PMID: Sci Total Environ. 2018 Aug 1 ;631-632:47-55. Epub 2018 Mar 7. PMID: 29524902 Abstract Title: Ambient air pollutants are associated with newly diagnosed tuberculosis: A time-series study in Chengdu, China. Abstract: Although a few studies have analyzed the associations between ambient air pollutants and the development of tuberculosis (TB), most have been conducted in …
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PMID: BMC Public Health. 2019 Oct 21 ;19(1):1319. Epub 2019 Oct 21. PMID: 31638933 Abstract Title: The short-term effects of air pollutants on influenza-like illness in Jinan, China. Abstract: BACKGROUND: There is valid evidence that air pollution is associated with respiratory disease. However, few studies have quantified the short-term effects of six air pollutants on …
PMID: Int J Biometeorol. 2019 Jan ;63(1):51-60. Epub 2018 Oct 31. PMID: 30382350 Abstract Title: Effects of air pollutants on occurrences of influenza-like illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza in Hefei, China. Abstract: Accumulating evidence suggests that air pollution is a risk factor for adverse respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes. However, the different impacts of exposure to …
PMID: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2017 11 18 ;493(2):1122-1128. Epub 2017 Sep 5. PMID: 28887033 Abstract Title: Long-term exposure to PM2.5 lowers influenza virus resistance via down-regulating pulmonary macrophage Kdm6a and mediates histones modification in IL-6 and IFN-β promoter regions. Abstract: Atmospheric particulates, especially PM2.5, not only damage the respiratory system, but also play important …
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PMID: Int J Toxicol. 2017 Mar/Apr;36(2):165-173. Epub 2016 Dec 29. PMID: 28033732 Abstract Title: Fine Particulate Matter and Sulfur Dioxide Coexposures Induce Rat Lung Pathological Injury and Inflammatory Responses Via TLR4/p38/NF-κB Pathway. Abstract: Fine particulate matter (PM) and sulfur dioxide (SO) are 2 common air pollutants, but their toxicological effects of coexposure are still not …
PMID: Zhongguo Ying Yong Sheng Li Xue Za Zhi. 2018 Apr 8 ;34(4):299-303 317. PMID: 30788935 Abstract Title: [Effect of particulate matter 2.5 at urban centre of Hangzhou on lung impairment in rats]. Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of ambient particle matter 2.5 (PM2.5) collected in the urban center of Hangzhou on the lung …
PMID: Toxicol Lett. 2013 Nov 25 ;223(2):146-53. Epub 2013 Sep 14. PMID: 24045146 Abstract Title: Beijing ambient particle exposure accelerates atherosclerosis in ApoE knockout mice. Abstract: BACKGROUND: Air pollution is associated with significant adverse health effects including increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. However research on the cardiovascular effect of"real-world"exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) in …
PMID: Toxicol Sci. 2004 Feb ;77(2):263-71. Epub 2003 Dec 2. PMID: 14657513 Abstract Title: Suppression of cell-mediated immune responses to listeria infection by repeated exposure to diesel exhaust particles in brown Norway rats. Abstract: Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) have been shown to alter pulmonary immune responses to bacterial infection. Exposure of rats to 100 mg/m(3) …
PMID: Environ Res. 2011 Apr ;111(3):348-55. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21256479 Abstract Title: PM 2.5 collected in a residential area induced Th1-type inflammatory responses with oxidative stress in mice. Abstract: Epidemiologists have tried to establish an association between human health and exposure to particulate matter (PM). In addition, many researchers have investigated the adverse …
PMID: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2008 Jul ;295(1):L79-85. Epub 2008 May 9. PMID: 18469117 Abstract Title: Particulate matter exposure induces persistent lung inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. Abstract: Epidemiologic and animal studies have shown that exposure to particulate matter air pollution (PM) is a risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. Whether PM-induced …
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