Research advance on the role of meteorological factors in inflammatory immune diseases

CHEN Yue; LENG Rui-xue; PAN Hai-feng

doi:10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.003

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CHEN Yue, LENG Rui-xue, PAN Hai-feng. Research advance on the role of meteorological factors in inflammatory immune diseases[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(8): 879-884,992. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.003

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CHEN Yue, LENG Rui-xue, PAN Hai-feng. Research advance on the role of meteorological factors in inflammatory immune diseases[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION, 2021, 25(8): 879-884,992. doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.003

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Research advance on the role of meteorological factors in inflammatory immune diseases

doi: 10.16462/j.cnki.zhjbkz.2021.08.003

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Inflammation and Immune Mediated Diseases Laboratory of Anhui Province, Hefei 230032, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 81872687

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82073652

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81872693

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Corresponding author: PAN Hai-feng, E-mail: panhaifeng@ahmu.edu.cn; LENG Rui-xue, E-mail: lengruixue@ahmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2021-07-17
Rev Recd Date: 2021-07-24

Available Online: 2021-08-24

Publish Date: 2021-08-10

Abstract

Abstract

With the intensification of global climate change and human activities, the role of environmental factors in human health is gradually highlighted. Air pollution and meteorological factors, as the main components of environmental factors, have attracted widespread attention to their impact on human health. Inflammatory immune diseases are a group of chronic inflammatory diseases that cause damage to multiple organ systems and are mainly influenced by genetic and environmental factors. Recent studies have shown that the role of air pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone are strongly associated with the onset of inflammatory immune diseases. However, the impact of meteorological factors on these diseases remains to be fully elucidated. A large number of epidemiological studies have shown that meteorological factors may induce onset and recurrence of inflammatory immune diseases. The specific mechanism is still not elucidated fully and probably includes oxidative stress, inflammation, production of proinflammatory cytokines, T cell imbalance, etc, eventually leading to multiple organ system damage. In addition, the synergistic or antagonistic effects of meteorological factors and air pollutants, as well as the interaction between environmental factors and genetic susceptibility may influence the development of inflammatory immune diseases. In this review, we summarized the epidemiologic and pathogenic evidence linking meteorological factors to common inflammatory immune diseases. The information obtained may be beneficial for further elucidating the pathogenesis of inflammatory immune disease and making proper preventive strategies for these diseases.
- Inflammatory immune disease,
- Meteorological factors,
- Asthma,
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,
- Autoimmune disease

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