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Trial reportHypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979)2015

Endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan in Concentrated Ambient Particles Induce Rapid Increase in Blood Pressure in Controlled Human Exposures.

Jia Zhong, Bruce Urch, Mary Speck, Brent A Coull, Petros Koutrakis, Peter S Thorne, James Scott, Ling Liu, Robert D Brook, Behrooz Behbod and 5 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01864824 (Air Pollution, Epigenetics and Cardiovascular Health), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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.

NCT01864824 phase1completednot on this map

Air Pollution, Epigenetics and Cardiovascular Health: A Human Intervention Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHarvard School of Public Health (HSPH)Ran2013 to 2014Enrolled10ConditionsHeart Rate, Heart Rate Variability, InflammationArmsmethyl donor, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Inflammatory effects of particulate matter air pollution.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020
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  8. Wildland fire smoke and human health.The Science of the total environment · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Jia ZhongFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.). jiazhong@mail.harvard.edu.
Bruce UrchFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Mary SpeckFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Brent A CoullFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Petros KoutrakisFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Peter S ThorneFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
James ScottFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Ling LiuFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Robert D BrookFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Behrooz BehbodFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Heike GibsonFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Frances SilvermanFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Murray A MittlemanFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Andrea A BaccarelliFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
Diane R GoldFrom the Department of Environmental Health (J.Z., P.K., B.B., H.G., A.A.B., D.R.G.), Department of Biostatistics (B.A.C.), and Department of Epidemiology (M.A.M.), Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA; Division of Occupational & Environmental Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health (J.S., F.S.), Department of Medicine (B.U., J.S., F.S.), and Divisions of Occupational and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine (F.S.), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa (P.S.T.); Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (L.L.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (R.D.B.); Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (F.S.), St Michael's Hospital (M.S., J.S., F.S.), Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Southern Ontario Center for Atmospheric Aerosol Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (F.S.); and Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.R.G.).
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Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI JAIME ELIZABETH HART · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
Effect of Ambient Particles on Acute Stroke OnsetP01ES009825 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI MITTLEMAN, MURRAY A · 1999 to 2009
$17.4M
NIEHS NIH HHS ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS P01 ES009825NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605NIEHS NIH HHS P30ES005605ORD VA RD-83241601ORD VA RD-83479801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) is associated with increased blood pressure (BP) in epidemiological studies. Understanding the impact of specific PM components on BP is essential in developing effective risk-reduction strategies. We investigated the association between endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan-two major biological PM components-and BP. We also examined whether vascular endothelial growth factor, a vasodilatory inflammatory marker, modified these associations. We conducted a single-blind, randomized, crossover trial of controlled human exposure to concentrated ambient particles with 50 healthy adults. Particle-associated-endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan were sampled using polycarbonate-membrane-filters. Supine resting systolic BP and diastolic BP were measured pre-, 0.5-hour post-, and 20-hour postexposure. Urine vascular endothelial growth factor concentration was determined using enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay and creatinine-corrected. Exposures to endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan for 130 minutes were associated with increases in BPs: at 0.5-hour postexposure, every doubling in endotoxin concentration was associated with 1.73 mm Hg higher systolic BP (95% confidence interval, 0.28, 3.18; P=0.02) and 2.07 mm Hg higher diastolic BP (95% confidence interval, 0.74, 3.39; P=0.003); every doubling in β-1,3-d-Glucan concentration was associated with 0.80 mm Hg higher systolic BP (95% confidence interval, -0.07, 1.67; P=0.07) and 0.88 mm Hg higher diastolic BP (95% confidence interval, 0.09, 1.66; P=0.03). Vascular endothelial growth factor rose after concentrated ambient particle endotoxin exposure and attenuated the association between endotoxin and 0.5-hour postexposure diastolic BP (Pinteraction=0.02). In healthy adults, short-term endotoxin and β-1,3-d-Glucan exposures were associated with increased BP. Our findings suggest that the biological PM components contribute to PM-related cardiovascular outcomes, and postexposure vascular endothelial growth factor elevation might be an adaptive response that attenuates these effects.

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Air PollutantsAdolescentAdultbeta-GlucansBlood PressureBlood Pressure DeterminationCross-Over StudiesEndotoxinsFemaleHumansInhalation ExposureMaleMiddle AgedParticulate MatterProteoglycansSingle-Blind MethodAir Pollutantsbeta-GlucansEndotoxinsParticulate Matterpolysaccharide-KProteoglycansair pollutionblood pressureendotoxinvascular endothelial growth factorβ-1,3-d-Glucan

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