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Serum KL-6 combined with immune/inflammatory biomarkers identifies complicated silicosis [PDF]

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Background Complicated silicosis (CS) poses significant diagnostic challenges, with current diagnosis relying heavily on radiographic imaging. These challenges highlight a need for reliable non-invasive biomarkers to improve early detection and disease ...
Rui He, Limin Huang, Yang Chen, Minqi Liu, Miaomiao Xie, Honglei Yuan, Ling Mao   +6 more
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Long-term survival and the critical role of competing risks in pneumoconiosis: a large-scale retrospective cohort study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundThe extension of survival in patients with pneumoconiosis has led to a shifting mortality spectrum where non-pneumoconiosis causes increasingly act as competing risks.
Xinlei Chu, Xinlei Chu, Lang Zhou, Qing Zhou, Lei Chen, Han Liu, Yao Huang, Wenjian Tan, Wei Li, Ning Wang, Lei Han, Ye Li, Ye Li   +12 more
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Fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio as a novel biomarker in pneumoconiosis: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
Objectives Pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational respiratory disease in Turkey and is associated with chronic systemic inflammation. Both occupational dust exposure and heavy metals such as lead may contribute to inflammatory responses.
Seval Müzeyyen Ecin, Semra Özkan
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Association between pneumoconiosis and cataract risk: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in Taiwan [PDF]

BMJ Open
Objectives To investigate whether pneumoconiosis increases the risk of cataract.Design Nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study.Setting Taiwan’s National Health Insurance database, which covers >99% of the population.Participants The ...
Cheng-Li Lin, Der-Yang Cho, Te-Chun Shen, Jen-Suo Cheng, Yen-Sung Lin, Ning-Yi Hsia   +5 more
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Global, regional, and national trends in the incidence of pneumoconiosis among populations aged 20 and above from 1990 to 2021 [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundPneumoconiosis remains one of the most critical occupational health hazards globally. Utilizing data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2021, we have updated the epidemiological trends of pneumoconiosis.MethodsWe conducted and analyzed ...
Qiyun Cheng, Qiyun Cheng, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Shiyue He, Yongbin Hu, Yongbin Hu, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Pinhua Pan, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Xinyue Hu, Shuya Liao, Shunjun Wang, Hui Li   +18 more
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HMGB1 could restrict 1,3-β-glucan induced mice lung inflammation by affecting Beclin1 and Bcl2 interaction and promoting the autophagy of epithelial cells

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021
Fungi were microorganisms that are ubiquitous in a variety of environments. Inhalation of fungi-contaminated organic dust led to hypersensitivity pneumonitis and might eventually cause irreversible pulmonary fibrosis.
Xinning Zeng, Fangwei Liu, Kaiyue Liu, Jiaxuan Xin, Jie Chen   +4 more
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Status quo and disease burden of occupational pneumoconiosis in Qinghai Province from 2015 to 2019

环境与职业医学, 2023
BackgroundOccupational pneumoconiosis is the most common occupational disease in Qinghai Province and China. From the perspective of public health, it is important to assess the disease burden using disability-adjusted life years (DALY) and economic ...
Guimei SHI, Hongyan LEI, Xiaoyun YAN, Geng WANG, Qiongyue SHA, Chunbo SHI, Shaoyuan MA, Yue LI, Xiaoming MA   +8 more
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Characteristics of blood test indexes in patients with pneumoconiosis complicated with tuberculosis

环境与职业医学, 2022
BackgroundThe positive rate of sputum bacteria in patients with pneumoconiosis complicated with pulmonary tuberculosis is lower than that in patients with simple tuberculosis, which makes the disease assessment more difficult.ObjectiveTo compare the ...
Na CAO, Wen DU, Yajia LAN, Lijun PENG
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The protective role of HMGB1 in affecting the balance between autophagy and pyroptosis to maintain neutrophils homeostasis during β-glucan-induced mice lung inflammation

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023
Fungal contamination is omnipresent, and inhalation of fungi-contaminated organic dust leads to hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), in which neutrophils played a pivotal role.
Xinning Zeng, Jiaxuan Xin, Kaiyue Liu, Wei Deng, Fangwei Liu   +4 more
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Epidemiological analysis on death cases of pneumoconiosis during 1959‒2019 in Chongming District of Shanghai

Shanghai yufang yixue, 2022
ObjectiveTo study the epidemiological characteristics of deaths due to pneumoconiosis and its complications in order to improve the prevention and management of pneumoconiosis.MethodsThe pneumoconiosis deaths who died during 1959‒2019 in Chongming ...
WANG Jinxiang, MA Jiying, MA Wendi, YANG Feng, QU Jing   +4 more
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