2015
Extreme Air Pollution Conditions Adversely Affect Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance
Brook R, Sun Z, Brook J, Zhao X, Ruan Y, Yan J, Mukherjee B, Rao X, Duan F, Sun L, Liang R, Lian H, Zhang S, Fang Q, Gu D, Sun Q, Fan Z, Rajagopalan S. Extreme Air Pollution Conditions Adversely Affect Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance. Hypertension 2015, 67: 77-85. PMID: 26573709, PMCID: PMC4830086, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.06237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFine particulate matterParticulate matterAmbient fine particulate matterSD increaseAssociated with worsening insulin resistanceBlack carbon levelsBlack carbon exposurePublic health warningsAir pollutionBeijing metropolitan areaBlack carbonHealth warningsAssociated with rangeCardiometabolic healthCarbon levelsDiastolic blood pressureExposure windowsCardiometabolic diseasesHealth effectsNonsmoking adultsMetabolic syndromeDeveloping world todayCarbon exposureSystolic blood pressure elevationHealth
2014
Central IKKβ inhibition prevents air pollution mediated peripheral inflammation and exaggeration of type II diabetes
Liu C, Fonken L, Wang A, Maiseyeu A, Bai Y, Wang T, Maurya S, Ko Y, Periasamy M, Dvonch T, Morishita M, Brook R, Harkema J, Ying Z, Mukherjee B, Sun Q, Nelson R, Rajagopalan S. Central IKKβ inhibition prevents air pollution mediated peripheral inflammation and exaggeration of type II diabetes. Particle And Fibre Toxicology 2014, 11: 53. PMID: 25358444, PMCID: PMC4226918, DOI: 10.1186/s12989-014-0053-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBenzamidesBlood GlucoseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismHypothalamusI-kappa B KinaseInflammationInfliximabInhalation ExposureInjections, IntraventricularInsulinInsulin ResistanceInterleukin-6MiceOxygen ConsumptionParticulate MatterProtein Kinase InhibitorsRisk AssessmentRNA, MessengerThermogenesisTime FactorsTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha