title: The role of air pollutants in initiating liver disease.
abstract: Recent episodes of severe air pollution in eastern Asia have been reported in the scientific literature and news media. Therefore, there is growing concern about the systemic effects of air pollution on human health. Along with the other well-known harmful effects of air pollution, recently, several animal models have provided strong evidence that air pollutants can induce liver toxicity and act to accelerate liver inflammation and steatosis. This review briefly describes examples where exposure to air pollutants was involved in liver toxicity, focusing on how particulate matter (PM) or carbon black (CB) may be translocated from lung to liver and what liver diseases are closely associated with these air pollutants.
authors: Biosafety Research Institute and Laboratory of Pathology (BK21 Plus Program), College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
authors: Jong Won
authors: JW
authors: Kim
authors: Biosafety Research Institute and Laboratory of Pathology (BK21 Plus Program), College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
authors: Surim
authors: S
authors: Park
authors: Biosafety Research Institute and Laboratory of Pathology (BK21 Plus Program), College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
authors: Chae Woong
authors: CW
authors: Lim
authors: Inhalation Toxicology Research Center, Korea Institute of Toxicology, Jeonbuk, Korea ; Human and Environment Toxicology, University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Korea.
authors: Kyuhong
authors: K
authors: Lee
authors: Biosafety Research Institute and Laboratory of Pathology (BK21 Plus Program), College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju, Korea.
authors: Bumseok
authors: B
authors: Kim
keywords: Air pollution; Carbon black; Liver; Lung; Particulate matter