Epidemiological evidence for the effect of environmental heavy metal exposure on the immune system in children

Pb and Cd exposure linked with Il-10 and Il-13 gene polymorphisms in asthma risk relevant immunomodulation in children

(2022) Zhijun Zeng et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effect of lead exposure from electronic waste on haemoglobin synthesis in children

(2021) Hongwu Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Increased intestinal permeability with elevated peripheral blood endotoxin and inflammatory indices for e-waste Pb exposure in children

(2021) Xiuli Luo et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Prenatal heavy metal exposures and atopic dermatitis with gender difference in 6-month-old infants using multipollutant analysis

(2021) Seulbi Lee et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Elevated blood lead and metal/metalloid levels and environmental exposure sources in urban Ecuadorian school-age children and mothers

(2021) Rodrigo X. Armijos et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Prenatal heavy metal exposure, total immunoglobulin E, trajectory, and atopic diseases: A 15‐year follow‐up study of a Taiwanese birth cohort

(2021) Kwei‐Lan Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Current permissible levels of metal pollutants harm terrestrial invertebrates

(2021) Coline Monchanin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Early-life exposure to widespread environmental toxicants and children's health risks: A focus on the post-vaccination antibody potency or immunoglobulin levels

(2021) Zhijun Zeng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Concentrations of tetanus and diphtheria antibodies in vaccinated Greenlandic children aged 7–12 years exposed to marine pollutants, a cross sectional study

(2021) Clara Amalie Gade Timmermann et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Maternal gestational mercury exposure in relation to cord blood T cell alterations and placental gene expression signatures

(2021) Hesam Movassagh et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effect of ambient air PM2.5-bound heavy metals on blood metal(loid)s and children’s asthma and allergy pro-inflammatory (IgE, IL-4 and IL-13) biomarkers

(2021) Amir Zahedi et al.   JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Association between prenatal exposure to metal mixtures and early childhood allergic diseases

(2021) Fengyu Ruan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Hematological parameters and hair mercury levels in adolescents from the Colombian Caribbean

(2020) Alejandra Manjarres-Suarez et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Nickel: Human Health and Environmental Toxicology

(2020) Giuseppe Genchi et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Evaluating the effects between metal mixtures and serum vaccine antibody concentrations in children: a prospective birth cohort study

(2020) Barrett M. Welch et al.   Environmental Health

Associations between manganese exposure and multiple immunological parameters in manganese-exposed workers healthy cohort

(2020) Xiang Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Association Between Circulating Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Percentage and Blood Lead Levels in Children

(2020) Raghumoy Ghosh et al.   BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH

Exposure to multiple heavy metals associate with aberrant immune homeostasis and inflammatory activation in preschool children

(2020) Yu Zhang et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Immunotoxicity of nickel: Pathological and toxicological effects

(2020) Hongrui Guo et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Foetal exposure to heavy metals and risk of atopic diseases in early childhood.

(2020) Giancarlo Pesce et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

High serum IgG subclass concentrations in children with e-waste Pb and Cd exposure

(2020) Xiangbin Zheng et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Associations between prenatal and postnatal lead exposure and preschool children humoral and cellular immune responses

(2020) Meng Wang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Maternal and childhood exposure to inorganic arsenic and airway allergy – A 15-Year birth cohort follow-up study

(2020) Tsung-Lin Tsai et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Toxic metal exposure as a possible risk factor for COVID-19 and other respiratory infectious diseases

(2020) Anatoly V. Skalny et al.   FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY

Combined exposure to heavy metals in PM2.5 and pediatric asthma

(2020) Chia-Yun Hsieh et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Role of immunoglobulin and antibodies in disease management

(2020) K.B. Megha et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES

Heavy metals in indoor dust: Spatial distribution, influencing factors, and potential health risks

(2020) Taoran Shi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Immune system: development and acquisition of immunological competence

(2020) Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto et al.   Jornal de Pediatria

Prenatal exposure to mercury in relation to infant infections and respiratory symptoms in the New Hampshire Birth Cohort Study

(2019) Rebecca T. Emeny et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Mercury Exposure and Poor Nutritional Status Reduce Response to Six Expanded Program on Immunization Vaccines in Children: An Observational Cohort Study of Communities Affected by Gold Mining in the Peruvian Amazon

(2019) Lauren Wyatt et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Early-Life Cadmium Exposure and Bone-Related Biomarkers: A Longitudinal Study in Children

(2019) Annachiara Malin Igra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Exposure routes and health effects of heavy metals on children

(2019) Muwaffak Al osman et al.   BIOMETALS

Nickel allergy and allergic contact dermatitis: a clinical review of immunology, epidemiology, exposure and treatment

(2019) Malin G. Ahlström et al.   CONTACT DERMATITIS

The Neutrophil’s Role During Health and Disease

(2019) Pei Xiong Liew et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Decreased erythrocyte CD44 and CD58 expression link e-waste Pb toxicity to changes in erythrocyte immunity in preschool children

(2019) Xia Huo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Arsenic exposure and serum antibody concentrations to diphtheria and tetanus toxoid in children at age 5: A prospective birth cohort in Bangladesh

(2019) Barrett M. Welch et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

The Association Between Mercury Exposure and Atopic Dermatitis in Early Childhood

(2019) Jiyoung Shin et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Elevated levels of lead exposure and impact on the anti-inflammatory ability of oral sialic acids among preschool children in e-waste areas

(2019) Ruikun Hou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Prenatal and postnatal cadmium exposure and cellular immune responses among pre-school children

(2019) Qiang Zeng et al.   ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL

Exposure to lead and vaccine-specific IgG titers in South African children participating in the Venda Health Examination of Mothers, Babies and their Environment (VHEMBE): A longitudinal study

(2019) Thomas Z. Di Lenardo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Blood metal levels and early childhood anthropometric measures in a cohort of Canadian children

(2019) Jillian Ashley-Martin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Elevated inflammatory Lp-PLA2 and IL-6 link e-waste Pb toxicity to cardiovascular risk factors in preschool children

(2018) Xueling Lu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Dose-response relationship between blood lead levels and hematological parameters in children from central China

(2018) Can Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Evaluatıon of health effects, genetıc damage and telomere length ın children exposed to arsenic in West Bengal, İndia

(2018) Debmita Chatterjee et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS

Increased memory T cell populations in Pb-exposed children from an e-waste-recycling area

(2018) Junjun Cao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Associations of Arsenic Exposure With Telomere Length and Naïve T Cells in Childhood—A Birth Cohort Study

(2018) Tania Mannan et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Infants’ dietary arsenic exposure during transition to solid food

(2018) Antonio J. Signes-Pastor et al.   Scientific Reports

Air Pollution and Children: Neural and Tight Junction Antibodies and Combustion Metals, the Role of Barrier Breakdown and Brain Immunity in Neurodegeneration

(2018) Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas et al.   JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE

Heavy metal quantification of classroom dust in school environment and its impacts on children health from Rawang (Malaysia)

(2018) Sock Yin Tan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

A review of arsenic in crops, vegetables, animals and food products

(2018) Munish K. Upadhyay et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

Cardiovascular endothelial inflammation by chronic coexposure to lead (Pb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from preschool children in an e-waste recycling area

(2018) Xiangbin Zheng et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Humoral Immunity in Arsenic-Exposed Children in Rural Bangladesh: Total Immunoglobulins and Vaccine-Specific Antibodies

(2017) Rubhana Raqib et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Decreased vaccine antibody titers following exposure to multiple metals and metalloids in e-waste-exposed preschool children

(2017) Xinjiang Lin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Maternal and infant inflammatory markers in relation to prenatal arsenic exposure in a U.S. pregnancy cohort

(2017) Shohreh F. Farzan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Lead exposure, IgE, and the risk of asthma in children

(2017) I-Jen Wang et al.   Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Immunological effects of occupational exposure to lead

(2017) Concettina Fenga et al.   Molecular Medicine Reports

Children’s white blood cell counts in relation to developmental exposures to methylmercury and persistent organic pollutants

(2017) Y. Oulhote et al.   REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY

Elevated lead levels and changes in blood morphology and erythrocyte CR1 in preschool children from an e-waste area

(2017) Yifeng Dai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Cord blood T cell subpopulations and associations with maternal cadmium and arsenic exposures

(2017) Unni C. Nygaard et al.   PLoS One

Toxic Heavy Metal and Metalloid Accumulation in Crop Plants and Foods

(2016) Stephan Clemens et al.   Annual Review of Plant Biology

Elevated lead levels and adverse effects on natural killer cells in children from an electronic waste recycling area

(2016) Yu Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Impact of fetal and childhood mercury exposure on immune status in children

(2016) Lai Ling Hui et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Quantifying the impact of PM2.5 and associated heavy metals on respiratory health of children near metallurgical facilities

(2016) Daniel Dunea et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Considerable decrease of antibody titers against measles, mumps, and rubella in preschool children from an e-waste recycling area

(2016) Yucong Lin et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

High exposure to inorganic arsenic by food: the need for risk reduction

(2015) Ursula Gundert-Remy et al.   ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY

Concentration of Selected Metals in Whole Blood, Plasma, and Urine in Short Stature and Healthy Children

(2015) Maria Klatka et al.   BIOLOGICAL TRACE ELEMENT RESEARCH

Maternal exposure to metals and persistent pollutants and cord blood immune system biomarkers

(2015) Jillian Ashley-Martin et al.   Environmental Health

Infant Infections and Respiratory Symptoms in Relation to in Utero Arsenic Exposure in a U.S. Cohort

(2015) Shohreh F. Farzan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Childhood lead exposure and sexually transmitted infections: New evidence

(2015) Erik J. Nelson et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Association between blood erythrocyte lead concentrations and hemoglobin levels in preschool children

(2015) Chunhua Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Low-level Mercury Exposure and Risk of Asthma in School-age Children

(2015) Kyoung-Nam Kim et al.   EPIDEMIOLOGY

Differential DNA methylation in umbilical cord blood of infants exposed to mercury and arsenicin utero

(2015) Andres Cardenas et al.   Epigenetics

Research Advances on Pathways of Nickel-Induced Apoptosis

(2015) Hongrui Guo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

The 3 major types of innate and adaptive cell-mediated effector immunity

(2015) Francesco Annunziato et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Decreased blood hepatitis B surface antibody levels linked to e-waste lead exposure in preschool children

(2015) Xijin Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

In utero arsenic exposure and fetal immune repertoire in a US pregnancy cohort

(2014) Kari C. Nadeau et al.   CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Low-level mercury in children: Associations with sleep duration and cytokines TNF-α and IL-6

(2014) Brooks B. Gump et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Effect of prenatal arsenic exposure on DNA methylation and leukocyte subpopulations in cord blood

(2014) Molly L Kile et al.   Epigenetics

Arsenic exposure increases maternal but not cord serum IgG in Bangladesh

(2014) Ping Han Ser et al.   PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL

Arsenic Exposure and Cell-Mediated Immunity in Pre-School Children in Rural Bangladesh

(2014) Sultan Ahmed et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Autoantibodies Associated with Prenatal and Childhood Exposure to Environmental Chemicals in Faroese Children

(2014) Christa E. Osuna et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Leptin and IL-8: Two novel cytokines screened out in childhood lead exposure

(2014) Yi Yang et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

Development and Maturation of the Immune System in Preterm Neonates: Results from a Whole Genome Expression Study

(2014) Magdalena Zasada et al.   Biomed Research International

Phytoremediation of heavy metals—Concepts and applications

(2013) Hazrat Ali et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Economic Costs of Childhood Lead Exposure in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

(2013) Teresa M. Attina et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

In utero arsenic exposure and infant infection in a United States cohort: A prospective study

(2013) Shohreh F. Farzan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

The relationship of blood lead with immunoglobulin E, eosinophils, and asthma among children: NHANES 2005–2006

(2013) Ellen M. Wells et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Effects of environmental lead exposure on T-helper cell-specific cytokines in children

(2012) Chu-Lin Hsiao et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Systemic immune cell response in rats after pulmonary exposure to manganese-containing particles collected from welding aerosols

(2012) James M. Antonini et al.   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Total blood mercury and rubella antibody concentrations in US children aged 6–11years, NHANES 2003–2004

(2012) Carolyn M. Gallagher et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

In Utero Arsenic Exposure Is Associated With Impaired Thymic Function in Newborns Possibly Via Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis

(2012) S. Ahmed et al.   TOXICOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Arsenic and Infectious Disease: A Potential Factor in Morbidity among Bangladeshi Children

(2011) Angela Spivey   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Fetal and maternal immune responses to methylmercury exposure: A cross-sectional study

(2011) Jennifer F. Nyland et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Biomonitoring of a population of Portuguese workers exposed to lead

(2011) Julia García-Lestón et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS

Total blood mercury and serum measles antibodies in US children, NHANES 2003–2004

(2011) Carolyn M. Gallagher et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Environmental cigarette smoke exposure modulates IgE levels of Pb-exposed children

(2011) Paula M. Lutz et al.   TOXICOLOGY

Allergy and Sensitization during Childhood Associated with Prenatal and Lactational Exposure to Marine Pollutants

(2010) Philippe Grandjean et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Arsenic-Associated Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Immune Disruption in Human Placenta and Cord Blood

(2010) Sultan Ahmed et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Arsenic Exposure in Pregnancy Increases the Risk of Lower Respiratory Tract Infection and Diarrhea during Infancy in Bangladesh

(2010) Anisur Rahman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES

Intrauterine exposure to lead may enhance sensitization to common inhalant allergens in early childhood: A prospective prebirth cohort study

(2010) Wieslaw Jedrychowski et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Serum levels of heavy metals in childhood eczema and skin diseases: Friends or foes

(2010) Kam-Lun E. Hon et al.   PEDIATRIC ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN INFLAMMATORY MARKERS IN CHILDREN

(2010) Georges J. A. Casimir et al.   SHOCK

The biochemistry of environmental heavy metal uptake by plants: Implications for the food chain

(2009) Jose R. Peralta-Videa et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Developmental immunotoxicology (DIT): windows of vulnerability, immune dysfunction and safety assessment

(2009) Rodney R. Dietert   Journal of Immunotoxicology

Current status of cadmium as an environmental health problem

(2009) Lars Järup et al.   TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY

Effects of in utero arsenic exposure on child immunity and morbidity in rural Bangladesh

(2009) Rubhana Raqib et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China

(2007) S. Khan et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Gender and age differences in the metabolism of inorganic arsenic in a highly exposed population in Bangladesh

(2007) Anna-Lena Lindberg et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH