Evidence map›Paper›PMID 22306553›Full record

ReviewCurrent opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2012

The effect of environmental oxidative stress on airway inflammation.

Amy Auerbach, Michelle L Hernandez

2 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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46citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03851406 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Phase I/II Randomized Cross-over Study of Hypertonic Saline on Airway Inflammatory Response to Inhaled Wood Smoke

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillRan2019 to 2024Enrolled9ConditionsAirway InflammationArms5% Hypertonic Saline, No treatment
NCT03861390 phase1 / phase2completednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

Phase I/II Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Cross-over Study of Prednisone on Airway Inflammatory Response to Inhaled Wood Smoke

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel HillRan2019 to 2023Enrolled12ConditionsAirway InflammationArms60 mg Prednisone, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Association between air pollution and allergic upper respiratory diseases: a meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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  10. Ozone in the Development of Pediatric Asthma and Atopic Disease.Immunology and allergy clinics of North America · 2022
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  11. Vaping and Lung Inflammation and Injury.Annual review of physiology · 2022
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  19. Mediators of inflammation · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Amy AuerbachCenter for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516, USA.
Michelle L Hernandez
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of North Carolina Health Care · US

Funding

UNC Clinical Translation Science Award-K12 Scholars Program (KL2)KL2RR025746 · NCRR · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUNGE, MARSCHALL S. · 2008 to 2011
$9.0M
North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS)KL2TR001109 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BUSE, JOHN BERNARD, CAREY, TIMOTHY S · 2013 to 2017
$5.7M
UNC Clinical Translation Science Award-K12 Scholars Program (KL2)KL2TR000084 · NCATS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RUNGE, MARSCHALL S. · 2012 to 2013
$2.3M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000084NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001109NCRR NIH HHS KL2 RR025746NCRR NIH HHS KL2RR025746
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewAsthma is an inflammatory respiratory condition with significantly associated morbidity and mortality that is increasing in prevalence. Air pollution is an important factor in both the development of asthma and in asthma exacerbations. Oxidative stress as a result of exposure to air pollution and underlying genetic polymorphisms that may play a role in susceptibility to this oxidative stress are the subject of current investigation. This article reviews the data regarding the effects of air pollution on the innate immune response and potential clinical and treatment implications of how genetic polymorphisms affect this response. RECENT

findingsRecent investigation reveals how pollutant-induced oxidative stress impacts airway inflammatory responses. Work by our study group demonstrates that asthmatic patients have an exaggerated inflammatory response to air pollution-induced oxidative stress. New trials investigating antioxidants as potential therapeutic interventions may target this specific issue. SUMMARY: Air pollution plays a critical role in asthma and may affect certain patients more than others. Further investigation into the genetic polymorphisms that affect inflammatory responses may help target patient populations at greatest risk for air pollution-induced asthma and may provide new therapeutic options for these patient populations.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAsthmaGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansImmunity, InnateMiceOxidative StressOzoneAir PollutantsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsOzone

Identifiers

PMID22306553
PMCPMC3319111
OpenAlexW2090287280

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Registered trials

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