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Saudi Medical Journal, 2003 Silicosis is an occupational respiratory disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica dust. We report the case of silicosis in a 50-year-old woman that presented with pulmonary fibrosis and later developed pulmonary tuberculosis. Her condition is believed to be due to inhalation of dust produced by scrubbing a silica rich surface during ...
Wassef F, Safa, Jose L, Machado
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BMC Public Health, 2020 Background The stated intention to eliminate silicosis from the South African goldmining industry as well as current programmes to find and compensate ex-miners with silicosis require an understanding of variation in silicosis prevalence across the ...
Dave Knight +5 more
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Early Identification, Accurate Diagnosis, and Treatment of Silicosis
Canadian Respiratory Journal, 2022 Silicosis is a global problem, and it has brought about great burdens to society and patients’ families. The etiology of silicosis is clear, preventable, and controllable, but the onset is hidden and the duration is long.
Tian Li +3 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundSilicosis, a severe lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust, predominantly affects workers in industries such as mining and construction, leading to a significant global public health challenge.
Xinglin Yi +8 more
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Regulated Cell Death in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
The FASEB Journal, Volume 40, Issue 9, 15 May 2026.This graphical abstract illustrates regulated cell death (RCD) across key pulmonary cell types—including alveolar epithelial cells, fibroblasts, macrophages, and endothelial cells—modulated through a dynamic death modulation network within the IPF microenvironment.
Xiaoyue Pan +10 more
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Jurnal Respirasi, 2018 Background: Silicosis is a fibrosis in the lung caused by inhalation, retention, and reaction to crystalline silica. The prevalence rate is potentially increasing throughout the world.
Sahrun Sahrun +2 more
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Piperazine‐Functionalized Nanoparticles Enable Oral Insulin Delivery in Obese Mice
Advanced Science, Volume 13, Issue 27, 13 May 2026.ABSTRACT Biologics have gained prominence as a rapidly advancing therapeutic modality for a diverse spectrum of medical conditions. Nonetheless, they are predominantly administered parenterally due to poor absorption through the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, repeated injections of biologics such as insulin cause injection pain, leading to dose ...
Yuxue Cao +14 more
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RAB20 deficiency promotes the development of silicosis via NLRP3 inflammasome
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Silicosis is a worldwide serious occupational disease that is caused by inhalation of silica crystals. However, little is known about the pathogenesis mechanism of silicosis. We performed single-cell sequencing in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) from
Zhouyangfan Peng +4 more
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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 Silicosis is the most prevalent and fatal occupational disease with no effective therapeutics, and currently used drugs cannot reverse the disease progress.
Mingyao Wang +17 more
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AN UNUSUAL FORM OF SILICOSIS IN A STONE-CUTTER [PDF]
Acta Medica Iranica, 2007 Silicon dioxide or silica is the earth’s most abundant mineral. The primary pulmonary illness attributable to silica exposure is silicosis, which is observed in three forms: classic, accelerated and acute. A case of silicosis is presented in this article
S. A. Sharifian +1 more
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