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African Dust Storms Reaching Puerto Rican Coast Stimulate the Secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 and Cause Cytotoxicity to Human Bronchial Epithelial Cells (BEAS-2B).
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- The Impact of Environmental Pollution and Climate Change on Allergic Rhinitis and Lung Diseases.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2026Review
- Environmental exposures, microbiome dynamics and chronic disease risk in climate-vulnerable regions: interdisciplinary perspectives from Puerto Rico.Frontiers in public health · 2026Review
- Air Pollutants in Puerto Rico: Key Pollutants and Carcinogenic Properties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Exposure to respirable desert dust entering indoors prompts quick oxidative-stress and inflammatory responses in the airways of chronic heart failure patients.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Urban Lifestyle and Climate-Driven Environmental Exposures: Immunological Consequences for Pediatric Respiratory Allergies.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2025Review
- Cell Death and Proliferation Variability Caused by Different Dust Clay Minerals Using the Single-Cell Method.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- Physicochemical Properties and Bioreactivity of Sub-10 μm Geogenic Particles: Comparison of Volcanic Ash and Desert Dust.GeoHealth · 2025Article
- PMToxics · 2024Article
- Saharan dust induces NLRP3-dependent inflammatory cytokines in an alveolar air-liquid interface co-culture model.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2023Article
- Characterizing environmental asthma triggers and healthcare use patterns in Puerto Rico.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2020Article
- The effect of dust storm particles on single human lung cancer cells.Environmental research · 2020Article
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- Oxidative stress and cell cycle arrest induced by short-term exposure to dustfall PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2018Article
- Selective ATP-Binding Cassette Subfamily C Gene Expression and Proinflammatory Mediators Released by BEAS-2B after PMMediators of inflammation · 2017Article
- A case-control study of innate immunity pathway gene polymorphisms in Puerto Ricans reveals association of toll-like receptor 2 +596 variant with asthma.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2016Article
- Biodiesel from soybean promotes cell proliferation in vitro.Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA · 2016Article
- Organic extracts from African dust storms stimulate oxidative stress and induce inflammatory responses in human lung cells through Nrf2 but not NF-κB.Environmental toxicology and pharmacology · 2015Article
- Linking Endotoxins, African Dust PM10 and Asthma in an Urban and Rural Environment of Puerto Rico.Mediators of inflammation · 2015Article
- Particle pollution in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: increase and decrease of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 in human lung cells.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2014Article
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Abstract
African dust storm events (ADE) travel across the Atlantic Ocean (ADEAO) and reach the Puerto Rican coast (ADEPRC), potentially impacting air quality and human health. To what extent seasonal variations in atmospheric particulate matter (PM) size fractions, composition and sources trigger respiratory-adverse effects to Puerto Ricans is still unclear. In the present study, we investigated the pro-inflammatory and cytotoxic effects of PM samples harvested during ADEAO (PM
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