 Asbestosis
"Asbestosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of asbestos fibers which elicit potent inflammatory responses in the parenchyma of the lung. The disease is characterized by interstitial fibrosis of the lung, varying from scattered sites to extensive scarring of the alveolar interstitium.
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D001195
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.483.581.125 C08.381.520.702.125 C24.800.127
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Asbestosis" by people in Profiles.
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Kim SJ, Cheresh P, Jablonski RP, Rachek L, Yeldandi A, Piseaux-Aillon R, Ciesielski MJ, Ridge K, Gottardi C, Lam AP, Pardo A, Selman M, Natarajan V, Kamp DW. Mitochondrial 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase mitigates alveolar epithelial cell PINK1 deficiency, mitochondrial DNA damage, apoptosis, and lung fibrosis. . 2020 05 01; 318(5):L1084-L1096.
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ACR Appropriateness Criteria Review ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Occupational Lung Diseases. J Thorac Imaging. 2016 Jan; 31(1):W1-3.
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Weisenburger DD, Chiu BC. Does asbestos exposure cause non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or related hematolymphoid cancers? A review of the epidemiologic literature. Clin Lymphoma. 2002 Jun; 3(1):36-40.
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Pass HI, Mew DJ, Carbone M, Donington JS, Baserga R, Steinberg SM. The effect of an antisense expression plasmid to the IGF-1 receptor on hamster mesothelioma proliferation. Dev Biol Stand. 1998; 94:321-8.
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Donington JS, Mew DJ, Pass HI. Malignant pleural mesothelioma: newer aspects of carcinogenesis, molecular genetics, and prospects for future therapies. Surg Oncol. 1995 Aug; 4(4):175-85.
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