2024
Assessment of wood smoke induced pulmonary toxicity in normal- and chronic bronchitis-like bronchial and alveolar lung mucosa models at air–liquid interface
Upadhyay S, Rahman M, Rinaldi S, Koelmel J, Lin E, Mahesh P, Beckers J, Johanson G, Pollitt K, Palmberg L, Irmler M, Ganguly K. Assessment of wood smoke induced pulmonary toxicity in normal- and chronic bronchitis-like bronchial and alveolar lung mucosa models at air–liquid interface. Respiratory Research 2024, 25: 49. PMID: 38245732, PMCID: PMC10799428, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-024-02686-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWood smokeBiomass fuel burningHuman primary bronchial epithelial cellsSecretion levels of proinflammatory cytokinesLevels of proinflammatory cytokinesPrimary bronchial epithelial cellsTumor necrosis factor-aAir-liquid interfacePrimary ciliary dyskinesiaHousehold air pollutionHighest increased riskBackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseBronchial epithelial cellsChronic respiratory disordersPassive samplingToxicological end pointsAssociated with COPDExposed to WSObstructive pulmonary diseaseTobacco smoke exposureAir pollutionWS exposureExposure induced changesPulmonary toxicityAcute phase response
2016
Murine precision-cut lung slices exhibit acute responses following exposure to gasoline direct injection engine emissions
Maikawa CL, Zimmerman N, Rais K, Shah M, Hawley B, Pant P, Jeong CH, Delgado-Saborit JM, Volckens J, Evans G, Wallace JS, Pollitt K. Murine precision-cut lung slices exhibit acute responses following exposure to gasoline direct injection engine emissions. The Science Of The Total Environment 2016, 568: 1102-1109. PMID: 27369091, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung slicesPulmonary responseBALB/c miceMurine precision-cut lung slicesOxidative stressPrecision-cut lung slicesOxidative stress markersOne-hour exposurePulmonary effectsC miceGDI engine exhaustAcute responseCYP1B1 expressionStress markersVivo modelPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolismUpregulation of genesElectrostatic aerosolParticulate fractionAromatic hydrocarbon metabolismExposureUpregulated genesMRNA productionMetabolismAir-liquid interface