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SUBMITTER: Park SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8776213 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Sung-Hyun SH Lu Yuting Y Shao Yongzhao Y Prophete Colette C Horton Lori L Sisco Maureen M Lee Hyun-Wook HW Kluz Thomas T Sun Hong H Costa Max M Zelikoff Judith J Chen Lung-Chi LC Gorr Matthew W MW Wold Loren E LE Cohen Mitchell D MD
International journal of environmental research and public health 20220114 2
First responders (FR) exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) Ground Zero air over the first week after the 9/11 disaster have an increased heart disease incidence compared to unexposed FR and the general population. To test if WTC dusts were causative agents, rats were exposed to WTC dusts (under isoflurane [ISO] anesthesia) 2 h/day on 2 consecutive days; controls received air/ISO or air only. Hearts were collected 1, 30, 240, and 360 d post-exposure, left ventricle total RNA was extracted, and ...[more]