Maternal vitamin D-related metabolome and offspring risk of asthma outcomes

In two independent birth cohorts, high-does vitamin D exposure during pregnancy reduced a risk of developing recurrent wheeze and acute wheeze exacerbations in offspring via sphingomyelin enriched metabolic profile.

Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - August 7, 2023 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Min Kim, Nicklas Brustad, Mina Ali, G özde Gürdeniz, Morten Arendt, Augusto A. Litonjua, Craig E. Wheelock, Rachel S. Kelly, Yulu Chen, Nicole Prince, Feng Guo, Xiaobo Zhou, Jakob Stokholm, Klaus Bønnelykke, Scott T. Weiss, Hans Bisgaard, Jessica Lasky Source Type: research