The health effects of ambient air particles on the pulmonary and immune systems
Student Name: Krystle Leung. UCD Department: Center for Health and the Environment. UCD Mentor: Kent Pinkerton.
Mice were exposed to air pollution from California’s San Joaquin Valley in concentrated forms, and their lungs were observed to have higher levels of neutrophils, indicators of lung inflammation. In this project, cross sections of lung tissue will be stained in order to locate neutrophils, and next, a test will be performed to evaluate the level of a specific protein in these neutrophils. These protein levels will be correlated with the neutrophil level in the lungs and compared to that of mice exposed to clean air.
