September 9 | 2019

Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution, the gestational epigenetic clock and risk of early-life allergic sensitization.

Sbihi H, Jones MJ, MacIsaac JL, Brauer M, Allen RW, Sears MR, Subbarao P, Mandhane PJ, Moraes TJ, Azad MB, Becker AB, Brook JR, Kobor MS, Turvey SE. 

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Aug 27. pii: S0091-6749(19)31101-7. [Epub ahead of print] DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.07.047

 

Abstract

Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution is associated with an increased risk of allergic sensitization by modifying in utero development and altering the gestational epigenetic clock.