Air pollutant exposure has been linked to a rise in wheezing illnesses. Clinical data highlight
that exposure to mainstream tobacco smoke (MS) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) …

It is becoming increasingly clear that inhalation exposure to particulate matter (PM) can lead
to or exacerbate various diseases, which are not limited to the lung but extend to the …

Yuzu (Citrus junos Tanaka) has been used as a traditional medicine in Japan. We
investigated in vitro anti‐inflammatory effects of limonene from yuzu peel on human …

Rationale: Recent studies suggest that host immune responses to environmental fungi may
play an important role in the development of allergic diseases, such as human asthma …

The objective of this study was to examine what kinds of cytokines are related to lung
disorder by well-dispersed nanoparticles. The mass median diameter of nickel oxide in …

Air pollution has persistently been the major cause of respiratory-related illness and death.
Environmental pollutants such as diesel and petrol exhaust particles (PEPs) are the major …

Background Exposure to zinc oxide (ZnO) in environmental and occupational settings
causes acute pulmonary responses through the induction of proinflammatory mediators …

Limonene is one of the main flavonoids which is reported to inhibit the inflammatory
response by suppressing the production of reactive oxygen species. The aim of this study …

Since nanoparticles easily agglomerate to form larger particles, it is important to maintain the
size of their agglomerates at the nano-level to evaluate the harmful effect of the …

Human blood eosinophils exhibit a hyperactive phenotype in response to chemotactic
factors after cell “priming” with IL-5 family cytokines. Earlier work has identified ERK1/2 as …