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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

Association between Chronic Environmental Lead (Pb) Exposure and Cytokines in Males and Females of Reproductive Age from Kabwe, Zambia.

Andrew Kataba, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Hokuto Nakata, John Yabe, Haruya Toyomaki, Kaampwe Muzandu, Golden Zyambo, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Kennedy Choongo, Mayumi Ishizuka and 1 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. 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
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Potential Antidote Against Lead Toxicity-A Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 5 countries.

Andrew KatabaLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
Yared Beyene YohannesLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
Hokuto NakataLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1161-7164
John YabeSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-4580-3416
Haruya ToyomakiLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
Kaampwe MuzanduSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0002-8517-7272
Golden ZyamboSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
Yoshinori IkenakaLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6633-6637
Kennedy ChoongoSchool of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Zambia, Lusaka P.O. Box 32379, Zambia.
Mayumi IshizukaLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.
Shouta M M NakayamaLaboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-1635-2898
Hokkaido University · JPUniversity of Zambia · ZMUniversity of Namibia · NA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lead (Pb) poisoning remains a great public health challenge globally known to induce a wide range of ailments in both children and adults. The current study investigated the association of chronic environmental Pb exposure and immunomodulatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) in adult males and females living in Kabwe, Zambia. The standard human cytokine/chemokine Milliplex assay was used to quantify plasma cytokines from four groups categorized as low (<10 μg/dL) and high (>10 μg/dL) blood lead level (BLL) groups, namely, low BLL female (

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LeadLead PoisoningAdultChildCytokinesEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansInterleukin-8MaleTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaZambiaCytokinesInterleukin-8LeadTumor Necrosis Factor-alphachroniccytokinesimmunomodulatoryleadsex-linked

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PMID37107878
PMCPMC10138795
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