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Same pollution sources for climate change might be hyperactivating the NLRP3 inflammasome and exacerbating neuroinflammation and SARS mortality

Authors :
David Macias-Verde
Javier Burgos-Burgos
Pedro C. Lara
Source :
Medical Hypotheses
Publication Year :
2020

Abstract

We have reviewed a considerable amount of recent scientific papers relating inflammation caused by air pollution with chronic and severe medical conditions. Furthermore, there are evidences relating organ inflammation caused by not only outdoor long-term but also short-term inhaled radioisotopes contained in high polluted air or in household natural radioactive background aerosols, in addition to SARS-COV-2 attached to bioaerosols, which are related with a worst evolution of severe acute respiratory syndrome patients. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production induced by the interaction with environmental ionizing radiation contained in pollution is pointed out as a critical mechanism that predispose mainly to elder population, but not excluding young subjects, presenting previous chronic conditions of lung inflammation or neuroinflammation, which can lead to the most serious consequences.

Subjects

Subjects :
0301 basic medicine
ARDS
CO, Carbon monoxide
Inflammasomes
Air Microbiology
Na+,K+-ATPase, Sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase
MERS, Middle east respiratory syndrome
DAMP, Damage-associated molecular pattern
DNA, Deoxyribonucleic acid
0302 clinical medicine
Sv, Sievert
TSNA, Tobacco-specific nitrosamines
Air Pollution, Radioactive
PAMP, Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
SO2, Sulfur dioxide
µSv, microSievert
media_common
education.field_of_study
IFN-γ, Interferon-gamma
TNF-α, Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
Inflammasome
General Medicine
GSDMD, Gasdermin D
Pollution
CO2, Carbon dioxide
TGF-β, Transforming growth factor beta
Causality
Radioactivity
medicine.symptom
K+, Potassium ion
Alzheimer’s disease
medicine.drug
NO2, Nitrogen dioxide
media_common.quotation_subject
Climate Change
Indoor bioaerosol
Population
Inflammation
AD, Alzheimer’s disease
Models, Biological
COVID-19, Coronavirus disease-2019
Article
WHO, World Health Organization
mSv, miliSievert
03 medical and health sciences
USEPA, United States Environmental Protection Agency
ACE-2, Angiotensin-converting enzyme-2
Environmental health
NLR Family, Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 Protein
ARDS, Acute respiratory distress syndrome
medicine
Humans
PM10, Particulate matter with diameter <10 µm
SARS-COV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2
Particle Size
education
Pandemics
Neuroinflammation
Aerosols
THP-1, Tamm-Horsfall Protein-1
TLR, Toll like receptor
business.industry
SARS-CoV-2
Ca2+, Calcium ion
COVID-19
NF-κB, Nuclear factor-kappa B
Pneumonia
medicine.disease
HSPCs, Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells
NLRP3 inflammasome
oAβ, Oligomeric amyloid beta
030104 developmental biology
NLRP3, Nucleotide binding domain and repeated inflammation of leucine-rich protein 3
PM2.5, Particulate matter with diameter < 2.5 µm
mBq, miliBecquerel
ORF, Open reading frame
Particulate Matter
Nervous System Diseases
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
AT1, angiotensin II receptor type 1
ROS, Reactive oxygen species

Details

ISSN :
15322777
Volume :
146
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Medical hypotheses
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....5329952881526d3affe4880692c7a641