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ArticleScientific reports2018

Gasoline particle filter reduces oxidative DNA damage in bronchial epithelial cells after whole gasoline exhaust exposure in vitro.

Jakob Usemann, Michèle Roth, Christoph Bisig, Pierre Comte, Jan Czerwinski, Andreas C R Mayer, Philipp Latzin, Loretta Müller

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jakob UsemannUniversity Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9987-2866
Michèle RothUniversity Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Christoph BisigAdolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
Pierre ComteLaboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
Jan CzerwinskiLaboratory for Exhaust Emission Control, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biel-Bienne, Switzerland.
Andreas C R MayerTechnik Thermische Maschinen, Niederrohrdorf, Switzerland.
Philipp LatzinUniversity Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Loretta MüllerUniversity Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland. Loretta.mueller@insel.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3145-1483
University of Bern · CHBern University of Applied Sciences · CHUniversity Children’s Hospital Basel · CHUniversity of Fribourg · CH

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A substantial amount of traffic-related particle emissions is released by gasoline cars, since most diesel cars are now equipped with particle filters that reduce particle emissions. Little is known about adverse health effects of gasoline particles, and particularly, whether a gasoline particle filter (GPF) influences the toxicity of gasoline exhaust emissions. We drove a dynamic test cycle with a gasoline car and studied the effect of a GPF on exhaust composition and airway toxicity. We exposed human bronchial epithelial cells (ECs) for 6 hours, and compared results with and without GPF. Two hours later, primary human natural killer cells (NKs) were added to ECs to form cocultures, while some ECs were grown as monocultures. The following day, cells were analyzed for cytotoxicity, cell surface receptor expression, intracellular markers, oxidative DNA damage, gene expression, and oxidative stress. The particle amount was significantly reduced due to GPF application. While most biological endpoints did not differ, oxidative DNA damage was significantly reduced in EC monocultures exposed to GPF compared to reference exhaust. Our findings indicate that a GPF has beneficial effects on exhaust composition and airway toxicity. Further studies are needed to assess long-term effects, also in other cell types of the lung.

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FiltrationAir PollutantsCarcinogens, EnvironmentalCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesDNA DamageEpithelial CellsGasolineHumansKiller Cells, NaturalOxidative StressAir PollutantsCarcinogens, EnvironmentalGasoline

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PMID29396482
PMCPMC5797118
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