Brain immune interactions and air pollution: macrophage inhibitory factor (MIF), prion cellular protein (PrPC), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin 1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra), and interleukin-2 (IL-2) in cerebrospinal fluid and MIF in serum differentiate urban children exposed to severe vs. low air pollution

Mexico City Metropolitan Area children chronically exposed to high concentrations of air pollutants exhibit an early brain imbalance in genes involved in oxidative stress, inflammation, innate and adaptive immune responses along with accumulation of misfolded proteins observed in the early stages of...

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Main Authors: Calderón-Garcidueñas, Lilian, Cross, Janet V., Franco-Lira, Maricela, Aragón-Flores, Mariana, Kavanaugh, Michael, Torres-Jardón, Ricardo, Chao, Chih-kai, Thompson, Charles, Chang, Jing, Zhu, Hongtu, D'Angiulli, Amedeo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794301/