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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Early-life exposure to sibling modifies the relationship between CD14 polymorphisms and allergic sensitization |
Author: | Lau, M.Y.Z. Dharmage, S.C. Burgess, J.A. Win, A.K. Lowe, A.J. Lodge, C.J. Perret, J. Hui, J. Thomas, P.S. Giles, G. Thompson, B.R. Abramson, M.J. Walters, E.H. Matheson, M.C. Allen, K.J. Benke, G. Dowty, J.G. Erbas, B. Feather, I.H. Frith, P.A. et al. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 2019; 49(3):331-340 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
ISSN: | 0954-7894 1365-2222 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Melisa Y. Z. Lau, Shyamali C. Dharmage, John A. Burgess, Aung K. Win, Adrian J. Lowe ... Christopher A. ... et al. (For the investigators of the TAHS and MACS) |
Abstract: | BACKGROUND:Markers of microbial exposure are thought to be associated with risk of allergic sensitization; however, the associations are inconsistent and may be related to gene-environment interactions. OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between polymorphisms in the CD14 gene and allergic sensitization and whether sibling exposure, as a marker of microbial exposure, modified this relationship. METHODS:We used data from the Tasmanian Longitudinal Health Study and the Melbourne Atopy Cohort Study. Two CD14 polymorphisms were genotyped. Allergic sensitization was defined by a positive response to a skin prick test. Sibling exposure was measured as cumulative exposure to siblings before age 6 months, 2 and 4 years. Logistic regression and multi-level mixed-effects logistic regression were used to examine the associations. Effect estimates across the cohorts were pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. RESULTS:CD14 SNPs were not individually associated with allergic sensitization in either cohort. In TAHS, cumulative sibling exposure before age 6 months, 2 and 4 years was each associated with a reduced risk of allergic sensitization at age 45 years. A similar effect was observed in MACS. Meta-analysis across the two cohorts showed consistent evidence of an interaction between cumulative sibling exposure before 6 months and the rs5744455-SNP (P = 0.001) but not with the rs2569190-SNP (P = 0.60). The pooled meta-analysis showed that the odds of sensitization with increasing cumulative exposure to sibling before 6 months of age was 20.9% smaller in those with the rs5744455-C-allele than the T-allele (OR = 0.83 vs 1.05, respectively). CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE:Cumulative sibling exposure reduced the risk of sensitization from childhood to middle age in genetically susceptible individuals. |
Keywords: | Allergy; allergic sensitization; CD14; gene‐environment interaction; genetics; siblings |
Rights: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
DOI: | 10.1111/cea.13290 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/454856 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cea.13290 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 4 Public Health publications |
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