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Serum Levels of Interleukin-8 and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha in Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis: One-year Follow-up Study

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2010
Objectives: Various cytokines induced by inhalation of coal dust may mediate inflammation and lead to tissue damage or fibrosis, such as coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP).
Jong Seong Lee   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Severe Respiratory Failure Due to Pulmonary BCGosis in a Patient Treated for Superficial Bladder Cancer

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2022
Intra-vesical instillations with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) are the established adjuvant therapy for superficial bladder cancer. Although generally safe and well tolerated, they may cause a range of different, local, and systemic complications.
Katarzyna Lewandowska   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential role of saffron and its components on miRNA levels in various disorders, a comprehensive review [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2023
The potential therapeutic benefits of saffron and its active constituents have been investigated for the treatment of numerous illnesses. In this review, the impacts of saffron and its essential components on the levels of microRNAs (miRNAs) in different
Mohammad Reza Aslani   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Scleroderma lung disease [PDF]

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2013
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a systemic autoimmune disease that is characterised by endothelial dysfunction resulting in a small-vessel vasculopathy, fibroblast dysfunction with resultant excessive collagen production and fibrosis, and immunological abnormalities.
Todd M. Bull   +10 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Azole-Induced Myositis after Combined Lung-Liver Transplantation

open access: yesCase Reports in Transplantation, 2022
Lung transplant recipients experience a high rate of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis infections, for which voriconazole is the treatment of choice.
Sofie Happaerts   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural lung diseases. [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironmental Health Perspectives, 2000
Agriculture is considered one of the most hazardous occupations. Organic dusts and toxic gases constitute some of the most common and potentially disabling occupational and environmental hazards. The changing patterns of agriculture have paradoxically contributed to both improved working conditions and increased exposure to respiratory hazards.
Steven R. Kirkhorn, Vincent F. Garry
openaire   +2 more sources

Parasitic lung diseases

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Review, 2022
Parasitic lung diseases are caused by a number of parasites as a result of transient passage in the lung or as a result of an immunologic reaction. The clinical presentation may be in the form of focal or cystic lesions, pleural effusion or diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. With increasing globalisation, it is important to consider parasitic infections in
Jaffar A. Al-Tawfiq   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Occupational lung disease [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2013
Occupational medicine represents the interface between work and health. As such, its breadth encompasses issues of clinical medicine, epidemiology, occupational hygiene, toxicology, ethics, and the law. The diagnosis of an occupational lung disease has implications not only for the health of the worker, but also in some circumstances for the health of
P T Reid, P A Reid
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Claudins in lung diseases [PDF]

open access: yesRespiratory Research, 2011
Tight junctions are the most apically localized part of the epithelial junctional complex. They regulate the permeability and polarity of cell layers and create compartments in cell membranes. Claudins are structural molecules of tight junctions.
openaire   +4 more sources

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