validate the observed associations.

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AsthmaSphingolipidsCeramidesChildChromatography, LiquidHumansRisk FactorsTandem Mass SpectrometryCeramidesSphingolipidsasthma risk factorschildhood asthmalung functionmetabolomic epidemiologysphingolipids

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PMID38014461
PMCPMC11175620
OpenAlexW4389092033

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