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Global Asbestos Disaster [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2018
Introduction: Asbestos has been used for thousands of years but only at a large industrial scale for about 100–150 years. The first identified disease was asbestosis, a type of incurable pneumoconiosis caused by asbestos dust and fibres.
Sugio Furuya, Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Ken Takahashi, A. David, J. Takala   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Pleural mesothelioma and lung cancer risks in relation to occupational history and asbestos lung burden. [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2015
BACKGROUND: We have conducted a population-based study of pleural mesothelioma patients with occupational histories and measured asbestos lung burdens in occupationally exposed workers and in the general population.
Burdett, G, Carpenter, J, Darnton, A, Davison, L, Franchini, A, Gilham, C, Hodgson, J, Nicholson, AG, Peto, J, Rake, C   +9 more
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Asbestos and Malignancy [PDF]

BMJ, 1964
Z. Cope
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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
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Letter to the Editor: 'Asbestosis Requiring Lung Transplantation in a Retired Hairdresser: An Occupational Exposure to Comb Through'. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
Anderson E, Meyler S, Gallagher A, Cardona T, Ellis B, Ellis J, Holton M.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Epidemiology of mesothelioma in the 21st century in Europe and the United States, 40 years after restricted/banned asbestos use

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, Maaike A G van Gerwen, E. Taioli   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Reply to 'Letter to the Editor: "Asbestosis Requiring Lung Transplantation in a Retired Hairdresser: An Occupational Exposure to Comb Through"'. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
Respirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
Bu R, Puttagunta L, Hirji A.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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, Ro-ting Lin, Sonja Klebe, Ken Takahashi, Odgerel Chimed-Ochir, Anna K Nowak, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Sugio Furuya, Emma M Rath, Yui Yumiya, Kim Brislane   +10 more
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Temporally restricted activation of IFNβ signaling underlies response to immune checkpoint therapy in mice

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, Wee Loong Chin, Vanessa S. Fear, Ben Wylie, Thomas H. Casey, Cath Forbes, Caitlin M. Tilsed, Louis Boon, Belinda B. Guo, Anthony Bosco, Alistair R. R. Forrest, Michael J. Millward, Anna K. Nowak, Richard A. Lake, Timo Lassmann, W. Joost Lesterhuis   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, S. Patergnani, C. Giorgi, Joelle S. Suarez, K. Goto, Angela Bononi, M. Tanji, F. Novelli, S. Pastorino, Ronghui Xu, N. Caroccia, A. Dogan, H. Pass, M. Tognon, P. Pinton, G. Gaudino, T. Mak, M. Carbone, Haining Yang   +18 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source