European Respiratory Society Research Seminar on Preventing Pediatric Asthma

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.

• Grigg, J.
• Barratt, B.
• Bønnelykke, K.
• Custovic, A.
• Ege, M.
• Pasquali, C.
• Palomares, O.
• Shaheen, S.
• Sokolowska, M.
• Vercelli, D.
• Maizels, R.
• von Mutius, E.