The Association of Infant Urinary Adrenal Steroids with the Risk of Childhood Asthma Development

CONCLUSION: The inverse association between adrenal steroids downstream of progesterone and 17-hydroxypregnenolone and odds of childhood asthma and nasopharyngeal Type 2 immune biomarkers suggest that increased early life adrenal steroids may suppress Type 2 inflammation and protect against the development of childhood asthma.PMID:38631429 | DOI:10.1016/j.anai.2024.04.008

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - April 17, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Kedir N Turi Yajing Li Yaomin Xu Tebeb Gebretsadik Christian Rosas-Salazar Derek A Wiggins Chris McKennan Dawn Newcomb James E Gern Tina V Hartert Source Type: research