Nrf2-related gene expression and exposure to traffic-related air pollution in elderly subjects with cardiovascular disease: An exploratory panel study

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 141-149

  Wittkopp, Sharine ^a   Staimer, Norbert ^a   Tjoa, Thomas ^a   Stinchcombe, Timothy ^b   Daher, Nancy ^c   Schauer, James J ^d   Shafer, Martin M ^d   Sioutas, Constantinos ^c   Gillen, Daniel L ^e   Delfino, Ralph J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTREXON CORPORATION   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; biochemical pathways; longitudinal studies; oxidative stress; particulate matter; transcription

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; CYP1B1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CYTOCHROME P450 1B1; EXHAUST GAS; GENETIC MARKER; NFE2L2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PADGEM PROTEIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; SELP PROTEIN, HUMAN; SOOT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOOT; TOXICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1B1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NF-E2-RELATED FACTOR 2; P-SELECTIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84958667510     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2014.84     Document Type: Article

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