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Initial Annual CEMALB Progress Report: Human Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants
EPA Grant Number: CR835785Subproject: this is subproject number R835785 , established and managed by the Center Director under a main grant
(EPA does not fund or establish subprojects; EPA awards and manages the overall grant for this center).
Center: Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma, lung biology
Center Director: Peden, David B
Title: Initial Annual CEMALB Progress Report: Human Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants
Investigators: Peden, David B , Jaspers, Ilona , Hernandez, Michelle L
Current Investigators: Peden, David B , Jaspers, Ilona , Hernandez, Michelle L , Alexis, Neil , Caughey, Melissa , Rebuli, Meghan E
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
EPA Project Officer: Schmitt, Michael
Project Period: April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2022
Project Amount: $9,800,000
RFA: Human Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants (2014) RFA Text
Research Category: Human Health
Objective:
This is the a 7 yearEPA Cooperative Agreement titled“Human Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants” awarded to the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology. The period of performance is April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2022 with a requirement for annualprogress reports.This report is organized as outlined in the Terms and Conditions of CR 83578501.
The primary mission of the UNC Center for Environmental Medicine, Asthma and Lung Biology (CEMALB) is to improve understanding of the impact of environmental factors on human health, with the goal of generating knowledge to inform public policy decisions regarding pollution control and develop personal mitigation strategies for susceptible populations. We have enjoyed a long-time collaborative relationship with the Environmental Public Health Division of the US EPA. This collaborative research program has traditionally emphasized translational studies of the effect of pollutants on lung disease and biology, specifically pollutant effects in asthma, allergy and respiratory host defense. Induction of systemic responses by pollutants is also of key importance, as this impacts cardiovascular health. Studies of all these areas have led to the appreciation that oxidative stress, inflammation, and innate immunity are key mechanisms that mediate response to pollution.
To respond to the EPA Funding Opportunity "Human Health Effects of Environmental Pollutants", the UNC CEMALB has developed this cooperative agreement proposal entitled "Translational Research Center for Environmental Medicine and Toxicology" (TRCEMT). The proposed TRCEMT is organized to be responsive to the research areas outlined in the funding announcement, which include a) Multi-pollutant Interactions, b) Health Effects Associated with Inhaled Particulate Pollutants Derived from Specific Sources, c) Susceptibility to Air Pollutants, d) Social Determinants of Health, e) Intervention Studies, and f) Biological Mechanisms.
The TRCEMT is composed of three projects, two support cores and an administrative core. Project 1 is led by David Peden and is entitled "Biological Determinants of Inflammatory Response to Pollutants". Project 2 is led by Ilona Jaspers and is entitled "Health Effects Associated with Inhaled Particulate Pollutants Derived from Specific Sources". Project 3 is led by Michelle Hernandez and is entitled "IL-1beta and Anakinra in Modulation of 03-induced inflammation in Asthma". These three projects (to be funded from base allocations) respond to the areas "Health Effects Associated with Inhaled Particulate Pollutants Derived from Specific Sources", "Susceptibility to Air Pollutants", and "Intervention Studies". Additionally, the funding announcement outlines the potential for additional program specific supplements to base funding to targeted program needs. We have outlined potential above base pilot projects which may be funded from such sources. These pilot projects would address Multi-pollutant Interactions, Social Determinants of Health, and Intervention Studies. Biological Mechanisms are addressed in each of the primary and pilot projects.
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Bowers EC, McCullough SD. Linking the epigenome with exposure effects and susceptibility:The epigenetic seed and soil model. Toxicological Sciences 2016;155(2):302-14 |
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Hickman E, Smyth T, Cabos-Uribe C, Immormino R, Rebuli M, Moran T, Alexis N, Jaspers I. Expanded characterization of in vitro polarized M0, M1, and M2 human monocyte-derived macrophages: Bioenergetic and secreted mediator profiles. PLOS ONE 2023;18(3):e0279037 |
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Kobernick AK, Peden DB, Zhou H, Zhou Q, Dillon MA, Alexis NE. Reproducibility of the inflammatory response to inhaled endotoxin in healthy volunteers. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2016;138(4):1205-7 |
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Martin WK, Tennant AH, Conolly RB, Prince K, Stevens JS, DeMarini DM, Martin BL, Thompson LC, Gilmour MI, Cascio WE, Hays MD. High-throughput video processing of heart rate responses in multiple wild-type embryonic Zebrafish per imaging field. Scientific reports 2019;9(1):1-4. |
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McCullough SD, Bowers EC, On DM, Morgan DS, Dailey LA, Hines RN, Devlin RB, Diaz-Sanchez D. Baseline chromatin modification levels may predict interindividual variability in ozone-induced gene expression. Toxicological Sciences. 2015;150(1):216-24 |
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McCullough SD, On DM, Bowers EC. Using Chromatin Immunoprecipitation in Toxicology:A Step‐by‐Step Guide to Increasing Efficiency, Reducing Variability, and Expanding Applications. Current protocols in toxicology 2017;72(1):3-14 |
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Miller DB, Snow SJ, Henriquez A, Schladweiler MC, Ledbetter AD, Richards JE, Andrews DL, Kodavanti UP. Systemic metabolic derangement, pulmonary effects, and insulin insufficiency following subchronic ozone exposure in rats. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2016;306:47-57 |
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Mirowsky JE, Peltier RE, Lippmann M, Thurston G, Chen LC, Neas L, Diaz-Sanchez D, Laumbach R, Carter JD, Gordon T. Repeated measures of inflammation, blood pressure, and heart rate variability associated with traffic exposures in healthy adults. Environmental Health. 2015;14(1):66 |
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Mirowsky JE, Devlin RB, Diaz-Sanchez D, Cascio W, Grabich SC, Haynes C, Blach C, Hauser ER, Shah S, Kraus W, Olden K. A novel approach for measuring residential socioeconomic factors associated with cardiovascular and metabolic health. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology 2017;27(3):281 |
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Perryman A, Kim H, Payton A, Rager J, McNell E, Rebuli M, Wells H, Almond M, Antinori J, Alexis N, Porter N, Jasters I. Plasma sterols and vitamin D are correlates and predictors of ozone-induced inflammation in the lung: A pilot study. PLOS ONE 2023;18(5):e285721 |
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Walsh DM, McCullough SD, Yourstone S, Jones SW, Cairns BA, Jones CD, Jaspers I, Diaz-Sanchez D. Alterations in airway microbiota in patients with PaO2/FiO2 ratio≤ 300 after burn and inhalation injury. PloS one 2017;12(3):e0173848 |
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Zetlen H, Cao K, Schichlein K, Knight N, Maecker H, Nadeau K, Rebuli M, Rise M. Comparison of multiplexed protein analysis platforms for the detection of biomarkers in the nasal epithelial lining fluid of healthy subjects. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS 2023;517(113473). |
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Thurston GD, Balmes JR, Garcia E, Gilliland FD, Rice MB, Schikowski T, Van Winkle LS, Annesi-Maesano I, Burchard EG, Carlsten C, Harkema JR. Outdoor Air Pollution and New-Onset Airway Disease. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2020;17(4):387-98. |
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Bass V. San Antonio Oleic acid induces acute pulmonary injury and inflammation in vivo. Society of Toxicology, 2017;10(1):34 |
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Miller DB, Karoly ED, Jones JC, Ward WO, Vallanat BD, Andrews DL, Schladweiler MC, Snow SJ, Bass VL, Richards JE, Ghio AJ. Inhaled ozone (O3)-induces changes in serum metabolomic and liver transcriptomic profiles in rats. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2015;286(2):65-79. |
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Pawlak EA, Noah TL, Zhou H, Chehrazi C, Robinette C, Diaz-Sanchez D, Müller L, Jaspers I. Diesel exposure suppresses natural killer cell function and resolution of eosinophil inflammation:a randomized controlled trial of exposure in allergic rhinitics. Particle and fibre toxicology. 2015;13(1):24 |
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Cascio WE, Gilmour MI, Peden DB. Ambient air pollution and increases in blood pressure:role for biological constituents of particulate matter. Hypertension. 2015;66(3):469-71. |
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Mirowsky J, Gordon T. Noninvasive effects measurements for air pollution human studies:methods, analysis, and implications. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. 2015;25(4):354 |
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Rebuli ME, Speen AM, Clapp PW, Jaspers I. Novel applications for a noninvasive sampling method of the nasal mucosa. American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 2016;312(2):L288-96 |
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Duran CG, Burbank AJ, Mills KH, Duckworth HR, Aleman MM, Kesic MJ, Peden DB, Pan Y, Zhou H, Hernandez ML. A proof-of-concept clinical study examining the NRF2 activator sulforaphane against neutrophilic airway inflammation. Respiratory Research 2016;17(1):89. |
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Mirowsky JE, Dailey LA, Devlin RB. Differential expression of pro-inflammatory and oxidative stress mediators induced by nitrogen dioxide and ozone in primary human bronchial epithelial cells. Inhalation toxicology. 2016;28(8):374-82 |
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Snow SJ, Gordon CJ, Bass VL, Schladweiler MC, Ledbetter AD, Jarema KA, Phillips PM, Johnstone AF, Kodavanti UP. Age-related differences in pulmonary effects of acute and subchronic episodic ozone exposures in Brown Norway rats. Inhalation toxicology 2016;28(7):313-23. |
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Dieffenderfer J, Goodell H, Mills S, McKnight M, Yao S, Lin F, Beppler E, Bent B, Lee B, Misra V, Zhu Y. Low-power wearable systems for continuous monitoring of environment and health for chronic respiratory disease. IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics. 2016;20(5):1251-64. |
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Henriquez A, House J, Miller DB, Snow SJ, Fisher A, Ren H, Schladweiler MC, Ledbetter AD, Wright F, Kodavanti UP. Adrenal-derived stress hormones modulate ozone-induced lung injury and inflammation. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2017;329:249-58 |
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Snow SJ, McGee MA, Henriquez A, Richards JE, Schladweiler MC, Ledbetter AD, Kodavanti UP. Respiratory effects and systemic stress response following acute acrolein inhalation in rats. Toxicological Sciences 2017;158(2):454-64 |
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Miller CN, Dye JA, Ledbetter AD, Schladweiler MC, Richards JH, Snow SJ, Wood CE, Henriquez AR, Thompson LC, Farraj AK, Hazari MS. Uterine artery flow and offspring growth in long-evans rats following maternal exposure to ozone during implantation. Environmental health perspectives 2017;125(12):127005 |
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Mirowsky JE, Carraway MS, Dhingra R, Tong H, Neas L, Diaz-Sanchez D, Cascio W, Case M, Crooks J, Hauser ER, Dowdy ZE. Ozone exposure is associated with acute changes in inflammation, fibrinolysis, and endothelial cell function in coronary artery disease patients. Environmental Health 2017;16(1):126 |
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Zhou S, Behrooz L, Weitzman M, Pan G, Vilcassim R, Mirowsky JE, Breysee P, Rule A, Gordon T. Secondhand hookah smoke:an occupational hazard for hookah bar employees. Tobacco control. 2017;26(1):40-5 |
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Burbank AJ, Peden DB. Assessing the impact of air pollution on childhood asthma morbidity:how, when, and what to do. Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology2018;18(2):124-31 |
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Henriquez AR, Snow SJ, Schladweiler MC, Miller CN, Dye JA, Ledbetter AD, Richards JE, Mauge-Lewis K, McGee MA, Kodavanti UP. Adrenergic and glucocorticoid receptor antagonists reduce ozone-induced lung injury and inflammation. Toxicology and applied pharmacology 2018;339:161-71 |
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Snow SJ, Henriquez AR, Costa DL, Kodavanti UP. Neuroendocrine regulation of air pollution health effects:emerging insights. Toxicological Sciences 2018;164(1):9-20 |
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Huang MC, Douillet C, Dover EN, Stýblo M. Prenatal arsenic exposure and dietary folate and methylcobalamin supplementation alter the metabolic phenotype of C57BL/6J mice in a sex-specific manner. Archives of toxicology 2018;92(6):1925-37 |
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Hazari MS, Stratford KM, Krantz QT, King C, Krug J, Farraj AK, Gilmour MI. Comparative cardiopulmonary effects of particulate matter-and ozone-enhanced smog atmospheres in mice. Environmental science & technology 2018;52(5):3071-80. |
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Stratford K, Haykal-Coates N, Thompson L, Krantz QT, King C, Krug J, Gilmour MI, Farraj A, Hazari M. Early-life persistent vitamin D deficiency alters cardiopulmonary responses to particulate matter-enhanced atmospheric smog in adult mice. Environmental science & technology 2018;52(5):3054-61. |
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Snow SJ, Cheng WY, Henriquez A, Hodge M, Bass V, Nelson GM, Carswell G, Richards JE, Schladweiler MC, Ledbetter AD, Chorley B. Ozone-induced vascular contractility and pulmonary injury are differentially impacted by diets enriched with coconut oil, fish oil, and olive oil. Toxicological Sciences 2018;163(1):57-69 |
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Henriquez AR, Snow SJ, Schladweiler MC, Miller CN, Dye JA, Ledbetter AD, Richards JE, Hargrove MM, Williams WC, Kodavanti UP. Beta-2 adrenergic and glucocorticoid receptor agonists modulate ozone-induced pulmonary protein leakage and inflammation in healthy and adrenalectomized rats. Toxicological Sciences 2018;166(2):288-305. |
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Egorov AI, Converse R, Griffin SM, Styles J, Klein E, Sams E, Hudgens E, Wade TJ. Environmental risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii infections and the impact of latent infections on allostatic load in residents of Central North Carolina. BMC infectious diseases 2018;18(1):421. |
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Lyerly HK, Peden DB. Health and the Environment in North Carolina. North Carolina medical journal2018;79(5):302-5 |
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Peden DB. The Unexpected Health Effects of Air Pollution. North Carolina medical journal2018;79(5):309-11 |
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Brooks JL, Berry DC, Currin EG, Ledford A, Knafl GJ, Fredrickson BL, Beeber LS, HAPPI Community Partnership Committee, Peden DB, Corbie‐Smith GM. A community‐engaged approach to investigate cardiovascular‐associated inflammation among American Indian women:A research protocol. Research in nursing & health201942(3):165-75 |
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Fecho K, Pfaff E, Xu H, Champion J, Cox S, Stillwell L, Peden DB, Bizon C, Krishnamurthy A, Tropsha A, Ahalt SC. A novel approach for exposing and sharing clinical data:the Translator Integrated Clinical and Environmental Exposures Service. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2019;26(10):1064-1073 |
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Bass VL, Snow S, Soukup J, Schladweiler M, Ghio A, Kodavanti U, Madden MC. 12-hydroxy oleic acid impairs endothelium-dependent vasorelaxation. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 2019;82(5):383-6. |
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Cromar KR, Duncan BN, Bartonova A, Benedict K, Brauer M, Habre R, Hagler GS, Haynes JA, Khan S, Kilaru V, Liu Y. Air Pollution Monitoring for Health Research and Patient Care. An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2019;16(10):1207-14. |
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Miller CN, Kodavanti UP, Stewart EJ, Schaldweiler M, Richards JH, Ledbetter AD, Jarrell LT, Snow SJ, Henriquez AR, Farraj AK, Dye JA. Aspirin pre-treatment modulates ozone-induced fetal growth restriction and alterations in uterine blood flow in rats. Reproductive Toxicology 2019;83:63-72. |
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Stevens EL, Rosser F, Forno E, Peden D, Celedón JC. Can the effects of outdoor air pollution on asthma be mitigated?. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2019;143(6):2016. |
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Corteselli EM, Gibbs-Flournoy E, Simmons SO, Bromberg P, Gold A, Samet JM. Long chain lipid hydroperoxides increase the glutathione redox potential through glutathione peroxidase 4. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects 2019;1863(5):950-9. |
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Zhang XA, Yates A, Vasilevsky N, Gourdine JP, Callahan TJ, Carmody LC, Danis D, Joachimiak MP, Ravanmehr V, Pfaff ER, Champion J. Semantic integration of clinical laboratory tests from electronic health records for deep phenotyping and biomarker discovery. NPJ digital medicine 2019;2(1):1-9. |
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Hargrove MM, Kim YH, King C, Wood CE, Gilmour MI, Dye JA, Gavett SH. Smoldering and flaming biomass wood smoke inhibit respiratory responses in mice. Inhalation Toxicology 2019;31(6):236-47. |
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Sood AK, Burbank AJ, Lawson M, Zhou H, Wells HB, Peden DB, Hernandez ML. Systemic inflammatory response to inhaled endotoxin does not correlate with airway response. Respiratory research 2019;20(1):1-4. |
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Kim YH, King C, Krantz T, Hargrove MM, George IJ, McGee J, Copeland L, Hays MD, Landis MS, Higuchi M, Gavett SH. The role of fuel type and combustion phase on the toxicity of biomass smoke following inhalation exposure in mice. Archives of toxicology 2019;93(6):1501-13. |
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