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ReviewEnvironmental science and pollution research international2021

Air pollution-induced epigenetic changes: disease development and a possible link with hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Suranjana Mukherjee, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Pradyumna K Mishra, Koel Chaudhury

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Review in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Suranjana MukherjeeSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India. suranjan@smst.iitkgp.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5020-1677
Sanjukta DasguptaSchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
Pradyumna K MishraDepartment of Molecular Biology, ICMR-National Institute for Research in Environmental Health, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462030, India.
Koel ChaudhurySchool of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · INICMR National Institute for Research in Environmental Health

Funding

Ministry of Human Resource Development IMPRINT proposal number 4352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution is a serious threat to our health and has become one of the major causes of many diseases including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, and cancer. The association between air pollution and various diseases has long been a topic of research interest. However, it remains unclear how air pollution actually impacts health by modulating several important cellular functions. Recently, some evidence has emerged about air pollution-induced epigenetic changes, which are linked with the etiology of various human diseases. Among several epigenetic modifications, DNA methylation represents the most prominent epigenetic alteration underlying the air pollution-induced pathogenic mechanism. Several other types of epigenetic changes, such as histone modifications, miRNA, and non-coding RNA expression, have also been found to have been linked with air pollution. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), one of the most prevalent forms of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs), is triggered by the inhalation of certain organic and inorganic substances. HP is characterized by inflammation in the tissues around the lungs' airways and may lead to irreversible lung scarring over time. This review, in addition to other diseases, attempts to understand whether certain pollutants influence HP development through such epigenetic modifications.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionAlveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicEpigenesis, GeneticHumansParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionEpigenetic biomarkersEpigenetic modificationsHypersensitivity pneumonitisParticulate matter

Identifiers

PMID34498177
PMCPMC8425320
OpenAlexW3196654473

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