The presence of air pollution particulate matter in cryopreserved placental tissue cells

Norrice M Liu; Yehao Chen; Lisa Miyashita; Wing Hung Tam; Noelle A Ngai; Jonathan Grigg; Ting Fan Leung

doi:10.1183/23120541.00349-2021

The presence of air pollution particulate matter in cryopreserved placental tissue cells

ERJ Open Res. 2021 Aug 23;7(3):00349-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00349-2021. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

Norrice M Liu¹, Yehao Chen², Lisa Miyashita¹, Wing Hung Tam³, Noelle A Ngai⁴, Jonathan Grigg¹, Ting Fan Leung^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Genomics and Child Health, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
² Dept of Paediatrics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
³ Dept of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
⁴ Dept of Paediatrics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong.
⁵ Hong Kong Hub of Paediatric Excellence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Abstract

Carbonaceous particles seen in frozen human macrophage-enriched placental cells can be used as a biomarker of personal exposure to combustion-derived particulate matter. The feasibility of using frozen tissues will allow for global comparative studies. https://bit.ly/3yANbRi.