Outdoor air pollution and brain development in childhood and adolescence

MM Herting, KL Bottenhorn, DL Cotter - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
Exposure to outdoor air pollution has been linked to adverse health effects, including
potential widespread impacts on the CNS. Ongoing brain development may render children …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced human developmental toxicity and teratogenicity assessment using human organoid models

M Li, J Gong, L Gao, T Zou, J Kang, H Xu - … and Environmental Safety, 2022 - Elsevier
Tremendous progress has been made in the field of toxicology leading to the advance of
developmental toxicity assessment. Conventional animal models and in vitro two …

Air quality, pollution and sustainability trends in South Asia: a population-based study

S Abdul Jabbar, L Tul Qadar, S Ghafoor… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Introduction: Worsening air quality and pollution lead to numerous environmental health and
sustainability issues in the South Asia region. This study analyzes India, Nepal, Bangladesh …

[HTML][HTML] The impacts of nature connectedness on children's well-being: Systematic literature review

T Arola, M Aulake, A Ott, M Lindholm… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Direct and indirect well-being benefits of children and adolescent's nature connectedness
are a growing societal interest. Accordingly, they are increasingly studied and the field of …

Effects of Intrauterine and post-natal exposure to air pollution on children's pneumonia: key roles in different particulate matters exposure during critical time windows

C Lu, W Yang, F Wang, B Li, Z Liu, H Liao - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Despite mounting evidence linked pneumonia with air pollution, it is unclear
what main pollutant (s) exposure in which critical window (s) play a key role in pneumonia …

A systematic review of evidence for maternal preconception exposure to outdoor air pollution on Children's health

N Blanc, J Liao, F Gilliland, JJ Zhang, K Berhane… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The preconception period is a critical window for gametogenesis, therefore preconception
exposure to air pollutants may have long-term effects on children. We systematically …

Postnatal exposure to ambient air pollutants is associated with the composition of the infant gut microbiota at 6-months of age

MJ Bailey, EA Holzhausen, ZEM Morgan, N Naik… - Gut …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Epidemiological studies in adults have shown that exposure to ambient air pollution (AAP) is
associated with the composition of the adult gut microbiome, but these relationships have …

Outdoor air pollution and childhood respiratory disease: the role of oxidative stress

A Dondi, C Carbone, E Manieri, D Zama… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The leading mechanisms through which air pollutants exert their damaging effects are the
promotion of oxidative stress, the induction of an inflammatory response, and the …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental human placental models for studying uptake, transport and toxicity of micro-and nanoplastics

HM Dusza, J van Boxel, MBM van Duursen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Micro-and nanoplastics (MNPs) are ubiquitous in the environment and have recently been
found in human lungs, blood and placenta. However, data on the possible effects of MNPs …

[HTML][HTML] Epigenetic modification impacting brain functions: Effects of physical activity, micronutrients, caffeine, toxins, and addictive substances

R Mallick, AK Duttaroy - Neurochemistry International, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in gene expression are involved in many brain functions. Epigenetic
processes modulate gene expression by histone modification and DNA methylation or RNA …