Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract Epidemiological studies have raised concerns about the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in children of patients with autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (AID). The pathophysiological pathways underlying this association are still unknown and little is known about the specific and...

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Main Authors: Pierre Ellul, Eric Acquaviva, Hugo Peyre, Michelle Rosenzwajg, Pierre Gressens, David Klatzmann, Richard Delorme
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2022-03-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01843-y
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author Pierre Ellul
Eric Acquaviva
Hugo Peyre
Michelle Rosenzwajg
Pierre Gressens
David Klatzmann
Richard Delorme
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Eric Acquaviva
Hugo Peyre
Michelle Rosenzwajg
Pierre Gressens
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Richard Delorme
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description Abstract Epidemiological studies have raised concerns about the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in children of patients with autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (AID). The pathophysiological pathways underlying this association are still unknown and little is known about the specific and distinct risk of each AID. To explore these questions, we investigated the association between the occurrences of several NDD in the offspring of mothers or fathers with different IDA. We conducted a meta-analysis—PROSPERO (CRD42020159250)—examining the risk of NDD in the offspring of mothers or fathers with AID. We performed specific analyses separately in fathers or mothers of NDD patients as well as subgroup analyses for each NDD and AID. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science Core Collection published until December 2021. From an initial pool of 2074 potentially relevant references, 14 studies were included, involving more than 1,400,000 AID and 10,000,000 control parents, 180,000 children with NDD and more than 14,000,000 control children. We found AID in mothers (Adjusted OR 1.27 [95% CI 1.03; 1.57] p = 0.02, [I2 = 65%, Tau2 = 0.03 p = 0.01] and adjusted OR 1.31 [95% CI 1.11; 1.55] p = 0.001, [I2 = 93%, Tau2 = 0.13 p = 0.001] and, although in a lesser extent, in fathers (adjusted OR 1.18 [95% CI 1.07; 1.30] p = 0.01, [I2 = 15.5%, Tau2 = 0.002 p = 0.47]) and adjusted OR 1.14 [95% CI 1.10; 1.17] p < 0.0001, [I2 = 0%, Tau2 = 0 p = 0.29]) to be associated with ASD and ADHD in the offspring. This difference in the strength of the association was found in the AID-specific analyses, suggesting that AID increase the risk of NDD by a shared mechanism but that a specific maternal route appears to represent an additional excess risk. Inflammatory bowel disease were not associated with an additional risk (neither in fathers nor in mothers) of NDD in offspring. Our results suggest that complex and multiple AID-specific pathophysiological mechanisms may underlie the association of AID and NDD in offspring. Further, comprehensive studies of the different AID and NDD are needed to draw definitive conclusions about the pathophysiological links between parental AID and NDD in children.
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spelling doaj.art-423ed6b29f0b4c54bad54f7ce4c382b52022-12-21T22:51:28ZengNature Publishing GroupTranslational Psychiatry2158-31882022-03-011211810.1038/s41398-022-01843-yParental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysisPierre Ellul0Eric Acquaviva1Hugo Peyre2Michelle Rosenzwajg3Pierre Gressens4David Klatzmann5Richard Delorme6Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debre Hospital, APHPChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debre Hospital, APHPChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debre Hospital, APHPUniversity hospital department Inflammation-Immunopathology-Biotherapy (i2B), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, APHPNeuroDiderot, Paris University, INSERMImmunology-Immunopathology-Immunotherapy (i3), UMRS 959, INSERMChild and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, Robert Debre Hospital, APHPAbstract Epidemiological studies have raised concerns about the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDD) in children of patients with autoimmune or inflammatory disorders (AID). The pathophysiological pathways underlying this association are still unknown and little is known about the specific and distinct risk of each AID. To explore these questions, we investigated the association between the occurrences of several NDD in the offspring of mothers or fathers with different IDA. We conducted a meta-analysis—PROSPERO (CRD42020159250)—examining the risk of NDD in the offspring of mothers or fathers with AID. We performed specific analyses separately in fathers or mothers of NDD patients as well as subgroup analyses for each NDD and AID. We searched MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and Web of Science Core Collection published until December 2021. From an initial pool of 2074 potentially relevant references, 14 studies were included, involving more than 1,400,000 AID and 10,000,000 control parents, 180,000 children with NDD and more than 14,000,000 control children. We found AID in mothers (Adjusted OR 1.27 [95% CI 1.03; 1.57] p = 0.02, [I2 = 65%, Tau2 = 0.03 p = 0.01] and adjusted OR 1.31 [95% CI 1.11; 1.55] p = 0.001, [I2 = 93%, Tau2 = 0.13 p = 0.001] and, although in a lesser extent, in fathers (adjusted OR 1.18 [95% CI 1.07; 1.30] p = 0.01, [I2 = 15.5%, Tau2 = 0.002 p = 0.47]) and adjusted OR 1.14 [95% CI 1.10; 1.17] p < 0.0001, [I2 = 0%, Tau2 = 0 p = 0.29]) to be associated with ASD and ADHD in the offspring. This difference in the strength of the association was found in the AID-specific analyses, suggesting that AID increase the risk of NDD by a shared mechanism but that a specific maternal route appears to represent an additional excess risk. Inflammatory bowel disease were not associated with an additional risk (neither in fathers nor in mothers) of NDD in offspring. Our results suggest that complex and multiple AID-specific pathophysiological mechanisms may underlie the association of AID and NDD in offspring. Further, comprehensive studies of the different AID and NDD are needed to draw definitive conclusions about the pathophysiological links between parental AID and NDD in children.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01843-y
spellingShingle Pierre Ellul
Eric Acquaviva
Hugo Peyre
Michelle Rosenzwajg
Pierre Gressens
David Klatzmann
Richard Delorme
Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Translational Psychiatry
title Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_fullStr Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_full_unstemmed Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_short Parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring: a systematic review and meta-analysis
title_sort parental autoimmune and autoinflammatory disorders as multiple risk factors for common neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring a systematic review and meta analysis
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-022-01843-y
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