Studies have pointed out that air pollution may be a contributing factor to the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, the specific links between air pollution and …

DNA methylation is the most well studied of the epigenetic regulators in relation to
environmental exposures. To date, numerous studies have detailed the manner by which …

Objectives Due to their small size, ultrafine particles (UFP) are believed to exert higher
toxicity than larger particles. As numerous studies on health effects of UFP have been …

Background Air pollutants are suggested to be related to type 2 diabetes (T2D). Since
several high quality papers on air pollutants and T2D have been published beyond the last …

Air pollution is composed of particulate matter (PM) and gaseous pollutants, such as
nitrogen dioxide and ozone. PM is classified according to size into coarse particles (PM 10) …

The vascular cellular adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a protein that canonically
participates in the adhesion and transmigration of leukocytes to the interstitium during …

The aging process is driven by interrelated mechanisms that lead to the emergence of
characteristic phenotypes that include changes in body composition, energy production and …

Background Air pollution has been related to incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D). We
assessed the joint association of various air pollutants with the risk of T2D and examined …

Despite past improvements in air quality, very large parts of the population in urban areas
breathe air that does not meet European standards let alone the health-based World Health …

The innate immune system provides the first line of defence against foreign microbes and
particulate materials. Engineered nanoparticles can interact with the immune system in …