التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
IMMUNE BIOMARKERS IN RELATION TO EXPOSURE TO PARTICULATE MATTER: A Cross-Sectional Survey in 17 Cities of Central Europe. |
| المؤلفون: |
Leonardi, G. S., Houthuijs, D., Steerenberg, P. A., Fletcher, T., Armstrong, B., Antova, T., Lochman, I., Lochmanová, A., Rudnai, P., Erdei, E., Musial, J., Jazwiec-Kanyion, B., Niciu, E. M., Durbaca, S., Fabiánová, E., Koppová, K., Lebret, E., Brunekreef, B., Loveren, H. Van |
| المصدر: |
Inhalation Toxicology; Nov2000 Supplement 4, Vol. 12, p1-14, 14p, 7 Charts |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
FINANCE, AIR pollution |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
CENTRAL Europe |
| الشركة/الكيان: |
COMMISSION of the European Communities |
| مستخلص: |
Human population data on air pollution and its effects on the immune system are scarce. A survey was conducted within the framework of the Central European Study of Air Quality and Respiratory Health (CESAR) to measure a panel of immune biomarkers in children of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia. Seventeen cities were chosen to represent a wide range of exposure to outdoor air pollution. In each, ambient particulate matter of less than 10 µm diameter and less than 2.5 µm diameter (PM[sub 10] and PM[sub 2.5]) were measured with a Harvard impactor. Blood was collected from 366 school children aged 9 to 11 yr between 11 April and 10 May 1996. The percentage of B, total T, CD4 + , CD8 + , and natural killer (NK) lymphocytes was determined by flow cytometry (Becton Dickinson); total immunoglobulins of class G, M, A and E (IgG, IgM, IgA, and IgE) were measured in serum using nephelometry (Behring). Associations between PM and each log-transformed biomarker concentration were studied by linear regression, in a two-stage model. The yearly average concentrations varied from 41 to 96 µg/m[sup 3] for PM[sub 10] across the 17 study areas, from 29 to 67 µg/m[sup 3] for PM[sub 2.5], and from 12 to 38 µg/m[sup 3] for PM[sub 10-2.5] (coarse). Number of B, CD4 + , CD8 + , and NK lymphocytes increased with increasing concentration of PM, having adjusted for age, gender, parental smoking, laboratory of analysis, and recent respiratory illness. Differences in lymphocyte number were larger and statistically significant for exposure to PM[sub 2.5]. Similar results were found when we examined the association between PM and lymphocyte number separately for each laboratory. Total IgG was increased with increasing concentration of PM, significantly in the case of PM[sub 2.5]. When we repeated the analyses with two other statistical approaches the results did not differ from those reported here. The effect of coarse PM on lymphocyte numbers appears small in comparison to PM[sub 2.5]. One possible interpretation of our findings is that long-term exposure to airborne particulates leads to inflammation of the airways and activation of the cellular and humoral immune system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
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