Prenatal Air Pollution and Newborns' Predisposition to Accelerated Biological Aging

Prenatal Exposure to Outdoor Air Pollution and Childhood Allergic Diseases

The results showed that incidence of asthma, allergic rhinitis, and eczema in children was associated with maternal exposure to traffic-related pollutant NO2 throughout pregnancy. After adjustment for other pollutants and trimesters, the researchers found the association was significant only in specific trimesters: the first trimester for eczema, the second trimester for asthma, and the third t...

Impact of Air Pollution to Genome of Newborns.

The Northern Moravia Region is the most polluted region in the Czech Republic by particulate matter (PM2.5) and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs) as benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) by heavy industry and local heating. This specific situation was used to study the impact of air pollution on newborns in the exposed Karviná district and control district of České Budějovice. Biological ...

Project 2 (NAS): Cognitive Decline, Cardiovascular Changes, and Biological Aging in Response to Air Pollution

Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with biological aging

Long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with age-related diseases. We explored the association between accelerated biological aging and air pollution, a potential mechanism linking air pollution and health. We estimated long-term exposure to PM10, PM2.5, PM2.5 absorbance/black carbon (BC), and NOx via land-use regression models in individuals from the KORA F4 cohort. Accelerated biolo...

Is biological aging accelerated in drug addiction?

Drug-addiction may trigger early onset of age-related disease, due to drug-induced multi-system toxicity and perilous lifestyle, which remains mostly undetected and untreated. We present the literature on pathophysiological processes that may hasten aging and its relevance to addiction, including: oxidative stress and cellular aging, inflammation in periphery and brain, decline in brain volume ...