Concern over the health effects of fine particles in the ambient environment led the US
Environmental Protection Agency to develop the first standard for PM 2.5 (particulate matter …

Identifying the ambient particulate matter (PM) fractions or constituents, critically involved in
eliciting adverse health effects, is crucial to the implementation of more cost-efficient …

Electronic cigarette-generated mainstream aerosols were characterized in terms of particle
number concentrations and size distributions through a Condensation Particle Counter and …

The adjuvant effect of particles on allergic immune responses has been shown to increase
with decreasing particle size and increasing particle surface area. Like ultrafine particles …

Aluminum-containing adjuvants have been used to enhance the immune response against
killed, inactivated, and subunit antigens for more than seven decades. Nevertheless, we are …

The term epigenetics includes several phenomena such as DNA methylation, histone tail
modifications, and microRNA mediated mechanisms, which are able to mold the chromatin …

Nanotechnology-based strategies can dramatically impact the treatment, prevention and
diagnosis of a wide range of diseases. Despite the unprecedented success achieved with …

Exposure to airborne particulate matter has a negative effect on respiratory health in both
children and adults. The ultrafine fraction of particulate air pollution is of particular interest …

The recent surge in incorporation of metallic and metal oxide nanomaterials into consumer
products and their corresponding use in occupational settings have raised concerns over …

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether photocatalytic TiO2 nanoparticles have
adjuvant effect, when administered in combination with ovalbumin (OVA) in mice. Mice were …