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ReviewParkinson's disease2026

Air Pollution and Parkinson's Disease Pathology: Clinical Evidence and the Molecular Mechanisms Linking Airborne Toxicants to Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration.

Sina Pakkhesal, Seyedyashar Pourebrahimian Leilabadi, Sina Hamzehzadeh, Farshad Zare, Elnaz Gholipour-Khalili, Fatemeh Malekinejad, Shahrzad Fakhkhari, Mahnaz Talebi, Amirreza Naseri

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Review in Parkinson's disease, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Sina PakkhesalStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2540-6827
Seyedyashar Pourebrahimian LeilabadiResearch Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7127-8052
Sina HamzehzadehResearch Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-4885
Farshad ZareResearch Center for Evidence-Based Medicine, Iranian EBM Centre: A Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Center of Excellence, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2157-5383
Elnaz Gholipour-KhaliliMedical Faculty, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Türkiye, yeditepe.edu.tr.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5977-6127
Fatemeh MalekinejadStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8708-7605
Shahrzad FakhkhariResearch Center for Integrative Medicine in Aging, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4096-5427
Mahnaz TalebiNeurosciences Research Center (NSRC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7613-3913
Amirreza NaseriStudent Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, tbzmed.ac.ir.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9723-0109

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative condition, and its rising prevalence necessitates the urgent need to identify modifiable risk factors. Air pollution, a pervasive and also escalating public health problem, has emerged as a potential contributor to the incidence and progression of PD. As urbanization and industrialization continue to exacerbate global air pollution levels, understanding the relationship between airborne toxicants and PD is a pressing scientific and public health priority. In this review, we critically discuss the current epidemiological evidence and the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying air pollution-induced neurodegeneration in PD. Clinical studies associate long-term interaction with pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and ozone with increased PD risk. Evidence also suggests that air pollution worsens PD prognosis. Mechanistically, air pollution is hypothesized to contribute to PD pathogenesis through gut microbiome alternations, oxidative stress, and neuroinflammatory pathways, as well as promoting α-synuclein aggregation.

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air pollutiongut microbiotainflammationParkinson’s diseaseparticulate matter

Identifiers

PMID42577720
PMCPMC13454954

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