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| Robert J LaumbachSummaryAffiliation: Rutgers University Country: USA Publications
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Bioaerosols and sick building syndrome: particles, inflammation, and allergyRobert J Laumbach
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol 5:135-9. 2005..This review of recent literature will attempt to put into context the roles of allergy and nonallergic mechanisms in sick building syndrome...
Sickness response symptoms among healthy volunteers after controlled exposures to diesel exhaust and psychological stressRobert J Laumbach
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
Environ Health Perspect 119:945-50. 2011..Modification of symptomatic responses by stress may play a role in medically unexplained symptoms attributed to low-level chemical exposures...
Acute effects of motor vehicle traffic-related air pollution exposures on measures of oxidative stress in human airwaysRobert J Laumbach
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1203:107-12. 2010..Promising biomarkers include nitric oxide in exhaled breath, and nitrite/nitrate, malondialdehyde, and F2-isoprostanes in exhaled breath condensate...- Acute changes in heart rate variability in subjects with diabetes following a highway traffic exposureRobert J Laumbach
Division of Clinical Research and Occupational Medicine, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Occup Environ Med 52:324-31. 2010..To pilot a protocol to evaluate acute cardiovascular effects in in-vehicle exposure to traffic air pollutants in people with diabetes... - Outdoor air pollutants and patient healthRobert J Laumbach
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Am Fam Physician 81:175-80. 2010..These actions include simple measures to limit exertion and time spent outdoors when air pollution levels are highest, and to reduce the infiltration of outdoor air pollutants into indoor spaces... - Lack of association between estimated World Trade Center plume intensity and respiratory symptoms among New York City residents outside of Lower ManhattanRobert J Laumbach
Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Am J Epidemiol 170:640-9. 2009..9% vs. 16.6%; odds ratio = 1.0, 95% confidence interval: 0.3, 2.8). These results suggest that the plume was not strongly associated with respiratory symptoms outside of Lower Manhattan, within the limitations of this retrospective study... - Nasal effects of a mixture of volatile organic compounds and their ozone oxidation productsRobert J Laumbach
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
J Occup Environ Med 47:1182-9. 2005.... - Pulmonary effects of inhaled diesel exhaust in aged miceVasanthi R Sunil
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 241:283-93. 2009..Taken together, these results suggest that altered generation of inflammatory mediators and MnSOD may contribute to increased susceptibility of older mice to inhaled DE... - DEP induction of ROS in capillary-like endothelial tubes leads to VEGF-A expressionMing Wei Chao
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Toxicology 297:34-46. 2012..These data suggest that the DEPs may induce or contribute to the permeability of capillary-like endothelial tube cells via induction of HO-1 and VEGF-A... - Respiratory health effects of air pollution: update on biomass smoke and traffic pollutionRobert J Laumbach
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 129:3-11; quiz 12-3. 2012..Physicians can help to reduce the risk of adverse respiratory effects of exposure to biomass and traffic air pollutants by promoting awareness and supporting individual and community-level interventions... - Suppression of the NF-κB pathway by diesel exhaust particles impairs human antimycobacterial immunitySrijata Sarkar
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Public Health, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
J Immunol 188:2778-93. 2012..tuberculosis infection, inducing a hyporesponsive cellular state. Therefore, DEP alters crucial components of antimycobacterial host immune responses, providing a possible mechanism by which air pollutants alter antimicrobial immunity... - Pulmonary effects of inhaled limonene ozone reaction products in elderly ratsVasanthi R Sunil
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 222:211-20. 2007..LOP are pulmonary irritants inducing distinct inflammatory responses in younger and older animals. This may contribute to the differential sensitivity of these populations to pulmonary irritants... - Diesel exhaust particle exposure causes redistribution of endothelial tube VE-cadherinMing Wei Chao
Pharmacology and Toxicology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Toxicology 279:73-84. 2011....
Research Grants
- Mechanisms of Responses to Diesel Exhaust and StressRobert Laumbach; Fiscal Year: 2007..The experimental studies will contribute to elucidating mechanisms underlying CV effects of PM. ..