"Silicosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D012829
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.760 C08.381.520.702.760 C24.800.834
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Silicosis" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19: a new burden of respiratory disease among South African miners? Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2021 03 01; 27(2):79-87.
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Multiple, small centrilobular nodules. J Bras Pneumol. 2019; 45(5):e20190291.
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Beyond silicosis, is the world failing on silica hazards? Lancet Respir Med. 2019 08; 7(8):649-650.
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Pneumoconiosises: modern view. Ter Arkh. 2019 Mar 30; 91(3):107-113.
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STING-dependent sensing of self-DNA drives silica-induced lung inflammation. Nat Commun. 2018 12 06; 9(1):5226.
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Multiorgan accelerated silicosis misdiagnosed as sarcoidosis in two workers exposed to quartz conglomerate dust. Occup Environ Med. 2019 03; 76(3):178-180.
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Exposure-response relationships for silicosis and its progression in industrial sand workers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2019 05 01; 45(3):280-288.
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Therapeutic effects of adipose-tissue-derived mesenchymal stromal cells and their extracellular vesicles in experimental silicosis. Respir Res. 2018 05 29; 19(1):104.
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The rs2609255 polymorphism in the FAM13A gene is reproducibly associated with silicosis susceptibility in a Chinese population. Gene. 2018 Jun 30; 661:196-201.
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Lymph node calcifications. J Bras Pneumol. 2018 04; 44(2):83.