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How Air Pollution May Increase the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease | |
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2021-02-04 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 美国 |
领域 | 气候变化 |
正文(英文) | Tiny particles of air pollution -- called fine particulate matter -- can have a range of effects on health, and exposure to high levels is a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. New research led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals that fine particulate matter has a detrimental impact on cardiovascular health by activating the production of inflammatory cells in the bone marrow, ultimately leading to inflammation of the arteries. The findings are published in the European Heart Journal. The retrospective study included 503 patients without cardiovascular disease or cancer who had undergone imaging tests at MGH for various medical reasons. The scientists estimated participants' annual average fine particulate matter levels using data obtained from the U.S. Environment Protection Agency's air quality monitors located closest to each participant's residential address. Over a median follow-up of 4.1 years, 40 individuals experienced major cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks and strokes, with the highest risk seen in participants with higher levels of fine particulate matter at their home address. Their risk was elevated even after accounting for cardiovascular risk factors, socioeconomic factors, and other key confounders. Imaging tests assessing the state of internal organs and tissues showed that these participants also had higher bone marrow activity, indicating a heightened production of inflammatory cells (a process called leukopoiesis), and elevated inflammation of the arteries. Additional analyses revealed that leukopoiesis in response to air pollution exposure is a trigger that causes arterial inflammation. "The pathway linking air pollution exposure to cardiovascular events through higher bone marrow activity and arterial inflammation accounted for 29% of the relationship between air pollution and cardiovascular disease events," says co-first author Shady Abohashem, MD, a cardiovascular imaging fellow at MGH. "These findings implicate air pollution exposure as an underrecognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease and suggest therapeutic targets beyond pollution mitigation to lessen the cardiovascular impact of air pollution exposure." Co-first author Michael Osborne, MD, a cardiologist at MGH, explains that therapies targeting increased inflammation following exposure to fine particulate matter may benefit patients who cannot avoid air pollution. "Importantly, most of the population studied had air pollution exposures well below the unhealthy thresholds established by the World Health Organization, suggesting that no level of air pollution can truly be considered safe," he says. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health.
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Cite This Page: Massachusetts General Hospital. "How air pollution may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: Fine particulate air pollution stimulates production of inflammatory cells, leading to inflammation of the arteries." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 4 February 2021.
Massachusetts General Hospital. (2021, February 4). How air pollution may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: Fine particulate air pollution stimulates production of inflammatory cells, leading to inflammation of the arteries. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 5, 2021 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204135742.htm
Massachusetts General Hospital. "How air pollution may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: Fine particulate air pollution stimulates production of inflammatory cells, leading to inflammation of the arteries." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210204135742.htm (accessed February 5, 2021).
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/312728 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
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