Short-term exposure to air pollution might exacerbate autoimmune diseases

Air Pollution and its Effects on Autoimmune Diseases

Short-term exposure to air pollution and digital vascular function.

We investigated associations between ambient air pollution and microvessel function measured by peripheral arterial tonometry between 2003 and 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Third Generation Cohorts. We measured particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5), black carbon, sulfates, particle number, nitrogen oxides, and ozone by using fixed monitors, and we deter...

Short-term exposure to air pollution and inflammation-sensitive biomarkers.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effect of short-term exposure to air pollutants on inflammation-sensitive biomarkers in apparently healthy individuals. METHODS We enrolled all participants from The Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center inflammation survey held between 2003 and 2006, excluding participants with an acute or chronic inflammatory disease, pregnancy, steroidal or nonsteroidal treatment, or ...

How nutrition might modify the possible effects of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases risk?

Short-term exposure to air pollution in a road tunnel enhances the asthmatic response to allergen.

The aim of this study was to assess whether air pollution in road tunnels would promote asthmatic reactions in persons with mild allergic asthma. Twenty volunteers with mild allergic asthma were exposed, inside a car, for 30 min in a Stockholm city road tunnel. As a control, the subjects were exposed to much lower pollution levels in a suburban area. Four hours after the exposure, the subjects ...