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ReviewiScience2025

Impact of air pollution and occupational inhalation exposures on neurodegenerative disorders: An epigenetic perspective.

Paola Monti, Elia Biganzoli, Valentina Bollati

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Review in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Paola MontiEPIGET Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health - Department of Excellence 2023-2027, University of Milan, Via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy.
Elia BiganzoliUnit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Epidemiology, Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, IBIC & DSRC, Ospedale "L. Sacco," LITA Campus, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
Valentina BollatiEPIGET Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health - Department of Excellence 2023-2027, University of Milan, Via San Barnaba 8, 20122 Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) are highly prevalent conditions with genetic and environmental causes. Recently, air pollution has emerged as an important contributor to NDs, causing oxidative stress and neuronal damage in the brain. Identifying early molecular alterations mediating the effects of air pollution on ND pathogenesis would be crucial for implementing personalized medicine approaches, especially for the monitoring of specific categories of highly exposed workers. Epigenetic modifications might be suitable candidates in that sense, since they are highly responsive to environmental stressors, they modulate the expression of multiple ND-related genes, and offer technical advantages as they can be studies in peripheral tissues and are relatively stable in biological samples after collection. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the association between air pollution inhalation, epigenetics, and NDs. This work will particularly emphasize research gaps, aiming to provide directions for future research with applications in occupational and preventive medicine.

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PMID40599315
PMCPMC12209981

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