Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
Asthma, an inflammatory disorder of the airways, is one of the most common chronic illnesses worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity. There is growing recognition of an association between asthma and mood disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive d...
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| description | Asthma, an inflammatory disorder of the airways, is one of the most common chronic illnesses worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity. There is growing recognition of an association between asthma and mood disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Although there are several hypotheses regarding the relationship between asthma and mental health, there is little understanding of underlying mechanisms and causality. In the current study we utilized publicly available datasets of human blood mRNA collected from patients with severe and moderate asthma, MDD, and PTSD. We performed differential expression (DE) analysis and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) on diseased subjects against the healthy subjects from their respective datasets, compared the results between diseases, and validated DE genes and gene sets with 4 more independent datasets. Our analysis revealed that commonalities in blood transcriptomic changes were only found between the severe form of asthma and mood disorders. Gene expression commonly regulated in PTSD and severe asthma, included ORMDL3 a gene known to be associated with asthma risk and STX8, which is involved in TrkA signaling. We also identified several pathways commonly regulated to both MDD and severe asthma. This study reveals gene and pathway regulation that potentially drives the comorbidity between severe asthma, PTSD, and MDD and may serve as foci for future research aimed at gaining a better understanding of both the relationship between asthma and PTSD, and the pathophysiology of the individual disorders. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a5a18670bda747bfb8820a0800d047332025-02-05T05:32:48ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-011710e027586410.1371/journal.pone.0275864Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.Sandor Haas-NeillAnna Dvorkin-GhevaPaul ForsytheAsthma, an inflammatory disorder of the airways, is one of the most common chronic illnesses worldwide and is associated with significant morbidity. There is growing recognition of an association between asthma and mood disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Although there are several hypotheses regarding the relationship between asthma and mental health, there is little understanding of underlying mechanisms and causality. In the current study we utilized publicly available datasets of human blood mRNA collected from patients with severe and moderate asthma, MDD, and PTSD. We performed differential expression (DE) analysis and Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) on diseased subjects against the healthy subjects from their respective datasets, compared the results between diseases, and validated DE genes and gene sets with 4 more independent datasets. Our analysis revealed that commonalities in blood transcriptomic changes were only found between the severe form of asthma and mood disorders. Gene expression commonly regulated in PTSD and severe asthma, included ORMDL3 a gene known to be associated with asthma risk and STX8, which is involved in TrkA signaling. We also identified several pathways commonly regulated to both MDD and severe asthma. This study reveals gene and pathway regulation that potentially drives the comorbidity between severe asthma, PTSD, and MDD and may serve as foci for future research aimed at gaining a better understanding of both the relationship between asthma and PTSD, and the pathophysiology of the individual disorders.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275864&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Sandor Haas-Neill Anna Dvorkin-Gheva Paul Forsythe Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. PLoS ONE |
| title | Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. |
| title_full | Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. |
| title_fullStr | Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. |
| title_short | Severe, but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression. |
| title_sort | severe but not moderate asthmatics share blood transcriptomic changes with post traumatic stress disorder and depression |
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