يكتشف بحث جامعة هونغ كونغ المعمدانية (HKBU) إمكانات الفوسفوليبيد في مكافحة سمية الجسيمات الدقيقة PM2.5 في أمراض الرئة
A research team led by Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has discovered that phosphocholine, an important component in the body’s metabolism, could counteract the adverse effects of PM2.5 toxicity on lung cells. This discovery highlights the therapeutic potential of phosphocholine in treating lung diseases associated with PM2.5 such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, and contributes to developing health measures against air pollution. The research findings have been published in the international academic journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. To understand the effects of different PM2.5 components on the underlying cell metabolism associated with lung diseases, a team led by Professor Cai Zongwei, Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, and Dr Yang Zhu, Assistant Professor of the Department of Biology at HKBU,…

