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ArticleEnvironmental and molecular mutagenesis2022

Proteomic analysis of serum in workers exposed to diesel engine exhaust.

Mohammad L Rahman, Bryan A Bassig, Yufei Dai, Wei Hu, Jason Y Y Wong, Batel Blechter, H Dean Hosgood, Danzhi Ren, Huawei Duan, Yong Niu and 14 more

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Article in Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

24 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohammad L RahmanOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8322-0495
Bryan A BassigOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Yufei DaiKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Wei HuOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Jason Y Y WongOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2820-2133
Batel BlechterOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
H Dean HosgoodDepartment of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Danzhi RenChaoyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
Huawei DuanKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Yong NiuKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Jun XuSchool of Public Health, Li Ka Shing (LKS) Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Wei FuChaoyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
Kees MeliefsteInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Baosen ZhouDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jufang YangChaoyang Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chaoyang, Liaoning, China.
Meng YeKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Xiaowei JiaKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Tao MengKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Ping BinKey laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health, National Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China.
Debra T SilvermanOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Roel VermeulenInstitute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Nathaniel RothmanOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
Yuxin ZhengSchool of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Qing LanOccupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
National Cancer Institute · USNational Institute for Occupational Health and Poison Control · CNUtrecht University · NLAlbert Einstein College of Medicine · USChina Medical University · CNHKU-Pasteur Research Pole · HKQingdao University · CN

Funding

Studies of Occupational CancerZIACP010120 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI LAN, QING · 2009 to 2025
$34.4M
Occupational Exposure AssessmentZIACP010122 · NCI · DIVISION OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY AND GENETICS · PI FRIESEN, MELISSA · 2009 to 2025
$8.6M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CP010120Intramural NIH HHS ZIA CP010122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diesel engine exhaust (DEE) is classified as a Group 1 human carcinogen. Using a targeted proteomics approach, we aimed to identify proteins associated with DEE and characterize these markers to understand the mechanisms of DEE-induced carcinogenicity. In this cross-sectional molecular epidemiology study, we measured elemental carbon (EC) using a personal air monitor and quantified 1317 targeted proteins in the serum using the SOMAScan assay (SOMALogic) among 19 diesel exposed factory workers and 19 unexposed controls. We used linear regressions to identify proteins associated with DEE and examined their exposure-response relationship across levels of EC using linear trend tests. We further examined pathway enrichment of DEE-related proteins using MetaCore. Occupational exposure to DEE was associated with altered levels of 22 serum proteins (permutation p < .01). Of these, 13 proteins (CXCL11, HAPLN1, FLT4, CD40LG, PES1, IGHE.IGK..IGL, TNFSF9, PGD, NAGK, CCL25, CCL4L1, PDXK, and PLA2G1B) showed an exposure-response relationship with EC (p trend < .01), with serum levels of all but PLA2G1B declining with increasing air levels of EC. For instance, C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 11 (CXCL11) showed the most significant association with DEE (β = -0.25; permutation p = .00004), where mean serum levels were 4121.1, 2356.7, and 2298.8 relative fluorescent units among the unexposed, lower exposed (median, range : 56.9, 40.2-62.1 μg/m

Indexed as

Air Pollutants, OccupationalOccupational ExposureCarbonCross-Sectional StudiesGroup IB Phospholipases A2HumansInflammationProteomicsRNA-Binding ProteinsVehicle EmissionsAir Pollutants, OccupationalCarbonGroup IB Phospholipases A2PES1 protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsVehicle Emissionscarcinogenesisdiesel engine exhaustelemental carbonlung cancerproteomicsSOMAscan

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PMID34894159
PMCPMC11812432
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