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Differential protein folding and chemical changes in lung tissues exposed to asbestos or particulates [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Environmental and occupational inhalants may induce a large number of pulmonary diseases, with asbestos exposure being the most risky. The mechanisms are clearly related to chemical composition and physical and surface properties of materials.
Bedolla Diana, E   +14 more
core   +1 more source

The Case for Autoantibody Screening in Stone Benchtop Workers

open access: yesRespirology Case Reports, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
We present the case of a 40‐year‐old stone benchtop worker who was diagnosed with complicated silicosis on screening, with early ANA positivity preceding the development of progressive multisystem autoimmune disease and respiratory decline. This case underscores the potential for silica exposure to trigger severe autoimmune disease in addition to ...
Tiffany Lin, Jun Keng Khoo, Ryan Hoy
wiley   +1 more source

Disease burden and trends of different types of pneumoconiosis among Chinese males

open access: yes环境与职业医学
BackgroundPneumoconiosis is a prevalent and severely harmful occupational disease in China.ObjectiveTo estimate disease burden and trends of different types of pneumoconiosis among Chinese males from 1992 to 2021, and to provide insights for ...
Yichun SHEN   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessment of Occupational Diseases among Artisans and Factory Workers in Ifo, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The ever increasing incidences of occupational diseases among workers have continually drawn the attention of researchers towards ameliorating the situation.
Dahunsi, S. O.   +2 more
core  

A rare case of occupational lung disease – Talcosis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Talcosis/ Talcpneumoconiosis is one of the rarer forms of magnesium silicate induced lung disease, It usually occurs in the fourth decade and affects people working in talc related industries like roof, shingle, pharmaceutical companies, talcum powder ...
Sathish Kumar M, Dhipu Mathew, Thilagavathy, Aruna Shanmuganathan, Srinivasan R
core   +1 more source

Ferroptosis in Pneumoconiosis: From Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies

open access: yesMed Research, Volume 1, Issue 2, Page 239-256, September 2025.
Targeting lung various cells to alleviate pneumoconiosis by suppressing ferroptosis. AAV9‐HGF, adeno‐associated virus‐hepatocyte growth factor; DFP, deferiprone; DHQ, dihydroquercetin; Fer‐1, ferrostatin‐1; IL‐1β, interleukin‐1β; NMN, nicotinamide mononucleotide; sh‐SLC39A14, shRNA targeting solute carrier family 39 member 14; si‐OC‐STAMP, siRNA ...
Mengli Yan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-slice spiral computerized tomography image characteristics of coal workers with pneumoconiosis

open access: yes环境与职业医学
BackgroundMulti-slice spiral computerized tomography (MSCT) can be used as an auxiliary diagnosis of chest radiography in diagnosis of pneumoconiosis, but there are few studies on the correlations between interstitial images and stage classification of ...
Xinyu LI   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health requirements for advanced coal extraction systems [PDF]

open access: yes
Health requirements were developed as long range goals for future advanced coal extraction systems which would be introduced into the market in the year 2000.
Zimmerman, W. F.
core   +1 more source

Hyaluronic Acid‐Decorated Liposomes for the Intrapulmonary Delivery of Imatinib: A Targeted Treatment for Postinflammatory Pulmonary Fibrosis

open access: yesSmall Science, Volume 5, Issue 8, August 2025.
Hyaluronic acid‐decorated imatinib‐loaded liposomes are developed to specific target CD44 receptor expressed by interstitial lung fibrosis cells, demonstrating higher uptake than empty liposomes. Based on promising in vitro data, they are administered intratracheally and intraperitoneally in a mouse bleomycin model, assessing their ability to decrease ...
Sara Bozzini   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

A short history of the toxicology of inhaled particles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Particle toxicology arose in order to understand the mechanisms of adverse effects of 3 major particle types that had historically exerted the greatest toll of ill-health—quartz, coal and asbestos. By the middle of the last century rat inhalation studies
Anthony Seaton   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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