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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 2014 IntroductionAlthough the use of asbestos has been banned in several industrialized countries, many workers continue to be exposed in asbestos repair and removal work, and asbestos is still widely used in various newly industrialized, rapidly developing ...
Henrik Wolff +4 more
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Recent progress and perspectives on the mechanisms underlying Asbestos toxicity
Genes and Environment, 2021 Most cases of mesothelioma are known to result from exposure to asbestos fibers in the environment or occupational ambient air. The following questions regarding asbestos toxicity remain partially unanswered: (i) why asbestos entering the alveoli during ...
A. Kuroda
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Translational Lung Cancer Research, 2020 Research has established a strong association between asbestos exposure and malignant mesothelioma, a deadly form of cancer. Since the early 1980’s many countries have restricted or banned the production of asbestos, leading to a decline of occupational ...
N. Alpert +2 more
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Asbestos induces mesothelial cell transformation via HMGB1-driven autophagy
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Millions of people have been exposed to asbestos and are at increased risk of developing mesothelioma, an aggressive malignancy resistant to current therapies.
Jiaming Xue +18 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) is partially successful as a cancer therapy. Here using mouse models, the authors transcriptionally monitor responding and non-responding tumours showing that responding tumours were associated with transient IFN-β ...
Rachael M. Zemek +15 more
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Must countries shoulder the burden of mesothelioma to ban asbestos? A global assessment
BMJ Global Health, 2022 Introduction Mesothelioma is a key asbestos-related disease (ARD) but can be difficult to diagnose. Countries presumably ban asbestos to reduce future ARD burdens, but it is unknown if countries ban asbestos as a consequence of ARD burdens.
Seong-Kyu Kang +10 more
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How asbestos and other fibers cause mesothelioma
Translational Lung Cancer Research, 2020 Mesothelioma has long been associated with the exposure to asbestos, which was largely used in manufacturing activities. Toxicology studies in vitro and in vivo demonstrated that asbestos fibers were carcinogenic, and epidemiology studies revealed that ...
G. Gaudino, Jiaming Xue, Haining Yang
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Due to the pathogenic nature of asbestos, a statutory ban on asbestos-containing products has been in place in Poland since 1997. In order to protect human health and the environment, it is crucial to estimate the quantity of asbestos–cement products in ...
M. Krówczyńska +3 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2017 Objective MicroRNAs are frequently downregulated in cancer, and restoring expression has tumour suppressive activity in tumour cells. Our recent phase I clinical trial investigated microRNA-based therapy in patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma ...
Patrick Winata +5 more
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BMC Research Notes, 2020 Objective There is substantial evidence that exercise can safely reduce the risk of cancer and improve survival in different human cancer populations.
Scott A. Fisher +6 more
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