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Oral contraceptives modify the effect of GATA3 polymorphisms on the risk of asthma at the age of 18 years via DNA methylation

Overview of attention for article published in Clinical Epigenetics, September 2014
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Title
Oral contraceptives modify the effect of GATA3 polymorphisms on the risk of asthma at the age of 18 years via DNA methylation
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Clinical Epigenetics, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/1868-7083-6-17
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Kranthi Guthikonda, Hongmei Zhang, Vikki G Nolan, Nelís Soto-Ramírez, Ali H Ziyab, Susan Ewart, Hasan S Arshad, Veeresh Patil, John W Holloway, Gabrielle A Lockett, Wilfried Karmaus

Abstract

The prevalence of asthma in girls increases after puberty. Previous studies have detected associations between sex hormones and asthma, as well as between sex hormones and T helper 2 (Th2) asthma-typical immune responses. Therefore, we hypothesized that exogenous or endogenous sex hormone exposure (represented by oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use and early menarche, respectively) are associated with DNA methylation (DNA-M) of the Th2 transcription factor gene, GATA3, in turn affecting the risk of asthma in girls, possibly in interaction with genetic variants. Blood samples were collected from 245 female participants aged 18 years randomly selected for methylation analysis from the Isle of Wight birth cohort, UK. Information on use of OCPs, age at menarche, and concurrent asthma were assessed by questionnaire. Genome-wide DNA-M was determined using the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450 beadchip. In a first stage, we tested the interaction between sex hormone exposure and genetic variants on DNA-M of specific cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites. In a second stage, we determined whether these CpG sites interact with genetic variants in GATA3 to explain the risk of asthma.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Spain 1 2%
Netherlands 1 2%
Unknown 44 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 17%
Researcher 7 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 5 11%
Professor 4 9%
Student > Bachelor 3 6%
Other 12 26%
Unknown 8 17%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 12 26%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 6%
Computer Science 2 4%
Other 5 11%
Unknown 11 23%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 October 2014.
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#4,166,149
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Outputs of similar age from Clinical Epigenetics
#2
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