Enhancement of Mite Allergen-Induced Eosinophil Infiltration in the Murine Airway and Local Cytokine/Chemokine Expression by Asian Sand Dust

Ichinose, Takamichi; Sadakane, Kaori; Takano, Hirohisa; Yanagisawa, Rie; Nishikawa, Masataka; Mori, Ikue; Kawazato, Hiroaki; Yasuda, Aiko; Hiyoshi, Kyoko; Shibamoto, Takayuki

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“…Experimental studies using animal models found that exposure to AD induced lung inflammation [32][33][34][35]. Ichinose et al [33] suggested that lipopolysaccharide and b-glucan in AD could cause inflammation of the lungs.…”

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The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka

Ueda

Nitta

Odajima

2010

Environ Health Prev Med

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Objective We assessed the association of fluctuations in ambient temperature, air pollutants, and Asian dust (AD) events with the hospitalization of children for asthma in Fukuoka City. Methods Data on emergency hospitalizations of children under 12 years of age for asthma were collected at Fukuoka National Hospital. We obtained air pollution and meteorological data for Fukuoka from the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Using a time-stratified case-crossover design, we estimated odds ratios (ORs) of hospitalization corresponding to a unit change in weather variables and concentration of air pollutants. We also evaluated the effect of AD events on asthma hospitalization with data stratified by days with or without an AD event.Results There were 3427 hospitalizations and 106 AD events from 2001 to 2007. We found that within-day temperature change rather than ambient temperature was associated with asthma exacerbation. In the multi-pollutant model, the ORs per 1°C within-day drop and rise during the period from the hospitalization day to 3 days previously (lag3) were 1.033 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.005-1.063] and 1.027 (95% CI 0.995-1.060), rspectively. A 10 lg/m 3 increase in suspended particulate matter (SPM) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) at lag2-lag3 were significantly associated with an increase in asthma hospitalization with ORs of 1.041 (95% CI 1.013-1.070) and 1.112 (95% CI 1.022-1.209), respectively. We did not observe a significant association between asthma hospitalization and AD events. Conclusions This study showed that temperature fluctuation, SPM, and NO 2 were associated with an increased risk of hospitalization of children for asthma.

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The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka

Ueda

Nitta

Odajima

2010

Environ Health Prev Med

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“…12 Some experimental studies have reported aggravating effects of Asian storm dust on allergen-induced eosinophilic inflammation in the murine airway. 13,14 SPM associated with Asian dust may act as a type of allergen. There have been no reports about an association between skin symptoms and Asian dust events.…”

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The Effect of Asian Dust Events on the Daily Symptoms in Yonago, Japan: A Pilot Study on Healthy Subjects

Otani

Onishi

et al. 2011

Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health

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The occurrence of Asian dust events is a frequent problem, with associated health issues throughout Northeast Asia. However, the effects of Asian dust on human health are not well known in Japan. The authors evaluated the association between daily symptoms and dust events in Yonago, Japan. The subjects were 54 healthy individuals who were distributed survey sheets on nasopharyngeal, ocular, respiratory, and skin symptoms, which were quantified in February 2009. The authors investigated the symptoms of the subjects on Asian dust days and control days, and compared the symptom scores with measures of suspended particulate matter (SPM), which is the indicator of Asian dust. The scores for symptoms were significantly higher on Asian dust days than on control days (p=.020). The skin symptom scores were positively correlated with the SPM level (p<.001). These results provide preliminary evidence that Asian dust influence the symptoms of healthy subjects, although the symptoms are not severe.

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“…Findings regarding the association between dust storms and asthma are limited and contradictory [15][16][17][18][19][20]. In addition, the use of outcomes primarily based on asthma-related hospitalisations poses a serious obstacle for such studies; mild events are frequently missed from the analyses.…”

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Non-anthropogenic dust exposure and asthma medication purchase in children

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Air pollution has been shown to increase frequency of asthma attacks, as usually measured by hospitalisation rates. We hypothesise that purchase of asthma reliever medications will reflect a broader association between the environmental exposure and asthma exacerbations.In a time series analysis, we estimated the association of dust storms with mild asthma manifestations, as indicated by medication purchases, during 2005-2011. We compared our results with the estimation of the association of dust storms with hospitalisations due to asthma and asthma-like symptoms.We detected 289 dust storms characterised by high levels of particulate matter <10 μm in diameter. We identified 42 920 children with asthma, wheezing or asthma-like symptoms, of whom 2418 were hospitalised. We observed a higher risk of asthma medication purchase on the day of a mild dust storm (relative risk 1.05, 95% CI 1.00-1.10). The next peak in drug purchases was 3 days later and was more pronounced among Bedouin-Arab children. Stratified analyses showed higher risks for hospitalisation among Bedouin-Arab children; especially among children living in temporary houses (relative risk 1.33, 95% CI 1.04-1.71).We observed an increased risk of asthma medication purchase associated with mild dust storms. The risk observed for hospitalisation was more pronounced among the rural Bedouin-Arab population. @ERSpublications Air pollution during dust storms is associated with increased risk for asthma hospitalisation and medication purchase

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Enhancement of Mite Allergen-Induced Eosinophil Infiltration in the Murine Airway and Local Cytokine/Chemokine Expression by Asian Sand Dust

Cited by 47 publications

References 45 publications

The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka

The effects of weather, air pollutants, and Asian dust on hospitalization for asthma in Fukuoka

The Effect of Asian Dust Events on the Daily Symptoms in Yonago, Japan: A Pilot Study on Healthy Subjects

Non-anthropogenic dust exposure and asthma medication purchase in children

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