Superfund Research Program
Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study
Project Leader: Habibul Ahsan (University of Chicago)
Co-Investigators: Ana Navas-Acien, Muhammad G. Kibriya (University of Chicago), Farzana Jasmine (University of Chicago)
Grant Number: P42ES010349
Funding Period: 2000-2021
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Title: Arsenic exposure, Vit D, Th17 cells and IL17A cytokine Data Set
Accession Number: doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.17316374.v1
Link to Dataset: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17316374.v1
Repository: figshare
Data Type(s): Underlying data from publication
Summary: Blood and urine samples collected from men and women both smokers and non-smokers. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated and assayed for presence of Th17 cells (flow cytometry) and IL-17A cytokine production (ELISA). Urinary arsenic measurement adjusted for creatinine.
Publication(s) associated with this dataset:- Parvez F, Lauer FT, Factor-Litvak P, Islam T, Eunus M, Abu Horayara M, Rahman M, Sarwar G, Ahsan H, Graziano JH, Burchiel SW. 2022. Exposure to arsenic and level of Vitamin D influence the number of Th17 cells and production of IL-17A in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells in adults. PLoS One 17(4):e0266168. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266168 PMID:35404942 PMCID:PMC9000092