A meta-analysis of pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and placental DNA methylation identifies 27 CpG sites with implications for mother-child health

Fernandez-Jimenez N, Fore R, Cilleros-Portet A, Lepeule J, Perron P, Kvist T, Tian FY, Lesseur C, Binder AM, Lozano M, Martorell-Marugán J, Loke YJ, Bakulski KM, Zhu Y, Forhan A, Sammallahti S, Everson TM, Chen J, Michels KB, Belmonte T, Carmona-Sáez P, Halliday J, Daniele Fallin M, LaSalle JM, Tost J, Czamara D, Fernández MF, Gómez-Martín A, Craig JM, Gonzalez-Alzaga B, Schmidt RJ, Dou JF, Muggli E, Lacasaña M, Vrijheid M, Marsit CJ, Karagas MR, Räikkönen K, Bouchard L, Heude B, Santa-Marina L, Bustamante M, Hivert MF, Bilbao JR. A meta-analysis of pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index and placental DNA methylation identifies 27 CpG sites with implications for mother-child health. Commun Biol. 2022 Nov 30;5(1):1313. PMID: 36446949

Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts

Torres Toda M, Avraam D, James Cadman T, Fossati S, de Castro M, Dedele A, Donovan G, Elhakeem A, Estarlich M, Fernandes A, Gonçalves R, Grazuleviciene R, Harris JR, Harskamp-van Ginkel MW, Heude B, Ibarluzea J, Iñiguez C, Wv Jaddoe V, Lawlor D, Lertxundi A, Lepeule J, McEachan R, Moirano G, Lt Nader J, Nybo Andersen AM, Pedersen M, Pizzi C, Roumeliotaki T, Santos S, Sunyer J, Yang T, Vafeiadi M, Gm Vrijkotte T, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Vrijheid M, Foraster M, Dadvand P. Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts. Environ Int. 2022 Dec;170:107648. PMID: 36436464

The association between maternal ultra-processed food consumption during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development: A population-based birth cohort study

Puig-Vallverdú J, Romaguera D, Fernández-Barrés S, Gignac F, Ibarluzea J, Santa-Maria L, Llop S, Gonzalez S, Vioque J, Riaño-Galán I, Fernández-Tardón G, Pinar A, Turner MC, Arija V, Salas-Savadó J, Vrijheid M, Julvez J. The association between maternal ultra-processed food consumption during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development: A population-based birth cohort study. Clin Nutr. 2022 Oct;41(10):2275-2283. PMID: 36087519

Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome

Maitre L, Bustamante M, Hernández-Ferrer C, Thiel D, Lau CE, Siskos AP, Vives-Usano M, Ruiz-Arenas C, Pelegrí-Sisó D, Robinson O, Mason D, Wright J, Cadiou S, Slama R, Heude B, Casas M, Sunyer J, Papadopoulou EZ, Gutzkow KB, Andrusaityte S, Grazuleviciene R, Vafeiadi M, Chatzi L, Sakhi AK, Thomsen C, Tamayo I, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Urquiza J, Borràs E, Sabidó E, Quintela I, Carracedo Á, Estivill X, Coen M, González JR, Keun HC, Vrijheid M. Multi-omics signatures of the human early life exposome. Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 21;13(1):7024. PMID: 36411288

Validation of a Parent-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire by Accelerometry in European Children Aged from 6 to 12 Years Old

Prieto-Botella D, Valera-Gran D, Santa-Marina L, Babarro I, Subiza-Pérez M, Casas M, Guxens M, Cárdenas-Fuentes G, Heude B, Bernard JY, McEachan RRC, García-Aymerich J, Vrijheid M, Navarrete-Muñoz EM. Validation of a Parent-Reported Physical Activity Questionnaire by Accelerometry in European Children Aged from 6 to 12 Years Old. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 27;19(15):9178. PMID: 35954544

Prenatal exposure to mixtures of phthalates and phenols and body mass index and blood pressure in Spanish preadolescents

Güil-Oumrait N, Cano-Sancho G, Montazeri P, Stratakis N, Warembourg C, Lopez-Espinosa MJ, Vioque J, Santa-Marina L, Jimeno-Romero A, Ventura R, Monfort N, Vrijheid M, Casas M. Prenatal exposure to mixtures of phthalates and phenols and body mass index and blood pressure in Spanish preadolescents. Environ Int. 2022 Nov;169:107527. PMID: 36126421

Identification of autosomal cis expression quantitative trait methylation (cis eQTMs) in children’s blood

Ruiz-Arenas C, Hernandez-Ferrer C, Vives-Usano M, Marí S, Quintela I, Mason D, Cadiou S, Casas M, Andrusaityte S, Gutzkow KB, Vafeiadi M, Wright J, Lepeule J, Grazuleviciene R, Chatzi L, Carracedo Á, Estivill X, Marti E, Escaramís G, Vrijheid M, González JR, Bustamante M. Identification of autosomal cis expression quantitative trait methylation (cis eQTMs) in children’s blood. Elife. 2022 Mar 18;11:e65310. PMID: 35302492

Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in newborns and children show widespread sex differences in blood DNA methylation

Solomon O, Huen K, Yousefi P, Küpers LK, González JR, Suderman M, Reese SE, Page CM, Gruzieva O, Rzehak P, Gao L, Bakulski KM, Novoloaca A, Allard C, Pappa I, Llambrich M, Vives M, Jima DD, Kvist T, Baccarelli A, White C, Rezwan FI, Sharp GC, Tindula G, Bergström A, Grote V, Dou JF, Isaevska E, Magnus MC, Corpeleijn E, Perron P, Jaddoe VWV, Nohr EA, Maitre L, Foraster M, Hoyo C, Håberg SE, Lahti J, DeMeo DL, Zhang H, Karmaus W, Kull I, Koletzko B, Feinberg JI, Gagliardi L, Bouchard L, Ramlau-Hansen CH, Tiemeier H, Santorelli G, Maguire RL, Czamara D, Litonjua AA, Langhendries JP, Plusquin M, Lepeule J, Binder EB, Verduci E, Dwyer T, Carracedo Á, Ferre N, Eskenazi B, Kogevinas M, Nawrot TS, Munthe-Kaas MC, Herceg Z, Relton C, Melén E, Gruszfeld D, Breton C, Fallin MD, Ghantous A, Nystad W, Heude B, Snieder H, Hivert MF, Felix JF, Sørensen TIA, Bustamante M, Murphy SK, Raikkönen K, Oken E, Holloway JW, Arshad SH, London SJ, Holland N. Meta-analysis of epigenome-wide association studies in newborns and children show widespread sex differences in blood DNA methylation. Mutat Res Rev Mutat Res. 2022 Jan-Jun;789:108415. PMID: 35690418

Maternal Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Pregnancy and Offspring Cord Blood DNA Methylation

Küpers LK, Fernández-Barrés S, Mancano G, Johnson L, Ott R, Vioque J, Colombo M, Landgraf K, Tobi EW, Körner A, Gaillard R, de Vries JHM, Jaddoe VWV, Vrijheid M, Sharp GC, Felix JF. Maternal Dietary Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load in Pregnancy and Offspring Cord Blood DNA Methylation. Diabetes Care. 2022 Aug 1;45(8):1822-1832. PMID: 35708509

Genetics of early-life head circumference and genetic correlations with neurological, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes

Vogelezang S, Bradfield JP; Early Growth Genetics Consortium, Grant SFA, Felix JF, Jaddoe VWV. Genetics of early-life head circumference and genetic correlations with neurological, psychiatric and cognitive outcomes. BMC Med Genomics. 2022 Jun 4;15(1):124. PMID: 35659227

The early-life exposome modulates the effect of polymorphic inversions on DNA methylation

Carreras-Gallo N, Cáceres A, Balagué-Dobón L, Ruiz-Arenas C, Andrusaityte S, Carracedo Á, Casas M, Chatzi L, Grazuleviciene R, Gutzkow KB, Lepeule J, Maitre L, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Slama R, Stratakis N, Thomsen C, Urquiza J, Wright J, Yang T, Escaramís G, Bustamante M, Vrijheid M, Pérez-Jurado LA, González JR. The early-life exposome modulates the effect of polymorphic inversions on DNA methylation. Commun Biol. 2022 May 12;5(1):455. PMID: 35550596

Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries

Fernández-Barrés S, Robinson O, Fossati S, Márquez S, Basagaña X, de Bont J, de Castro M, Donaire-Gonzalez D, Maitre L, Nieuwenhuijsen M, Romaguera D, Urquiza J, Chatzi L, Iakovides M, Vafeiadi M, Grazuleviciene R, Dedele A, Andrusaityte S, Marit Aasvang G, Evandt J, Hjertager Krog N, Lepeule J, Heude B, Wright J, McEachan RRC, Sassi F, Vineis P, Vrijheid M. Urban environment and health behaviours in children from six European countries. Environ Int. 2022 Jul;165:107319. PMID: 35667344