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ArticleScientific reports2023

Exposure to urban nanoparticles at low PM[Formula: see text] concentrations as a source of oxidative stress and inflammation.

Francesca Costabile, Maurizio Gualtieri, Matteo Rinaldi, Silvia Canepari, Roberta Vecchi, Lorenzo Massimi, Gianluca Di Iulio, Marco Paglione, Luca Di Liberto, Emanuela Corsini and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca CostabileInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - Italian National Research Council (ISAC - CNR), Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Maurizio GualtieriDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, 26126 Milan, Italy.
Matteo RinaldiNational Biodiversity Future Center, NBFC, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Silvia CanepariDepartment of Environmental Biology, University of Rome Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Roberta VecchiDepartment of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano,and INFN-Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Lorenzo MassimiDepartment of Environmental Biology, University of Rome Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Gianluca Di IulioInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - Italian National Research Council (ISAC - CNR), Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Marco PaglioneNational Biodiversity Future Center, NBFC, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Luca Di LibertoInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - Italian National Research Council (ISAC - CNR), Via Fosso del Cavaliere, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Emanuela CorsiniDepartment of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy.
Maria Cristina FacchiniInstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate - Italian National Research Council (ISAC - CNR), Via Gobetti, 40129 Bologna, Italy.
Stefano DecesariNational Biodiversity Future Center, NBFC, 90133 Palermo, Italy.
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate · ITNational Research Council · ITSapienza University of Rome · ITIstituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano · ITUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposures to fine particulate matter (PM[Formula: see text]) have been associated with health impacts, but the understanding of the PM[Formula: see text] concentration-response (PM[Formula: see text]-CR) relationships, especially at low PM[Formula: see text], remains incomplete. Here, we present novel data using a methodology to mimic lung exposure to ambient air (2[Formula: see text] 60 [Formula: see text]g m[Formula: see text]), with minimized sampling artifacts for nanoparticles. A reference model (Air Liquid Interface cultures of human bronchial epithelial cells, BEAS-2B) was used for aerosol exposure. Non-linearities observed in PM[Formula: see text]-CR curves are interpreted as a result of the interplay between the aerosol total oxidative potential (OP[Formula: see text]) and its distribution across particle size (d[Formula: see text]). A d[Formula: see text]-dependent condensation sink (CS) is assessed together with the distribution with d[Formula: see text] of reactive species . Urban ambient aerosol high in OP[Formula: see text], as indicated by the DTT assay, with (possibly copper-containing) nanoparticles, shows higher pro-inflammatory and oxidative responses, this occurring at lower PM[Formula: see text] concentrations (< 5 [Formula: see text]g m[Formula: see text]). Among the implications of this work, there are recommendations for global efforts to go toward the refinement of actual air quality standards with metrics considering the distribution of OP[Formula: see text] with d[Formula: see text] also at relatively low PM[Formula: see text].

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Air PollutantsParticulate MatterAerosolsHumansInflammationOxidative StressParticle SizeAerosolsAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID37903867
PMCPMC10616204
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