期刊
ATMOSPHERE
卷 12, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/atmos12010116
关键词
circadian clock; pollution; antioxidant system
资金
- University of Ferrara (Italy) [FAR2020]
Circadian misalignment, potentially exacerbated by environmental stressors, may increase cell vulnerability to harmful agents, leading to a disruption in the homeostasis of pulmonary, cardiovascular, and cutaneous tissues and contributing to the development of pathological conditions.
Circadian rhythms are 24-h oscillations driven by a hypothalamic master oscillator that entrains peripheral clocks in almost all cells, tissues and organs. Circadian misalignment, triggered by industrialization and modern lifestyles, has been linked to several pathological conditions, with possible impairment of the quality or even the very existence of life. Living organisms are continuously exposed to air pollutants, and among them, ozone or particulate matters (PMs) are considered to be among the most toxic to human health. In particular, exposure to environmental stressors may result not only in pulmonary and cardiovascular diseases, but, as it has been demonstrated in the last two decades, the skin can also be affected by pollution. In this context, we hypothesize that chronodistruption can exacerbate cell vulnerability to exogenous damaging agents, and we suggest a possible common mechanism of action in deregulation of the homeostasis of the pulmonary, cardiovascular and cutaneous tissues and in its involvement in the development of pathological conditions.
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