Allergies to food and airborne allergens in children and adolescents: role of epigenetics in a changing environment.

Melén, Erik; Koppelman, Gerard H; Vicedo-Cabrera, Ana Maria; Andersen, Zorana Jovanovic; Bunyavanich, Supinda (2022). Allergies to food and airborne allergens in children and adolescents: role of epigenetics in a changing environment. The Lancet. Child & adolescent health, 6(11), pp. 810-819. Elsevier 10.1016/S2352-4642(22)00215-2

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Allergic diseases affect millions of children and adolescents worldwide. In this Review, we focus on allergies to food and airborne allergens and provide examples of prevalence trends during a time when climate change is of increasing concern. Profound environmental changes have affected natural systems in terms of biodiversity loss, air pollution, and climate. We discuss the potential links between these changes and allergic diseases in children, and the clinical implications. Several exposures of relevance for allergic disease also correlate with epigenetic changes such as DNA methylation. We propose that epigenetics could be a promising tool by which exposures and hazards related to a changing environment can be captured. Epigenetics might also provide promising biomarkers and help to elucidate the mechanisms related to allergic disease initiation and progress.

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