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2024 Oct 8 Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Spinal Cord Research Centre, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada; Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, Winnipeg, MB, Canada Astrocytes originated from neural stem cells drive the regenerative r...

2024 Oct 5 Bandirma Onyedi Eylul University, Medical Faculty, Department of Physiology, Bandırma, Turkey Dietary zinc status is associated with ZnT3 (SLC30A3), IL-6 gene expressions and spinal cord tissue damage in spinal cord tissue in a cuprizone-induced rat Multiple Sclerosis model https://pubmed...

2024 Oct Exposure to Air Pollutants and Myocardial Infarction Incidence: A UK Biobank Study Exploring Gene-Environment Interaction https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39388260/ Results: Among 456,354 participants, 9,114 incident MI events were observed during a median follow-up of 12.08 y. Chronic expos...

2024 Oct Gene expression changes in mouse lung induced by subacute inhalation of PM10-rich particulate matter https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39388309/ Conclusion: This study identified key genes, signaling pathways, and cellular responses in mouse lung affected by road dust exposure. These findings...

2024 Oct 10
Air Pollution and the Prevalence of Keratoconus: Is There a Connection?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39389008/

Conclusion: Fine particles appear to be a risk factor for keratoconus.

2024 Sep 3 Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India Outer membrane vesicles of Acinetobacter baumannii DS002 carry circular DNA similar to bovine meat and milk factors (BMMFs) and SPHINX 2.36 and probably play a role in interdomain l...

2024 Aug MS Research Flagship, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia Significantly increasing multiple sclerosis prevalence in Australia from 2010 to 2021 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39104180/ Objectives: To determine whether increased prevalence ...

2024 Jul 22 The causal relationship between autoimmune diseases and rhinosinusitis, and the mediating role of inflammatory proteins: a Mendelian randomization study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39104791/ Abstract Observational studies have linked autoimmune diseases (ADs) with rhinosinusitis (RS)...

2024 Oct Longitudinal epidemiology of multiple sclerosis over 60 years in Newcastle, Australia: 1961 to 2021 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39098057/ Conclusion: The Newcastle region continues to be a high frequency zone for MS. The incidence rate from onset is significantly increased from previous...

2024 Oct Air Pollution and Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk and Progression: Implications for the Mucosal Origins Hypothesis and Climate Change for RA Pathogenesis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39093508/ .. Relatively few studies investigated air pollution and RA disease activity or other outcomes. These...

2024 Nov 1 Impact of formaldehyde on ozone formation in Central China: Important role of biogenic emission in forest region https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39089373/ Formaldehyde (HCHO) is an important source for driving tropospheric ozone (O3) formation.. -------------------------------------------...

2024 Aug 1 Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Exposure to multiple ambient air pollutants changes white matter microstructure during early adolescence with sex-specific differences https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39090375/ Background: Air pollution...

2024 Jul 18 The effects of ambient particulate matter air pollution on platelets and hemostasis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39091522/ Conclusion: Short-term exposure to elevated PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations was linked to shortened PT [thromboplastin time] and enhanced vWF [Willebrand factor] fu...