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The Dynamicity of Acute Ozone-Induced Systemic Leukocyte Trafficking and Adrenal-Derived Stress Hormones

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Metadata Last Checked: August 02, 2025 | Last Modified: 2021-04-02
Ozone exposure induces neuroendocrine stress response, which causes lymphopenia. We hypothesized that ozone-induced increases in stress hormones will temporally follow changes in circulating granulocytes, monocytes and lymphocyte subpopulations. The goal of this study was to chronicle the changes in circulating stress hormones, cytokines, and leukocyte trafficking during 4-hour exposure to ozone. Male Wistar Kyoto rats were exposed to air or ozone (0.4 or 0.8 ppm) for 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 hours. After each time point, we assessed, circulating stress hormones and cytokines, lung gene expression, and live and apoptotic granulocytes, monocytes (classical and non-classical), and lymphocytes (B, Th and Tc) in blood, thymus and spleen using flow cytometry. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Henriquez, A., W. Williams, S. Snow, M.C. Schladweiler, C. Fisher, M. Hargrove, D. Alewel, C. Colonna, S. Gavett, C. Miller, and U. Kodavanti. The Dynamicity of Acute Ozone-Induced Systemic Leukocyte Trafficking and Adrenal-Derived Stress Hormones. TOXICOLOGY. Elsevier Science Ltd, New York, NY, USA, 458(152823): 1, (2021).

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