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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2021

Long-Term Ambient Air Pollution Exposures and Circulating and Stimulated Inflammatory Mediators in a Cohort of Midlife Adults.

Sheila Tripathy, Anna L Marsland, Ellen J Kinnee, Brett J Tunno, Stephen B Manuck, Peter J Gianaros, Jane E Clougherty

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sheila TripathyDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Anna L MarslandDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Ellen J KinneeUniversity Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Brett J TunnoDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Stephen B ManuckDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Peter J GianarosDepartment of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jane E CloughertyDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Substrates of Threat and Reward Sensitivity and CVD RiskP01HL040962 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ERICKSON, KIRK I · 1988 to 2022
$31.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL040962
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChronic exposure to air pollution may prime the immune system to be reactive, increasing inflammatory responses to immune stimulation and providing a pathway to increased risk for inflammatory diseases, including asthma and cardiovascular disease. Although long-term exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with increased circulating markers of inflammation, it is unknown whether it also relates to the magnitude of inflammatory response.

objectivesThe aim of this study was to examine associations between chronic ambient pollution exposures and circulating and stimulated levels of inflammatory mediators in a cohort of healthy adults.

methodsCirculating interleukin (IL)-6, C-reactive protein (CRP) (

resultsThere were no significant correlations between circulating and stimulated measures of inflammation. Significant positive associations were found between exposure to DISCUSSION: Exposure to

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Air PollutionEnvironmental ExposureInflammation MediatorsCohort StudiesHumansMiddle AgedParticulate MatterInflammation MediatorsParticulate Matter

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PMID34014775
PMCPMC8136520
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