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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology2022

Woodsmoke particle exposure prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection alters antiviral response gene expression in human nasal epithelial cells in a sex-dependent manner.

Stephanie A Brocke, Grant T Billings, Sharon Taft-Benz, Neil E Alexis, Mark T Heise, Ilona Jaspers

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Article in American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie A BrockeCurriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0002-1916-799X
Grant T BillingsCrop and Soil Sciences Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Sharon Taft-BenzDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Neil E AlexisCenter for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, and Lung Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mark T HeiseDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Ilona JaspersCurriculum in Toxicology and Environmental Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.ORCID 0000-0001-8728-0305
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USNorth Carolina State University · US

Funding

UNC-CH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH &SUSCEPTIBILITYP30ES010126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Stephanie Engel · 2001 to 2026
$36.3M
PILOT AND FEASIBILITY STUDIESP30DK034987 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Temitope O. Keku · 1985 to 2026
$30.5M
TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
PM exposure and changes in respiratory host defense responsesR01ES031173 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ALEXIS, NEIL · 2020 to 2024
$1.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034987NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES010126NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES031173NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inhalational exposure to particulate matter (PM) derived from natural or anthropogenic sources alters gene expression in the airways and increases susceptibility to respiratory viral infection. Woodsmoke-derived ambient PM from wildfire events during 2020 was associated with higher COVID-19 case rates in the western United States. We hypothesized that exposure to suspensions of woodsmoke particles (WSPs) or diesel exhaust particles (DEPs) prior to SARS-CoV-2 infection would alter host immune gene expression at the transcript level. Primary human nasal epithelial cells (hNECs) from both sexes were exposed to WSPs or DEPs (22 μg/cm

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nasal epitheliumparticulate matterSARS-CoV-2 host responsesex differencewoodsmoke

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PMID35107034
PMCPMC8917918
OpenAlexW4210729519

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