Health effects due to air pollution arising from motor vehicles have recently become a major
public and political concern worldwide. Rapidly growing urban populations and increasing …

Epidemiological studies have associated the increase of respiratory disorders with high
levels of ambient particulate matter (PM) levels although the underlying biological …

Inhaled diesel exhaust particles (DEP) exert proinflammatory effects in the respiratory tract.
This effect is related to the particle content of redox cycling chemicals and is involved in the …

Rationale: Diesel exhaust (DE), an established model of traffic-related air pollution,
contributes significantly to the global burden of asthma and may augment the effects of …

The effect of diesel exhaust particulate (DEP) exposure on innate, cellular and humoral
pulmonary immunity was studied using high-dose, acute-exposure rat, mouse, and cell …

Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are known to enhance inflammatory responses in human
volunteers. In cultured human bronchial epithelial (16HBE) cells, they induce the release of …

The rising incidence of allergic disorders in developed countries is unexplained. Exposure
to traffic related air pollutants may be an important cause of wheezing and asthma in …

Diesel exhaust is a complex mixture of gaseous and particulate compounds resulting from
an incomplete combustion of diesel fuel. Controlled human exposures to diesel exhaust and …

Background Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) are a major component of outdoor air pollution.
DEP mediated pulmonary effects are plausibly linked to inflammatory and oxidative stress …

Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are increasingly tested in cellular and laboratory-animal
experiments for hazard potential, but there is a lack of health effects data for humans …