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Table 4 Association between inorganic soluble chemical constituents, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and microbes in PM 10–2.5 and PM 2.5–0.2 size ranges separately and the inflammatory and cytotoxic response markers in mouse macrophages after exposure to three different doses of particles (50, 150 and 300 μg/ml) for 24 h

From: Role of microbial and chemical composition in toxicological properties of indoor and outdoor air particulate matter

  

PM10–2.5

PM2.5–0.2

  

n

MTT

PI

SubG1

TNFα

MIP2

n

MTT

PI

SubG1

TNFα

MIP2

PC1

Al

24

.474*

.435*

0.256

.776*

.805**

24

.690**

.577**

0.153

.661**

.635**

 

Ca

24

.583**

.503*

.453*

.687**

.763**

24

.810**

.673**

.430*

.623**

.684**

 

Fe

21

0.612**

.605**

0.396

.743**

.714**

24

.444*

0.337

−0.043

.542**

.471*

 

K

24

.784**

.734**

.564**

.878**

.875**

24

.667**

.572**

0.316

.463*

.489*

 

Mg

24

.525**

.503*

0.329

.775**

.810**

24

.863**

.819**

.425*

.717**

.754**

 

Na

24

.544**

.498*

0.323

.740**

.790**

24

.823**

.649**

0.352

.613**

.642**

 

Ni

24

.619**

.560**

0.396

.806**

.802**

24

.573**

.438*

0.216

0.385

0.388

PC2

SO4

24

.695**

.643**

.668**

0.287

0.343

24

.711**

.487*

0.332

.454*

.463*

 

NO3

24

0.32

0.354

0.281

0.303

0.402

21

.606**

.451*

0.399

0.248

0.264

 

V

24

.556**

.536**

.483*

.465*

.500*

24

.607**

.454*

.423*

0.244

0.29

 

Zn

24

.688**

.593**

.597**

.648**

.692**

24

.771**

.657**

.503*

.501*

.557**

 

TotalPAH

24

0.358

0.298

.519**

0.018

0.13

24

0.379

0.083

0.343

−0.064

−0.011

PC3

Cl

24

.444*

0.35

.553**

0.136

0.242

24

.776**

.575**

.453*

.518**

.586**

 

F

18

.889**

.769**

.957**

0.176

0.271

21

.775**

.604**

.548*

0.373

.457*

 

Cu

24

.624**

.573**

.423*

.790**

.806**

24

.751**

.814**

.502*

.618**

.654**

PC4

Universal bacterial assay

24

.921**

.890**

.781**

.713**

.680**

24

.634**

0.317

0.159

0.403

.494*

Other

Genotoxic PAH

24

0.393

0.345

.538**

0.062

0.168

24

.406*

0.109

0.365

−0.038

0.017

 

EUPah

24

.414*

0.364

.609**

−0.002

0.096

24

0.401

0.108

0.355

−0.02

0.034

 

Penicillium sp./Aspergillus sp

24

.786**

.816**

.737**

.609**

.611**

24

.503*

0.3

0.089

.429*

.479*

 

Cladosporidium cladosprioid

24

.603**

.729**

0.337

.857**

.835**

21

.734**

0.416

0.294

.487*

.497*

 

Streptomyces sp.

21

.765**

.755**

.832**

0.19

0.17

18

.571*

.511*

0.302

0.42

0.437

 

Mycobacterium sp.

24

.878**

.891**

.733**

.810**

.814**

15

.654**

.529*

0.504

0.474

.565*

  1. The values are Spearman correlation coefficients (ρ), (** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05).
  2. Genotoxic PAH compounds according to WHO (1998).
  3. EU PAH compounds according to the EU Directive 2004/107/EC.