A form of pneumoconiosis resulting from inhalation of dust containing crystalline form of SILICON DIOXIDE, usually in the form of quartz. Amorphous silica is relatively nontoxic.
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| "We conclude that silicosis is a serious risk for Missouri kaolin workers and a potential risk for workers in South Carolina and Georgia." | ( Kilburn, KH; Lesser, M; Zia, M, 1978) |
| "Silicosis is still in the first place among dust-related diseases, but mainly among miners of advanced age." | ( Burilkov, T; Cherneva, P; Dobreva, M; Ivanova, S; Mikhaĭlova, L, 1990) |
| "Evidently silicosis is no longer a major health risk among those who start working underground in this mine today, and it is recommended that the 40-year-old regulations for the medical prevention of silicosis be revised." | ( Jörgensen, HS, 1986) |
| "An unusual case of silicosis is described in a worker who inhaled the dust of pure silica while working in a sandstone quarry." | ( Symanski, H, 1981) |
| "Silicosis is usually attributed to fibroblast stimulation by secretion of damaged alveolar macrophages (AMs), but the role of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and of continuing cell injury in the pathogenesis has not been fully studied." | ( Adamson, IY; Bowden, DH, 1984) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by fibrosing nodular lesions that may eventually develop into progressive massive fibrosis (PMF)." | ( Begin, R; Dufresne, A; Goswami, S; Jagirdar, J; Lee, TC; Rom, WN, 1996) |
| "Asbestosis and silicosis are fibrotic diseases initiated by the inhalation of silica-containing dusts, asbestos and quartz." | ( Erdogdu, G; Hasirci, V, 1998) |
| "Silicosis is primarily a fibrotic lung disease which also affects the draining lymph nodes." | ( Friedetzky, A; Garn, H; Gemsa, D; Kirchner, A, 1998) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by mononuclear cell inflammation with macrophage activation, accumulation of lymphocytes, and fibrosis." | ( Davis, GS; Hemenway, DR; Pfeiffer, LM, 1999) |
| "HIV infection and silicosis are both powerful risk factors for TB and are associated with an increased risk of death." | ( Churchyard, GJ; Corbett, EL; De Cock, KM; Kleinschmidt, I; Murray, J; Smit, J, 2000) |
| "Silicosis is a crippling fibrotic lung disease induced by inhalation of crystalline silica." | ( Banks, DE; Huang, SH; Hubbs, AF; Ma, JK; Rojanasakul, Y; Schnabel, PC; Stanley, CF; Vallyathan, V; Weissman, DN, 2001) |
| "Pathogenesis of silicosis is still being evaluated." | ( Bandopadhyay, G; Biswas, S; Lall, SB; Ray, R, 2000) |
| "Silicosis is an important problem in primitive work environments." | ( Jiang, CQ; Lam, TH; Xiao, LW; Xie, NW; Zhu, CQ, 2001) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by mononuclear cell aggregation with mineral particles and fibrosis." | ( Davis, GS; Hemenway, DR; Holmes, CE; Pfeiffer, LM, 2001) |
| "Silicosis is a crippling fibrotic lung disease induced by inhaling crystalline silica." | ( Huang, SH; Hubbs, AF; Ma, JK; Rojanasakul, Y; Stanley, CF; Weissman, DN, 2001) |
| "Silicosis is a debilitating and sometimes fatal lung disease resulting from breathing microscopic particles of crystalline silica." | ( Linch, KD, 2002) |
| "Although chronic silicosis is associated with increased incidence/exacerbation of autoimmune disorders, the immunologic effects of chronic silicosis are not completely understood." | ( Barr, EB; Benson, JM; Hahn, FF; Kalra, R; Langley, RJ; Mishra, NC; Peña-Philippides, JC; Razani-Boroujerdi, S; Singh, SP; Sopori, ML, 2004) |
| "Silicosis is a sistemic occupational disease, including in the group of pneumoconiosis, because is resulting from the inhalation of microscopic particles of crystalline silica, which deposition and histologic changes take place in lung tissue." | ( Díaz De Otazu, R; Martín Larrañaga, N; Pérez Ortoĺ, R, 2004) |
| "Silicosis is the second commonest notified occupational disease in Hong Kong." | ( Chan, CK; Chang, KC; Law, WS; Leung, CC; Tam, CM; Wong, MY; Yew, WW, 2005) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of crystalline silica." | ( Diot, E; Godat, E; Hervé-Grépinet, V; Lalmanach, G; Lecaille, F, 2006) |
| "Silicosis is caused by inhaling free crystalline silica." | ( Abbritti, G; Accattoli, MP; Ciccotosto, C; Dell'Omo, M; Melchiorri, D; Murgia, N; Muzi, G; Rossi, M; Sallese, D; Scatolini, P; Zingarelli, A, 2007) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease resulting from the inhalation of silica particles over prolonged periods of time, which causes chronic inflammation and progressive pulmonary fibrosis." | ( Beamer, CA; Holian, A, 2007) |
| "The diagnosis of silicosis is mainly based on the radiological findings of workers exposed to the dust causing lung fibrosis." | ( Chen, J; Jin, B; Jin, C; Sun, J; Weng, D; Xia, S; Xu, G; Yan, B, 2008) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease produced by the inhalation and deposition of silica dust." | ( Cao, D; Qu, Y; Sun, P; Tang, Y; Wu, F; Xia, Z, 2008) |
| "Silicosis is a complex lung disease for which no successful treatment is available and therefore lung transplantation is a potential alternative." | ( Dauber, J; Di Giuseppe, M; Gambelli, F; Hoyle, GW; Kaminski, N; Leikauf, G; Lungarella, G; McCurry, K; Ortiz, LA; Richards, T; Studer, SM; Yousem, S, 2009) |
| "Silicosis is a kind of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of silica dust, which is characterized by lung fibrosis." | ( Chen, J; Chen, Y; Lv, L; Wang, X, 2010) |
| "Eliminating silicosis is a priority of the International Labour Organization and the World Health Organization." | ( Girdler-Brown, B; Murray, J; Ndlovu, N; Nelson, G, 2010) |
| "Pulmonary silicosis is a deadly disease which kills thousands of people every year worldwide." | ( Chaudhury, BP; Chhabra, JK; Kumar, P; Mishra, V; Pandey, HP; Paul, B; Shukla, M; Tripathi, SS; Verma, M, 2010) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of silica dust characterized by lung inflammation and fibrosis." | ( Chen, J; Chen, Y; He, Q; Liu, F; Liu, J; Song, L; Weng, D, 2010) |
| "Silicosis is the most common occupational lung disease in Egypt where its prevalence rate ranges from 18." | ( Bassyouni, MI; Kalliny, MS, 2011) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of free crystalline silicon dioxide or silica." | ( Chen, W; Leung, CC; Yu, IT, 2012) |
| "Silicosis is a common occupational disorder seen all over India, particularly in the Central and Western States." | ( Jindal, SK, 2013) |
| "High incidences of silicosis are continuing to be reported among the agate workers of small-scale household agate processing units in the Khambhat region of Gujarat (India)." | ( Aggarwal, BD, 2013) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most prevalent occupational lung diseases worldwide." | ( Gao, A; Niu, P; Tian, L; Wang, Y; Yang, G; Yang, J; Zhu, Z, 2013) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational disease caused by exposure to crystalline silica dust which is marked by inflammation and scarring in the lung." | ( Jiang, Y; Shao, F, 2013) |
| "Silicosis is an inflammatory lung disease induced by the inhalation of silica-containing dust particles." | ( Alvord, WG; Bode, C; Kinjo, T; Klinman, DM, 2014) |
| "Silicosis is a serious occupational disease characterized by lung fibrosis that is caused by long-term inhalation of silica-containing fine particles." | ( Cong, C; Mao, L; Xu, X; Zhang, Y; Zhao, J; Zhao, Z, 2014) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust and characterized by lung inflammation and fibrosis." | ( Chen, J; Chen, S; Chen, Y; Dai, W; Li, C; Liu, F; Song, L; Tang, W; Weng, D, 2014) |
| "Silicosis is a common occupational disease worldwide." | ( Authried, G; Madsen, HD; Perch, M; Schelde, J; Sherson, DL, 2015) |
| "Because silicosis is an occupational lung disease characterized by unabated inflammation and fibrosis, in this study we tested the therapeutic properties of the N-terminal ANXA1-derived peptide annexin 1-(2-26) (Ac2-26) on experimental silicosis." | ( Arantes, AC; Ciambarella, BT; Cordeiro, RS; Ferreira, TP; Flower, RJ; Martins, MA; Perretti, M; Silva, PM; Trentin, PG, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a preventable occupational lung disease caused by the inhalation of respirable crystalline silica dust and can progress to respiratory failure and death." | ( Bang, KM; Hendricks, SA; Mazurek, JM; Weston, A; White, GE; Wood, JM, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica particles, and is considered an occupational disease, given that these particles are present in the working environment of many mining and civil construction industries." | ( Coutinho-Silva, R; Luna-Gomes, T; Santana, PT, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a potentially fatal but preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhaling respirable crystalline silica (silica)." | ( Hendricks, SA; Mazurek, JM; Schleiff, PL; Weston, A; Wood, JM, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a systemic disease caused by inhaling silicon dioxide (SiO2)." | ( Chao, J; Dai, X; Fang, S; Liao, H; Liu, H; Liu, X; Wang, W; Wang, X; Yao, H; Yin, Q; Yun, T; Zhang, W; Zhang, Y, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a form of occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica dust." | ( Dai, W; Gu, Q; Wang, X; Wang, Y; Yang, D; Zhang, M, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is an inflammatory and fibrotic lung disease caused by inhalation of silica." | ( Chen, J; Chen, Y; Dai, W; Li, C; Liu, F; Liu, T; Weng, D, 2015) |
| "Silicosis is a common occupational lung disease, resulting in fibrotic nodular lesions in the upper lobes of the lung parenchyma." | ( Bandyopadhyay, A; Chakraborty, A; Majumdar, K; Mitra, P; Nag, S, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease with no effective treatment." | ( Cruz, FF; da Silva, AB; de Castro-Faria-Neto, HC; Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, CF; Horta, LF; Lopes-Pacheco, M; Maia, Lde A; Morales, MM; Rocco, PR; Takiya, CM, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is a fatal and fibrotic pulmonary disease caused by the inhalation of silica." | ( Chao, J; Cheng, Y; Dai, X; Fang, S; Liu, H; Wang, X; Yao, H; Zhang, W; Zhang, Y; Zhou, Z, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is the most serious occupational disease in China." | ( Bonan, Z; Brann, D; Dingjie, X; Fang, Y; Hong, X; Lijuan, Z; Ruimin, W; Shifeng, L; Xianghong, Z; Xiaojun, W; Xuemin, G; Yan, L; Zhongqiu, W, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most serious occupational diseases in China and dates back to centuries ago." | ( Cao, FY; Guan, WJ; Guan, Y; Li, QZ; Liu, N; Pang, SL; Xue, L, 2016) |
| "Pulmonary silicosis is characterized by lung fibrosis, which leads to impairment of pulmonary function; the specific mechanism remains to be fully elucidated Emodin shows antifibrotic effects in several organs with fibrosis, however, it has not been investigated in pulmonary silicosis." | ( Chen, M; Dang, X; Liu, Y; Pang, Y; Ren, H; Shang, D; Wang, J; Yang, T, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is considered an oxidative stress related disease that can lead to the development of lung cancer." | ( Bahrami, A; Berijani, N; Jalali, M; Mahjub, H; Zare Sakhvidi, MJ, 2016) |
| "Silicosis is a prolonged, irreversible and incurable occupational disease, and there is a significant number of newly diagnosed cases every year in Hong Kong." | ( Chan, CWH; Chan, JYW; Law, PTW; Leung, DYP; Sham, MMK; So, WKW; Tsui, JCC; Tsui, SKW, 2017) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic occupational pulmonary disease that results from over-exposure to crystalline silica-containing dust." | ( Kramer, MR; Shtraichman, O, 2017) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible lung disease resulting from long-term inhalation of occupational dust containing silicon dioxide." | ( Liu, J; Wang, FS; Wang, X; Xu, K; Yang, XY; Zeng, Q, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is an incurable and progressive lung disease characterized by chronic inflammation and fibroblasts accumulation." | ( Kong, H; Li, X; Wang, H; Wang, J; Wang, Y; Xie, W; Yan, X; Zhou, F, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is a lung inflammatory disease caused by chronic exposure to crystalline silica (CS)." | ( Alghsham, RS; Bodduluri, SR; Chung, DH; Haribabu, B; Hegde, B; Jala, VR; Lawrenz, MB; Satpathy, SR; Uriarte, SM, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is the most common occupational lung disease in China, and is associated with a variety of complications, many of which are poorly understood." | ( Dingjie, X; Fang, Y; Guangyuan, L; Hong, X; Hui, Z; Mingjian, B; Na, M; Shifeng, L; Summer, R; Xuemin, G; Yu, G; Yuan, Y; Yucong, G; Zhongqiu, W, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational disease that affects workers who inhale silica particles, leading to extensive lung fibrosis and ultimately causing respiratory failure." | ( Bandeira, E; Hanes, J; Menna-Barreto, RFS; Morales, MM; Oliveira, H; Paulaitis, ME; Rocco, PRM; Silva, JD; Suk, JS; Takyia, CM; Witwer, KW, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is an incurable lung disease affecting millions of workers in hazardous occupations." | ( Chan, CWH; Chan, JYW; Law, PTW; Leung, DYP; Sham, MMK; So, WKW; Tsui, JCC; Tsui, SKW, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is one of the typical forms of pneumoconiosis characterized by abnormal proliferation of fibroblasts and deposition of extracellular matrix." | ( Han, L; Ji, X; Li, Y; Liu, Y; Ni, C; Pan, H; Yan, W; Yao, W; Yuan, J, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is caused by exposure to crystalline silica (CS)." | ( Chen, J; Chen, X; Chen, Y; Du, S; Li, C; Liu, F; Lu, Y; Zeng, X, 2018) |
| "Silicosis is a common occupational disease and represents a significant contributor to respiratory morbidity and mortality worldwide." | ( Chen, Z; Cui, J; Guo, L; Hao, X; Hou, X; Liu, H; Ma, J; Summer, R; Tian, Y; Wang, H; Xu, H, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive fibrotic lung disease that is caused by the inhalation of respirable crystalline silica." | ( Fontana, L; Gervetti, P; Iavicoli, I; Leso, V; Romano, R, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a well acknowledged occupational lung disorder with considerable negative impact on the patients' quality of life." | ( Helal, MG; Said, E, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a chronic progressive disease caused by inhalation of crystalline silica." | ( Casan Clarà, P; Fernández Álvarez, R; Fernández Fernández, L; García Alfonso, L; Martínez González, C; Moreda Bernardo, A; Prieto González, A; Rolle-Sóñora, V; Ruano Raviña, A, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a kind of chronic and incurable lung fibrotic disease with pathogenesis and molecular mechanisms largely unknown." | ( Bo, C; Du, Z; Jia, Q; Li, C; Peng, C; Sai, L; Shao, H; Yu, G; Zhang, Y; Zhang, Z, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational fibrotic lung disease, which is associated with an increased incidence of autoimmune diseases." | ( Eleftheriadis, T; Liakopoulos, V; Pissas, G; Stefanidis, I; Zarogiannis, S, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a typical form of pneumoconiosis and is characterized as a type of lung fibrosis." | ( Honda, M; Kon, S; Kumagai-Takei, N; Lee, S; Nishimura, Y; Otsuki, T; Sada, N; Yamamoto, S; Yoshitome, K, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a lethal pneumoconiosis disease characterized by chronic lung inflammation and fibrosis." | ( Chen, J; Chen, M; Huang, H; Li, X; Liu, F; Liu, M; Wang, J; Wu, H, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is pneumoconiosis of the lung, usually resulting from prolonged exposure to crystalline silica (CS)." | ( Chen, J; Chen, X; Chen, Y; He, X; Li, C; Li, S; Liu, F; Zeng, X; Zhang, Y, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is caused by long-term exposure to silica dust." | ( Li, R; Su, S; Wen, C; Wen, X; Xu, H, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a chronic lung disease caused by the inhalation of crystalline silica dust and was prevalent in the Canadian mining industry during this time period." | ( Boreham, D; David, MO; Eidi, H; Hedges, K; Irick, T; Kennedy, K; Pirkkanen, J; Rasmussen, PE; Thome, C; Zarnke, A, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational disease characterized as inflammatory cells infiltration and severe progressive pulmonary fibrosis." | ( Cao, Z; Gu, J; Jia, M; Liu, H; Pei, L; Su, M; Yu, H, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease resulting from the inhalation of crystalline silica and can be classified as simple or complicated according to the International Labour Organization criteria." | ( de Castro, MCS; Kohlrausch, FB; Moreira, VB; Nani, ASF; Salum, KCR, 2020) |
| "Chronic silicosis is an entity widely described in literature." | ( Carreño Hernández, MC; Colomés Iess, M; Garrido Paniagua, S; Guemra, M, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational disease caused by inhalation of silica and there are no effective drugs to treat this disease." | ( Cheng, P; Feng, F; Li, N; Qi, Y; Wang, H; Wang, W; Wang, Y; Zhang, H, 2019) |
| "Silicosis is an ancient and potentially fatal pneumoconiosis caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica." | ( Chambers, DC; Hoy, RF, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is one of the prolonged and irreversible occupational diseases." | ( Aksu, N; Çetin, T; Eser, B; Lay, İ; Öziş, TN; Öztaş, Y; Sabuncuoğlu, S; Samadi, A; Yalçınkaya, A, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is a fatal fibrotic lung disease caused by long-term silica particle exposure, in which pulmonary macrophages play an important role." | ( Bao, L; Ding, M; Hao, C; Li, Y; Qu, Y; Wang, D; Yao, W; Zhao, A; Zhao, Y, 2020) |
| "Clinically silicosis is diagnosed by chest X-ray showing specific opacities along with history of silica dust exposure." | ( Muhamed, JCJ; Naha, N; Pagdhune, A; Sarkar, B; Sarkar, K, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is caused by massive inhalation of silica-based particles, which leads to pulmonary inflammation, pulmonary fibrosis and lung dysfunction." | ( Cao, Z; Chen, J; Li, B; Li, Z; Liu, Y; Pang, J; Qi, X; Shu, T; Song, M; Wang, C; Wang, J; Wei, D, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is a type of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of silica dust." | ( Cai, L; Gao, Y; Jiang, Z; Li, J; Li, X; Lv, D; Lv, R; Si, Y; Wang, J; Xing, Y; Zhao, H; Zhao, X, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by pulmonary fibrosis due to long-term inhalation of silica particles." | ( Li, Q; Li, S; Tian, L; Wang, Y; Xu, C; Zhao, J; Zhu, Z, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is a lung disease of fibrotic nature resulting from the inhalation and deposition of dust containing crystalline silica." | ( Castro, MCS; Kohlrausch, FB; Nani, ÂSF; Salum, KCR, 2020) |
| "Silicosis is a fatal pulmonary disease caused by the inhalation of silica dust, and characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the lung, with no effective treatment to date." | ( Jia, Q; Lavin, MF; Li, C; Nie, X; Pang, X; Peng, C; Shao, H; Shao, L; Xia, Q; Yan, H; Yeo, AJ; Yu, G, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is caused by long-term exposure to dust containing crystalline silica." | ( Xu, WJ; Ye, Q, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is a serious occupational disease with the highest incidence in China." | ( Guan, L; He, X; Liu, J; Schuchman, EH; Wang, E; Zeng, M, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational fibrotic lung disease caused by inhaling large amounts of crystalline silica dust." | ( Liu, H; Tian, HT; Xie, R; Zhang, ZQ, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible occupational pulmonary disease that is characterized as progressed pulmonary fibrosis." | ( Cao, Z; Jia, M; Li, S; Li, W; Li, Z; Liu, H; Su, M; Sun, Y, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive pneumoconiosis characterized by interstitial fibrosis following exposure to silica dust." | ( Fan, Y; Ma, J; Wu, N; Xue, C; Ye, Q, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is a devastating interstitial lung disease arising from long-term exposure to inhalable silica." | ( Chen, J; Li, P; Li, Y; Mo, Y; Ni, C; Pan, H; Wei, D; Xu, Q; Xu, T; Yuan, J; Zhang, Q, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is diagnosed by chest radiography and/or lung tomography in advanced stages when there is a severe loss of lung function." | ( Arbo, M; Brucker, N; Bubols, G; Cestonaro, L; Domingues, D; Garcia, SC; Knorst, MM; Moreira, R; Olivo Neto, P; Peruzzi, CP, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a diffuse interstitial lung disease caused by sustained inhalation of silica and silicates." | ( Blanco-Dorado, S; Blanco-Pérez, JJ; Caldera-Díaz, AC; Fernandez-Villar, A; González-Barcala, FJ; Gonzalez-Bello, ME; Pallarés-Sanmartín, A; Rodríguez-García, J; Salgado-Barreira, Á, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by pulmonary interstitial fibrosis that arises as a result of chronic exposure to silica." | ( Chang, M; Li, H; Li, Y; Tao, Y; Xiong, C; Xu, G; Yan, S; Yang, X; Yao, S; Zhao, Y, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is a lethal pneumoconiosis for which no therapy is available." | ( Frawley, K; Marrocco, A; Mischler, SE; Mullett, SJ; O'Brien, JP; Ortiz, LA; Pearce, LL; Peterson, J; St Croix, CM; Wendell, SG, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is still one of the most harmful occupational diseases in the world, so the study of its pathogenesis is necessary for the treatment of silicosis." | ( Gui, W; Han, L; Jiao, B; Wang, F; Wu, Q, 2021) |
| "Engineered stone silicosis is an emerging disease in many countries worldwide produced by the inhalation of respirable dust of engineered stone." | ( Del Castillo-Otero, D; García, R; García-Rojo, M; Hidalgo-Molina, A; León-Jiménez, A; López-López, JA; Maira-González, N; Mánuel, JM; Morales, FM; Muriel-Cueto, P; Pintado-Herrera, MG, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is a disease characterized by extensive lung nodules and fibrosis caused by the prolonged inhalation of silica in occupational settings." | ( Ge, D; Hu, L; Li, B; Liao, J; Mo, A; Mu, M; Shao, L; Tao, H; Tao, X; Wang, J; Wu, J; Xu, K; Zhao, H, 2022) |
| "Respiratory silicosis is a preventable occupational disease that develops secondary to the aspiration of crystalline silicon dioxide (silica) into the lungs, activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome, and IL-1β production." | ( Aggarwal, D; Arnold, CR; Campden, RI; Chiriboga, JA; Greene, CJ; MacDonald, JA; McKenna, N; Sandall, CF; Warren, AL; Yates, RM, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible, incurable and progressive occupational disease caused by prolonged exposure to crystalline-silica dust while working in the relevant industries." | ( Deshpande, J; Lambe, UP; Nandi, SS; Sarkar, K; Sawant, S, 2021) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung parenchymal disease caused by inhaling silica." | ( Cai, H; Cao, M; Feng, A; Li, H, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a systemic disease characterized by persistent inflammation and incurable pulmonary fibrosis." | ( Bo, C; Du, Z; Jia, Q; Li, C; Li, M; Peng, C; Sai, L; Shao, H; Yu, G; Zhang, J, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is being increasingly reported among young stonemasons in the artificial stone (AS) benchtop fabrication and installation industry." | ( Dimitriadis, C; Glass, DC; Hansen, J; Hore-Lacy, F; Hoy, RF; Sim, MR, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is emerging as a rapidly progressing occupational disease among young workers who fabricate and install artificial stone." | ( Jones, RM, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible occupational disease caused by silica particle exposure." | ( Cao, Y; Dai, G; Fan, R; Guan, Z; Hao, T; Jiang, S; Liu, Z; Song, Z; Wang, B; Wang, L; Xu, H; Xu, Z; Yang, R; Zhang, M; Zhang, S; Zhang, Z; Zhao, L; Zhu, L, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is the most serious occupational pulmonary fibrosis caused by excessive inhalation of silica particles, whereas viable therapeutic choices are constrained." | ( Hu, D; Li, LC; Ma, QQ; Shen, WW; Yao, JJ, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is caused by the continuous inhalation of environmental silica dust." | ( Cai, Q; Chen, J; Hu, W; Li, F; Liu, X; Ma, J; Wu, S; Xue, J; Yang, D; Yang, J; Zeng, J, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a multifaceted lung disease, characterized by persistent inflammation and structural remodeling." | ( Lam, M; Mansell, A; Tate, MD, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a preventable, permanent lung disease." | ( Dimitriadis, C; Fisher, J; Glass, D; Hansen, J; Hore-Lacy, F; Hoy, R; Sim, MR, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive and irreversible fibrotic occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of respirable crystalline silica (RCS)." | ( Goh, NS; Hoy, RF; Leong, TL; Williams, DS; Wimaleswaran, H, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a global problem, and it has brought about great burdens to society and patients' families." | ( Li, T; Liu, H; Xu, H; Yang, X, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is the most prevalent and fatal occupational disease with no effective therapeutics, and currently used drugs cannot reverse the disease progress." | ( Cao, Z; Chen, Y; Guo, W; Hu, H; Li, B; Liu, J; Pang, J; Song, M; Song, X; Wang, C; Wang, J; Wang, M; Xing, Y; Yang, H; Yang, J; Yang, P; Zhang, T; Zhang, Z, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is the most prevalent occupational disease in China." | ( Cai, W; Jin, F; Li, T; Li, Y; Liu, H; Liu, W; Wang, X; Xu, H; Yang, F; Yang, X, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most serious occupational diseases with the main feature of inflammatory cell infiltration, fibroblasts activation, and large deposition of extracellular matrix in the lung." | ( Hu, Y; Niu, Z; Qin, X; Wang, L; Xie, B; Ye, Z, 2022) |
| ""Silicosis" is a leading cause of occupational morbidity globally." | ( Bhardwaj, P; Chaturvedi, O; Goel, AD; Gupta, MK; Jain, YK; Joshi, NK; Manda, B; Mantri, N, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most important occupational diseases worldwide, caused by inhalation of silica particles or free crystalline silicon dioxide." | ( Chen, Y; Hou, L; Hu, H; Jiang, X; Li, Z; Pang, J; Song, M; Wang, C; Wang, J; Yang, J; Yang, P; Zhang, H; Zhang, T; Zhang, Z; Zou, X, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is an incurable lung disease that can progress even when exposure to silica dust has ended." | ( Dai, K; Deng, M; Deng, X; Guo, Y; Hao, C; He, J; Li, Y; Niu, Z; Si, H; Wang, C; Xu, X; Yao, W, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is typically an indolent lung disease caused by long-standing occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica, classically in professions such as sandblasting and mining." | ( Akbar, S; Beasley, MB; Epelbaum, O; Manglani, R, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a severe progressive lung disease without effective treatment methods." | ( Chang, M; Guan, Y; Jin, Y; Li, H; Li, N; Lin, Z; Liu, N; Wang, Y; Yao, S; Zhao, Y; Zhou, Q, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a serious and fatal occupational pulmonary disease, characterized by persistent pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis." | ( Chen, Y; Li, X; Miao, Q; Niu, R; Ou, L; Wang, T; Zhang, P, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease that results from long-term inhalation of free silica dust, the expression is sustained inflammation response, fibroblast hyperplasia, and excessive collagen deposit, bringing about pulmonary interstitial fibrosis." | ( Chang, M; Li, H; Li, N; Li, X; Lv, Z; Si, X; Xu, H; Xu, S; Yao, S; Zhou, Q, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most severe interstitial lung fibrosis diseases worldwide, caused by crystalline silica exposure." | ( Chen, W; Fan, L; Gu, P; Ma, J; Xie, Y; Yang, S; Yao, Y; You, X; Zhang, Y, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by the inhalation of free crystalline silica." | ( Ban, J; Chang, S; Chen, J; Liu, F; Zeng, X; Zhang, Q, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic disease caused by the inhalation of respirable silica particles, which are typically engulfed by alveolar macrophages and subsequently induce the release of inflammatory cytokines." | ( Ganesan, N; Hoet, P; Ronsmans, S, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is a pneumoconiosis characterized by fibrosis of the lung parenchyma caused by inhalation of silica particles." | ( Castro, HA; Castro, MCS; Costa, W; Kohlrausch, FB; Mello, CB; Nani, ASF; Ribeiro, PC; Rolando, JM; Salum, KCR; Santos, JFBD, 2022) |
| "The major cause of silicosis is the inhalation of silica in the occupational environment." | ( Cai, W; Gao, X; Jin, F; Li, S; Li, T; Li, Y; Liu, H; Xu, H; Yang, F; Yang, X, 2022) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible, progressive, fibrotic lung disease caused by long-term exposure to dust-containing silica particles at the workplace." | ( Fan, Y; Huang, X; Li, S; Ma, R; Wang, J; Wang, Y; Ye, Q, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible, progressive, fibrotic lung disease caused by long-term exposure to dust-containing silica particles at the workplace." | ( Fan, Y; Huang, X; Li, S; Ma, R; Wang, J; Wang, Y; Ye, Q, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a diffuse fibrotic lung disease in which excessive inflammatory responses are triggered by silica exposure." | ( Cao, H; Ge, D; Hu, W; Liu, J; Ma, Q; Mo, A; Mu, M; Shao, L; Tao, H; Tao, X; Wang, J; Wang, W; Xu, K; Zhao, H, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a diffuse fibrotic lung disease in which excessive inflammatory responses are triggered by silica exposure." | ( Cao, H; Ge, D; Hu, W; Liu, J; Ma, Q; Mo, A; Mu, M; Shao, L; Tao, H; Tao, X; Wang, J; Wang, W; Xu, K; Zhao, H, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a refractory disease." | ( Cui, J; Guo, L; Hao, X; He, H; Jin, Y; Li, S; Liu, H; Yang, F; Zhang, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive inflammatory disease with poorly defined mechanisms and limited therapeutic options." | ( Hou, L; Jia, Q; Jiang, F; Jiang, Q; Tian, L; Wang, H; Wang, Y; Xue, W; Zhao, J; Zhu, Z, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is one of the most frequent, rapidly developing, and lethal types of pneumoconiosis." | ( Guo, J; Han, Y; Kang, T; Song, C; Xiong, Y; Xu, D; Xu, Y; Yu, P; Zhang, B; Zhang, L; Zhao, L; Zhao, W, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an important industrial health problem for those workers exposed to silica." | ( Li, S; Liu, K; Sun, L; Xu, H, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a devastating interstitial lung disease characterized by silicon nodules and diffuse pulmonary fibrosis." | ( Bao, R; Chang, S; Chi, H; Jiang, Y; Li, Y; Liu, T; Liu, Z; Ma, S; Sun, Y; Wang, K; Wang, M; Wang, Q; Wen, S; Yang, A; Yu, M; Zeng, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a prevalent incurable pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of silica dust." | ( Milovanović, A; Milovanović, APS; Pajic, J; Petrović, T; Srebro, D; Stanković, S, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a life-threatening lung fibrotic disease caused by excessive inhalation of environmental exposure to crystalline silica-containing dust, whereas achieving therapeutic cures are constrained." | ( Li, Y; Meng, F; Shen, W; Wen, H; Yao, J, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an uncurable occupational disease induced by crystalline silica." | ( Chen, J; Gao, H; Wang, H; Zeng, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is one of several potentially fatal occupational pathologies caused by the prolonged inhalation of respirable crystalline silica." | ( Jia, Q; Jiang, Q; Tian, L; Wang, H; Wang, Y; Xu, C; Xue, W; Zhao, J; Zhu, Z, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an occupational lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust." | ( Bo, C; Du, Z; Jia, Q; Liu, F; Peng, C; Sai, L; Tang, Q; Zhang, F; Zhang, W; Zhang, Y; Zheng, L, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive and irreversible common occupational disease caused by long-term inhalation of a large amount of free silica dust." | ( Cao, J; Cui, J; Guo, L; Hao, X; He, H; Liu, H; Liu, L; Pei, Y; Wang, H; Zhou, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an irreversible chronic pulmonary disease caused by long-term inhalation and deposition of silica particles, which is currently incurable." | ( Hu, W; Liu, X; Ma, J; Wang, J; Wang, S; Wang, Y; Wei, J; Wu, S; Xu, R; Xue, J; Yang, J; Zhang, L, 2023) |
| "It is believed that silicosis is caused by an imbalance of the pulmonary immune microenvironment, in which pulmonary phagocytes play a crucial role." | ( Duan, M; Hao, C; Qu, Y; Yao, W; Zhao, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a fibrotic lung disease caused by exposure to respirable crystalline silica." | ( Arrandale, VH; Holness, DL; Lau, A; Mehta, K; Rajaram, N; Tarlo, SM; Zhang, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an untreatable occupational lung disease caused by chronic inhalation of crystalline silica." | ( Lam, M; Mansell, A; Tate, MD, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is characterized by persistent lung inflammation and fibrosis, for which the underlying pathogenesis of silicosis is unclear." | ( Chen, Y; Cheng, Y; Hu, Y; Huang, Z; Miao, Q; Niu, R; Ou, L; Zhang, P, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a global occupational pulmonary disease due to the accumulation of silica dust in the lung." | ( Cheng, D; Han, L; Jia, X; Li, W; Li, Z; Liu, Y; Ni, C; Peng, L; Sun, W; Wang, Y; Xiong, H; Zhou, S, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a potentially severe but preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of silica particles." | ( de Groene, GJ; Knoops, AJG; Schoonbeek, PK; van der Sloot, CNA, 2023) |
| "Early detection of silicosis is essential to prevent further lung damage and silicosis associated complications." | ( de Groene, GJ; Knoops, AJG; Schoonbeek, PK; van der Sloot, CNA, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a refractory pneumoconiosis of unknown etiology that is characterized by diffuse lung fibrosis, and microRNA (miRNA) dysregulation is connected to silicosis." | ( Hao, X; Li, P; Li, X; Liang, Z; Liu, H; Liu, J; Zhang, Q, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is an incurable chronic disease characterized by lung fibrosis and inflammation." | ( He, S; Jiang, H; Li, Y; Lyu, Z; Zhao, Y, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a common and ultimately fatal occupational disease, yet the limited therapeutic option remains the major clinical challenge." | ( Feng, J; Gao, Z; Hu, S; Huang, Y; Li, C; Liang, W; Nong, Q; Ou, Y; Qin, Y; Shen, J; Tan, X; Wu, Q; Wu, Z; Xia, L; Ye, M; Zhang, Q; Zhang, Y; Zhao, N, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a severe occupational lung disease caused by inhalation of silica particles." | ( Deng, Q; Fan, R; Gao, Z; Hu, A; Huang, Y; Liang, W; Liang, Y; Nong, Q; Qin, Y; Su, W; Wang, H; Wu, J; Xia, L; Zhao, N, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a progressive pulmonary fibrosis disease caused by long-term inhalation of a large amount of free crystalline silica, which seriously threatens the health of relevant workers and causes a huge amount of disease burden." | ( Lou, JL; Yao, JH, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a fatal occupational respiratory disease caused by the prolonged inhalation of respirable silica." | ( Jia, Q; Jiang, Q; Ning, F; Tian, L; Wang, H; Wang, J; Wang, Y; Xue, W; Zhao, J; Zhu, Z, 2023) |
| "Silicosis is a serious silica-induced respiratory disease for which there is currently no effective treatment." | ( Jiang, J; Li, J; Li, L; Shi, H; Tian, Y; Wang, C; Xu, Z; Zhang, D; Zhao, F, 2023) |
| "Unfortunately silicosis is still one of the most lethal occupational diseases and the preventative programmes have not yet been successful." | ( Lipińska-Ojrzanowska, A; Nowak-Pasternak, J; Świątkowska, B, 2023) |