Aiman Abzhanova, Jon Berntsen, Edward R Pennington, Lisa Dailey, Syed Masood, Ingrid George, Nina Warren, Joseph Martin, Michael D Hays, Andrew J Ghio, Jason P Weinstein, Yong Ho Kim, Earl Puckett, James M Samet
Wildland fires contribute significantly to the ambient air pollution burden worldwide, causing a range of adverse health effects in exposed populations. The toxicity of woodsmoke, a complex mixture of gases, volatile organic compounds, and particulate matter, is commonly studied in vitro using isolated exposures of conventionally cultured lung cells to either resuspended particulate matter or organic solvent extracts of smoke, leading to incomplete toxicity evaluations. This study aimed to improve our understanding of the effects of woodsmoke inhalation by building an advanced in vitro exposure system that emulates human exposure of the airway epithelium...
March 8, 2024: Particle and Fibre Toxicology