0 7 Effects Effect NNPS 8 10 of of IN 11 17 diesel diesel NN 18 25 organic organic JJ 26 34 extracts extract NNS 35 37 on on IN 38 47 chemokine chemokine NN 48 58 production production NN 59 61 by by IN 62 72 peripheral peripheral JJ 73 78 blood blood NN 79 90 mononuclear mononuclear JJ 91 96 cells cell NNS 96 97 . . . 99 109 BACKGROUND background NN 109 110 : : : 111 123 Polyaromatic polyaromatic JJ 124 136 hydrocarbons hydrocarbon NNS 137 138 ( ( ( 138 142 PAHs PAH NNP 142 143 ) ) ) 144 154 associated associate VBN 155 159 with with IN 160 166 diesel diesel NN 167 174 exhaust exhaust NN 175 184 particles particle NNS 185 186 ( ( ( 186 190 DEPs DEP NNPS 190 191 ) ) ) 192 195 are be VBP 196 201 found find VBN 202 204 in in IN 205 208 the the DT 209 220 atmospheric atmospheric JJ 221 226 urban urban JJ 227 236 pollution pollution NN 236 237 . . . 238 242 Such such JJ 243 252 compounds compound NNS 253 257 have have VBP 258 262 been be VBN 263 268 shown show VBN 269 271 to to TO 272 277 favor favor VB 278 281 IgE ige NN 282 292 production production NN 292 293 , , , 294 303 bronchial bronchial JJ 304 323 hyperresponsiveness hyperresponsiveness NN 323 324 , , , 325 328 and and CC 329 335 airway airway NN 336 348 inflammation inflammation NN 348 349 . . . 350 360 Chemokines chemokine NNS 361 364 are be VBP 365 366 a a DT 367 372 group group NN 373 375 of of IN 376 387 chemotactic chemotactic JJ 388 397 cytokines cytokine NNS 398 406 involved involve VBN 407 409 in in IN 410 413 the the DT 414 425 recruitment recruitment NN 426 428 of of IN 429 441 inflammatory inflammatory JJ 442 447 cells cell NNS 447 448 . . . 449 458 OBJECTIVE objective NN 458 459 : : : 460 462 We we PRP 463 475 investigated investigate VBD 476 479 the the DT 480 486 effect effect NN 487 489 of of IN 490 498 DEP-PAHs dep-pah NNS 499 501 on on IN 502 505 the the DT 506 513 release release NN 514 517 and and CC 518 522 mRNA mrna NN 523 533 expression expression NN 534 536 of of IN 537 541 IL-8 il-8 NN 541 542 , , , 543 548 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 548 549 , , , 550 553 and and CC 554 560 RANTES rantes NN 561 563 by by IN 564 569 PBMCs pbmc NNS 570 578 obtained obtain VBN 579 583 from from IN 584 591 healthy healthy JJ 592 600 subjects subject NNS 600 601 . . . 602 609 METHODS methods NNS 609 610 : : : 611 618 Protein protein NN 619 629 production production NN 630 632 in in IN 633 645 supernatants supernatant NNS 646 649 was be VBD 650 658 assessed assess VBN 659 661 by by IN 662 667 ELISA ELISA NNP 667 668 , , , 669 672 and and CC 673 677 mRNA mrna NN 678 688 expression expression NN 689 692 was be VBD 693 702 evaluated evaluate VBN 703 705 by by IN 706 722 semiquantitative semiquantitative JJ 723 729 RT-PCR rt-pcr NN 729 730 . . . 731 738 RESULTS results NNS 738 739 : : : 740 749 Secretion Secretion NNP 750 752 of of IN 753 757 IL-8 IL-8 NNP 758 761 and and CC 762 768 RANTES rantes NN 769 778 increased increase VBD 779 781 in in IN 782 783 a a DT 784 798 dose-dependent dose-dependent JJ 799 805 manner manner NN 806 810 with with IN 811 821 increasing increase VBG 822 836 concentrations concentration NNS 837 839 of of IN 840 848 DEP-PAHs DEP-PAH NNP 849 850 ( ( ( 850 855 range range NN 855 856 , , , 857 860 0.5 0.5 CD 861 863 ng ng NN 864 866 to to TO 867 869 50 50 CD 870 875 ng/mL ng/ml NN 875 876 ) ) ) 876 877 . . . 878 880 On on IN 881 884 the the DT 885 893 contrary contrary NN 893 894 , , , 895 898 the the DT 899 906 release release NN 907 909 of of IN 910 915 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 916 919 was be VBD 920 933 significantly significantly RB 934 943 inhibited inhibit VBN 943 944 , , , 945 949 also also RB 950 952 in in IN 953 954 a a DT 955 969 dose-dependent dose-dependent JJ 970 976 manner manner NN 976 977 . . . 978 987 Messenger messenger NN 988 991 RNA RNA NNP 992 1002 production production NN 1003 1009 coding cod VBG 1010 1013 for for IN 1014 1018 IL-8 il-8 NN 1018 1019 , , , 1020 1026 RANTES RANTES NNP 1026 1027 , , , 1028 1031 and and CC 1032 1037 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 1038 1044 showed show VBD 1045 1053 parallel parallel JJ 1054 1064 variations variation NNS 1065 1067 to to TO 1068 1071 the the DT 1072 1082 production production NN 1083 1085 of of IN 1086 1089 the the DT 1090 1103 correspondent correspondent JJ 1104 1112 proteins protein NNS 1112 1113 . . . 1114 1121 Effects Effect NNPS 1122 1124 of of IN 1125 1133 DEP-PAHs DEP-PAH NNP 1134 1140 became become VBD 1141 1152 significant significant JJ 1153 1155 at at IN 1156 1157 7 7 CD 1158 1163 hours hour NNS 1164 1167 and and CC 1168 1170 up up RB 1171 1173 to to TO 1174 1176 48 48 CD 1177 1182 hours hour NNS 1183 1187 time time NN 1188 1195 culture culture NN 1196 1199 for for IN 1200 1205 MCP-1 mcp-1 NN 1205 1206 , , , 1207 1210 and and CC 1211 1213 up up RB 1214 1216 to to TO 1217 1219 24 24 CD 1220 1225 hours hour NNS 1226 1230 time time NN 1231 1238 culture culture NN 1239 1242 for for IN 1243 1247 IL-8 il-8 NN 1248 1251 and and CC 1252 1258 RANTES RANTES NNP 1258 1259 . . . 1260 1268 Moreover moreover RB 1268 1269 , , , 1270 1282 supernatants supernatant NNS 1283 1287 from from IN 1288 1305 DEP-PAH-activated dep-pah-activated JJ 1306 1311 cells cell NNS 1311 1312 , , , 1313 1321 compared compare VBN 1322 1326 with with IN 1327 1332 those those DT 1333 1335 of of IN 1336 1344 controls control NNS 1344 1345 , , , 1346 1355 exhibited exhibit VBD 1356 1357 a a DT 1358 1371 significantly significantly RB 1372 1380 enhanced enhance VBN 1381 1392 chemotactic chemotactic JJ 1393 1401 activity activity NN 1402 1405 for for IN 1406 1417 neutrophils neutrophil NNS 1418 1421 and and CC 1422 1433 eosinophils eosinophil NNS 1433 1434 , , , 1435 1440 which which WDT 1441 1444 was be VBD 1445 1458 significantly significantly RB 1459 1468 inhibited inhibit VBN 1469 1471 by by IN 1472 1484 pretreatment pretreatment NN 1485 1489 with with IN 1490 1499 anti-IL-8 anti-il-8 JJ 1500 1503 and and CC 1504 1515 anti-RANTES anti-rantes JJ 1516 1528 neutralizing neutralize VBG 1529 1539 antibodies antibody NNS 1539 1540 , , , 1541 1553 respectively respectively RB 1553 1554 . . . 1555 1565 CONCLUSION conclusion NN 1565 1566 : : : 1567 1572 These these DT 1573 1581 findings finding NNS 1582 1589 suggest suggest VBP 1590 1594 that that IN 1595 1598 the the DT 1599 1608 chemokine chemokine NN 1609 1617 pathways pathway NNS 1618 1621 are be VBP 1622 1631 modulated modulate VBN 1632 1634 by by IN 1635 1643 DEP-PAHs dep-pah NNS 1644 1646 at at IN 1647 1650 the the DT 1651 1666 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 1667 1672 level level NN 1672 1673 , , , 1674 1685 reinforcing reinforce VBG 1686 1689 the the DT 1690 1694 idea idea NN 1695 1699 that that IN 1700 1703 the the DT 1704 1715 development development NN 1716 1718 of of IN 1719 1731 inflammatory inflammatory JJ 1732 1741 reactions reaction NNS 1742 1747 might might MD 1748 1750 be be VB 1751 1759 affected affect VBN 1760 1762 by by IN 1763 1769 diesel diesel NN 1770 1777 exhaust exhaust NN 1778 1786 emission emission NN 1786 1787 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