European Respiratory Society Research Seminar on Preventing Pediatric Asthma

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Dec 3:e27401. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27401. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

This report is a summary of the presentations given at the European Respiratory Society's Research Seminar on Asthma Prevention. The seminar reviewed both epidemiological and mechanistic studies and concluded that; (i) reducing exposure of pregnant women and children to air pollution will reduce incident asthma, (ii) there are promising data that both fish oil and a component of raw cow's milk prevent asthma, and (iii) modulating trained immunity by either mimicking helminth infection or oral and sublingual bacterial products is a promising area of research.

Keywords: asthma; children; prevention.

Publication types

  • Review