Climate change and public health: The effects of global warming on the risk of allergies and autoimmune diseases: The effects of global warming on the risk of allergies and autoimmune diseases

Alexandra S Lee; Juan Aguilera; Jo Ann Efobi; Youn Soo Jung; Hana Seastedt; Mihir M Shah; Emily Yang; Katherine Konvinse; Paul J Utz; Vanitha Sampath; Kari C Nadeau

doi:10.15252/embr.202356821

Climate change and public health: The effects of global warming on the risk of allergies and autoimmune diseases: The effects of global warming on the risk of allergies and autoimmune diseases

EMBO Rep. 2023 Apr 5;24(4):e56821. doi: 10.15252/embr.202356821. Epub 2023 Feb 27.

Authors

Alexandra S Lee¹, Juan Aguilera¹, Jo Ann Efobi¹, Youn Soo Jung¹, Hana Seastedt¹, Mihir M Shah¹, Emily Yang², Katherine Konvinse³, Paul J Utz^{2

4}, Vanitha Sampath^#¹, Kari C Nadeau^#^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
² Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁴ Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
⁵ Department of Environmental Studies, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

Global climate change and extreme weather events are associated with epigenetic modifications in immune cells, leading to the possible increased risk and prevalence of allergies and autoimmune diseases.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Autoimmune Diseases* / epidemiology
Autoimmune Diseases* / etiology
Climate Change
Global Warming
Humans
Hypersensitivity* / epidemiology
Hypersensitivity* / etiology
Public Health

Grants and funding

R38 HL143615/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States