The aryl hydrocarbon receptor affects distinct tissue compartments during ontogeny of the immune system

JP Hogaboam, AJ Moore… - Toxicological sciences, 2008 - academic.oup.com
There is growing evidence that prenatal and early postnatal environmental factors influence
the development and programming of the immune system, causing long-lasting negative …

Effect of short-term exposure to ambient nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter on repeated lung function measures in infancy: a South African birth cohort

S Muttoo, PM Jeena, M Röösli, K de Hoogh… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The developing lung is highly susceptible to environmental toxicants, with both
short-and long-term exposure to ambient air pollutants linked to early childhood effects. This …

Sex difference in bronchopulmonary dysplasia of offspring in response to maternal PM2. 5 exposure

H Yue, X Ji, T Ku, G Li, N Sang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The adverse effects of fine particulate matters (PM 2.5) on respiratory diseases start in utero.
In order to investigate whether maternal PM 2.5 exposure could lead to bronchopulmonary …

A review of ambient air pollution exposure assessment methods in determining childhood respiratory health effects in children under five

S Muttoo, PM Jeena, M Röösli, K de Hoogh… - Environments, 2022 - mdpi.com
Various epidemiological studies have reported on air pollution exposure-related lung
function decline and respiratory health effects in children. Children have increased …

Impact of air pollution on age and gender related increase in cough reflex sensitivity of healthy children in Slovakia

S Demoulin-Alexikova, J Plevkova, L Mazurova… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Background: Numerous studies show higher cough reflex sensitivity (CRS) and cough
outcomes in children compared to adults and in females compared to males. Despite close …

Pregnancy exposure to air pollution and early childhood respiratory health in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa)

C Madsen, SE Haberg, MC Magnus, G Aamodt… - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives It is unclear whether maternal air pollution exposure during pregnancy induces
changes in the developing respiratory system of a child and whether it has consequences …

Air pollution, fetal and infant tobacco smoke exposure, and wheezing in preschool children: a population-based prospective birth cohort

AMM Sonnenschein-van der Voort, Y de Kluizenaar… - Environmental …, 2012 - Springer
Background Air pollution is associated with asthma exacerbations. We examined the
associations of exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM 10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) …

The developing respiratory tract and its specific needs in regard to ultrafine particulate matter exposure

K Schüepp, PD Sly - Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles have unique physico-chemical properties compared to larger particles that
have the potential to provide promising new possibilities for biomedical applications …

Effects of environmental tobacco smoke exposure on pulmonary immune response in infant monkeys

L Wang, JP Joad, C Zhong, KE Pinkerton - Journal of allergy and clinical …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) in early life has adverse
effects on lung development and increases asthma incidence and susceptibility to infection …

Lung function growth trajectories in non-asthmatic children aged 4–9 in relation to prenatal exposure to airborne particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic …

R Majewska, A Pac, E Mróz, J Spengler… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Patterns of lung function development during childhood can be helpful in
understanding the pathogenesis of respiratory diseases. A variety of environmental and …