Environmental pollution
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Environmental pollution · Jun 2017
Personal exposure to fine particulate matter, lung function and serum club cell secretory protein (Clara).
The underlying mechanisms about the association between ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and lung function were unclear. Few epidemiological studies have evaluated the potential mediating effects of serum club cell secretory protein (Clara) (CC16), a biomarker of pulmonary epithelium integrity. ⋯ Acute exposure to PM2.5 might induce an immediate decrease in lung function by virtue of the loss of pulmonary epithelium integrity.