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ArticleNature communications2025

Maternal asthma imprints fetal lung ILC2s via glucocorticoid signaling leading to worsened allergic airway inflammation in murine adult offspring.

Tomoaki Takao, Ako Matsui, Chie Kikutake, Keiko Kan-O, Azusa Inoue, Mikita Suyama, Isamu Okamoto, Minako Ito

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Tomoaki TakaoDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Ako MatsuiDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Chie KikutakeDivision of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Keiko Kan-ODepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Azusa InoueLaboratory for Epigenome Inheritance, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-0358
Mikita SuyamaDivision of Bioinformatics, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-3193
Isamu OkamotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Minako ItoDivision of Allergy and Immunology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. minakoito@bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5809-472X

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) 21zf0127003, 22gm6210012, 22wm0425011MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 21H02719, 21H00432, 21H05044, 21K19382, 22H05061 and 23H04785
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The root of asthma can be linked to early life, with prenatal environments influencing risk. We investigate the effects of maternal asthma on the offspring's lungs during fetal and adult life. Adult offspring of asthmatic mothers show an increase in lung group 2 innate lymphoid cell (ILC2) number and function with allergen-induced lung inflammation. Offspring of asthmatic mothers show phenotypic alteration of their lung ILC2s during fetal life, with increased expression of genes related to activation and glucocorticoid signaling. Furthermore, these offspring carry overlapping chromatin-accessible altered regions, including glucocorticoid receptor-binding regions in their lung ILC2s both at the fetal stage and adulthood, suggesting persistent prenatal epigenetic changes. Moreover, maternal exposure to glucocorticoids has similar effects on fetal lung ILC2s and contributes to allergen-induced lung inflammation during adulthood. Thus, asthma during pregnancy may have long-term effects on lung ILC2s in the offspring from the embryonic period, contributing to an increased risk of developing asthma.

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AsthmaGlucocorticoidsLungLymphocytesPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAllergensAnimalsFemaleFetusImmunity, InnateMaleMaternal ExposureMicePregnancyReceptors, GlucocorticoidSignal TransductionAllergensGlucocorticoidsReceptors, Glucocorticoid

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PMID39805834
PMCPMC11730321

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