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Abstract Title:

Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis: Recent Updates.

Abstract Source:

Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2021 Aug 21 ;23(10):63. Epub 2021 Aug 21. PMID: 34417890

Abstract Author(s):

Graham H Bevan, Sadeer G Al-Kindi, Robert Brook, Sanjay Rajagopalan

Article Affiliation:

Graham H Bevan

Abstract:

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: During the past century, exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution<2.5μm in diameter (PM) has emerged as an all-pervading element of modern-day society. This increased exposure has come at the cost of heightened risk for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Not only can short-term PMexposure trigger acute CV events in susceptible individuals, but longer-term exposure over years augments CV risk to a greater extent in comparison with short-term exposure. The purpose of this review is to examine the available evidence for how ambient air pollution exposure may precipitate events at various time frames.

RECENT FINDINGS: Recent epidemiological studies have demonstrated an association between ambient PMexposure and the presence and progression of atherosclerosis in humans. Multiple animal exposure experiments over two decades have provided strong corroborative evidence that chronic exposure in fact does enhance the progression and perhaps vulnerability characteristics of atherosclerotic lesions. Evidence from epidemiological studies including surrogates of atherosclerosis, human translational studies, and mechanistic investigations utilizing animal studies have improved our understanding of how ambient air pollution may potentiate atherosclerosis and precipitate cardiovascular events. Even so, future research is needed to fully understand the contribution of different constituents in ambient air pollution-mediated atherosclerosis as well as how other systems may modulate the impact of exposure including adaptive immunity and the gut microbiome. Nevertheless, due to the billions of people continually exposed to PM, the long-term pro-atherosclerotic effects of this ubiquitous air pollutant are likely to be of enormous and growing global public health importance.

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