Air pollution and noncommunicable diseases: A review by the Forum of International Respiratory Societies' Environmental Committee, Part 2: Air pollution and organ …

DE Schraufnagel, JR Balmes, CT Cowl, S De Matteis… - Chest, 2019 - Elsevier
Although air pollution is well known to be harmful to the lung and airways, it can also
damage most other organ systems of the body. It is estimated that about 500,000 lung …

Obesity II: establishing causal links between chemical exposures and obesity

JJ Heindel, S Howard, K Agay-Shay, JP Arrebola… - Biochemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Obesity is a multifactorial disease with both genetic and environmental components. The
prevailing view is that obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and …

The inflamed brain in schizophrenia: the convergence of genetic and environmental risk factors that lead to uncontrolled neuroinflammation

AL Comer, M Carrier, MÈ Tremblay… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Schizophrenia is a disorder with a heterogeneous etiology involving complex interplay
between genetic and environmental risk factors. The immune system is now known to play …

Understanding the role of the gut microbiome in brain development and its association with neurodevelopmental psychiatric disorders

S Dash, YA Syed, MR Khan - Frontiers in Cell and Developmental …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The gut microbiome has a tremendous influence on human physiology, including the
nervous system. During fetal development, the initial colonization of the microbiome …

Prolonged PM2. 5 exposure elevates risk of oxidative stress-driven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease by triggering increase of dyslipidemia

MX Xu, CX Ge, YT Qin, TT Gu, DS Lou, Q Li… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
An increasing number of studies have shown that air pollution containing particulate matter
(PM)≤ 2.5 µm (PM2. 5) plays a significant role in the development of metabolic disorder and …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution, environmental chemicals, and smoking may trigger vitamin D deficiency: Evidence and potential mechanisms

SE Mousavi, H Amini, P Heydarpour… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Beyond vitamin D (VD) effect on bone homeostasis, numerous physiological functions in
human health have been described for this versatile prohormone. In 2016, 95% of the …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to outdoor and indoor air pollution and risk of overweight and obesity across different life periods: A review

X Shi, Y Zheng, H Cui, Y Zhang, M Jiang - … and environmental safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the highly evolved industrialization and modernization, air quality has deteriorated in
most countries. As reported by the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution is now …

Ambient air pollution in relation to diabetes and glucose-homoeostasis markers in China: a cross-sectional study with findings from the 33 Communities Chinese …

BY Yang, ZM Qian, S Li, G Chen, MS Bloom… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Health effects of air pollution on diabetes have been scarcely studied in
developing countries. We aimed to explore the associations of long-term exposure to …

Association between long-term exposure to air pollution and biomarkers related to insulin resistance, subclinical inflammation, and adipokines

K Wolf, A Popp, A Schneider, S Breitner, R Hampel… - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Insulin resistance (IR) is present long before the onset of type 2 diabetes and results not only
from inherited and lifestyle factors but also likely from environmental conditions. We …

Prefrontal white matter pathology in air pollution exposed Mexico City young urbanites and their potential impact on neurovascular unit dysfunction and the …

L Calderón-Garcidueñas, R Reynoso-Robles… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Millions of urban children are chronically exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants, ie,
fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) and ozone, associated with increased risk for Alzheimer's …