547 results match your criteria: "IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine[Affiliation]"
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn
December 2024
Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Aim was to investigate to what extent cognitive functioning differs by three socioeconomic conditions: low income, being without employment, and living alone. A total of N = 158,144 participants of the population-based German National Cohort (NAKO) provided data on socioeconomic conditions and completed cognitive tests. Multivariable confounder-adjusted regression analyses indicated that cognitive functioning was lower in those with low income (b = -0.
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December 2024
US Food and Drug Administration, Human Foods Program, College Park, MD, USA.
The workshop titled State of the Science on Assessing Developmental Neurotoxicity Using New Approach Methods was co-organized by University of Maryland's Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN; now called the Human Foods Program), and was hosted by FDA in College Park, MD on November 14-15, 2023.
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December 2024
IUF - Leibniz-Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Auf'm Hennekamp 50, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
For many years, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were used as flame retardants in a large number of consumer products. Even though international law meanwhile prohibits the production and usage of PBDEs, these persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals still leak into the environment, and are frequently detected in wildlife and humans. Population-based studies reveal positive correlations between human PBDE exposure and various adverse health effects, emphasizing that a better understanding of the mode of action of these polybrominated chemicals is urgently needed.
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December 2024
Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Agoralaan gebouw D, Diepenbeek, BE-3590, Belgium.
The effects of ultrafine particle (UFP) inhalation on neurodevelopment, especially during critical windows of early life, remain largely unexplored. The specific time windows during which exposure to UFP might be the most detrimental remain poorly understood. Here, we studied early-life exposure to clean ultrafine carbonaceous particles (UFP) and neurodevelopment and central nervous system function in offspring.
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December 2024
Computational Biology Group, Leibniz Institute on Aging-Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), 07745 Jena, Germany.
Growing evidence suggests that somatic mutations may be a major cause of the aging process. However, it remains to be tested whether the predictions of the theory also apply to species with longer life spans than humans. is a genus of freshwater polyps with remarkable regeneration abilities and a potentially unlimited life span under laboratory conditions.
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September 2024
Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset, Karolinska Institutet, Sjukhusbacken 10, 118 83, Stockholm, Sweden.
Toxicology
January 2025
Department of Chemical Toxicology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway; Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway. Electronic address:
The safety and developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) potential of chemicals remain critically understudied due to limitations of current in vivo testing guidelines, which are low throughput, resource-intensive, and hindered by species differences that limit their relevance to human health. To address these issues, robust New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) using deeply characterized cell models are essential. This study presents the comprehensive transcriptomic characterization of two advanced human-induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived models: a 2D adherent and a 3D neurosphere model of human neural progenitor cells (hiNPCs) differentiated up to 21 days.
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November 2024
IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.
There is no doubt that global warming, with its extreme heat events, is having an increasing impact on human health. Heat is not independent of ambient temperature but acts synergistically with relative humidity (RH) to increase the risk of several diseases, such as cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases. Although the skin is the organ in direct contact with the environment, it is currently unknown whether skin health is similarly affected.
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November 2024
IUF Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany.
Stat Med
December 2024
Institute of Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
J Invest Dermatol
October 2024
IUF - Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address:
Vδ1 T cells are a subpopulation of γδT cells found in human dermis. Much less is known regarding their role and function in skin health and disease than regarding the roles of murine skin-resident γδT cells. In this study, we report the successful integration of Vδ1 T cells into long-term fibroblast-derived matrix skin equivalents.
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December 2024
Genome Engineering and Model Development Laboratory, IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Nat Commun
October 2024
Genome Engineering and Model Development Lab (GEMD), IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany.
J Invest Dermatol
September 2024
Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Electronic address:
Characterizing the metabolite fingerprint from the skin surface provides invaluable insights into skin biology and microbe-host interactions. To ensure data accuracy and reproducibility, it is essential to develop standard operating procedures for skin surface metabolomics. However, there is a notable lack of studies in this area.
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September 2024
Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Hormone signaling plays an essential role during fetal life and is vital for brain development. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals can interfere with the hormonal milieu during this critical time-period, disrupting key neurodevelopmental processes. Hence, there is a need for the development of assays that evaluate developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) induced by an endocrine mode of action.
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August 2024
IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Acta Derm Venereol
August 2024
IUF Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Secondary prevention of skin cancer consists in early detection of malignant lesions through patients' mole self-examination and medical examination. The objective of this study was to assess the self-reported frequency of mole examination in a large, representative sample of the adult general population of 17 countries from all continents. Of a total of 17,001 participants, 4.
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August 2024
Maastricht University Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Objectives: To investigate the associations of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviour in early childhood with asthma and reduced lung function in later childhood within a large collaborative study.
Design: Pooling of longitudinal data from collaborating birth cohorts using meta-analysis of separate cohort-specific estimates and analysis of individual participant data of all cohorts combined.
Setting: Children aged 0-18 years from 26 European birth cohorts.
JMIR Public Health Surveill
August 2024
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Background: Studies have reported the adverse effects of cold events on influenza. However, the role of critical factors, such as characteristics of cold spells, and regional variations remain unresolved.
Objective: We aimed to systematically evaluate the association between cold spells and influenza incidence in mainland China.
Clin Transl Med
August 2024
Université Côte d'Azur, INSERM U1065, C3M, Nice, France.
Environ Int
August 2024
IUF - Leibniz-Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. Electronic address:
Phenolic benzotriazole UV stabilizers (BUV) are commonly used additives in synthetic polymeric products, which constantly leak into the environment. They are persistent and bioaccumulative, and have been detected not only in fish, birds, and sea mammals, but also in humans, including breast milk samples. Several authorities including the European Chemical Agency already consider some BUVs as Substances of Very High Concern in need of further information, e.
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August 2024
Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong Province, China.
Although studies have reported the modification effect of air pollutants on heat-related health risk, little is known on the modification effect among various particulate matter with different particle size on mortality. We aimed to investigate whether the associations of hot temperatures with daily mortality were modified by different air pollutant levels in Shandong Province, China. Daily data of air pollutants, meteorological factors, and mortality of 1,822 subdistricts in Shandong province from 2013 to 2018 were collected.
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August 2024
Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.
Objectives: The risk of Post-COVID-19 condition (PCC) under hybrid immunity remains unclear.
Methods: Using data from the German National Cohort (NAKO Gesundheitsstudie), we investigated risk factors for self-reported post-infection symptoms (any PCC is defined as having at least one symptom, and high symptom burden PCC as having nine or more symptoms).
Results: Sixty percent of 109,707 participants reported at least one previous SARS-CoV-2 infection; 35% reported having had any symptoms 4-12 months after infection; among them 23% reported nine or more symptoms.
BMC Pulm Med
June 2024
School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia.
Background And Aim: There are few long-term studies of respiratory health effects of landscape fires, despite increasing frequency and intensity due to climate change. We investigated the association between exposure to coal mine fire PM and fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) concentration 7.5 years later.
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