Childhood exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is linked to epigenetic modifications and impaired systemic immunity in T cells.

Hew, K M

Childhood exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is linked to epigenetic modifications and impaired systemic immunity in T cells. [electronic resource] - Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Jan 2015 - 238-48 p. digital

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1365-2222

10.1111/cea.12377 doi


Air Pollution--adverse effects
Asthma--chemically induced
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA Methylation--drug effects
Environmental Exposure--adverse effects
Epigenesis, Genetic--drug effects
Female
Forkhead Transcription Factors--immunology
Humans
Immunity, Cellular--drug effects
Immunoglobulin E--immunology
Infant
Interferon-gamma--immunology
Interleukin-10--immunology
Male
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons--toxicity
Rhinitis, Allergic--chemically induced
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory--immunology