Perfluorooctane sulfonate and bisphenol a strongly interact with bacterial antigens and adversely modulate host immunity

• Main Author: Wang, Mengjing
• Other Authors: Fang Mingliang
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Environmental pollution
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155796
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Interactions between microbes and environmental pollutants are postulated to play a critical role in immune development; however, there is little evidence to substantiate this hypothesis. Early exposure to microbial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) protects against allergic asthma. Here we demonstrated that...