 Silicosis
"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.
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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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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Silicosis" by people in Profiles.
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Hua JT, Cool CD, Klein EF, Adir Y, Lee LJ, Zell-Baran LM, Cohen RA, Kraus RC, Brigitte Gottschall E, Krefft SD, Van Hook C, Rose CS. Silicosarcoidosis: Histologic and Clinical Features of an Occupational Granulomatous Disease. Am J Ind Med. 2025 Jun; 68(6):491-507.
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Zell-Baran LM, Hua JT, Rose CS. Silicosis in Western U.S. Metal and Nonmetal Miners, 2002-2023. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 03 15; 209(6):756-758.
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Hua JT, Rose CS, Redlich CA. Preventing the Continuing Tragedy of Silicosis-Reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Feb 01; 184(2):224.
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Hua JT, Rose CS, Redlich CA. Engineered Stone-Associated Silicosis-A Lethal Variant of an Ancient Disease. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 09 01; 183(9):908-910.
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Hua JT, Cool CD, Green FHY. Pathology and Mineralogy of the Pneumoconioses. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2023 06; 44(3):327-339.
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Cooley JC, Javkhlan N, Wilson JA, Foster DG, Edelman BL, Ortiz LA, Schwartz DA, Riches DW, Redente EF. Inhibition of antiapoptotic BCL-2 proteins with ABT-263 induces fibroblast apoptosis, reversing persistent pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight. 2023 02 08; 8(3).
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Hua JT, Zell-Baran L, Go LHT, Kramer MR, Van Bree JB, Chambers D, Newbigin K, Deller D, Matula M, Fireman E, Dahbash M, Martinez-Gonzalez C, Le?n-Jimenez A, Sack C, Ferrer Sancho J, Villar A, Almberg KS, Cohen RA, Rose CS. Response to: Correspondence on 'Demographic, exposure and clinical characteristics in a multinational registry of engineered stone workers with silicosis' by Hoy et al. Occup Environ Med. 2022 12; 79(12):849-850.
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Krefft S, Wolff J, Rose C. Silicosis: An Update and Guide for Clinicians. Clin Chest Med. 2020 12; 41(4):709-722.
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Rose C, Heinzerling A, Patel K, Sack C, Wolff J, Zell-Baran L, Weissman D, Hall E, Sooriash R, McCarthy RB, Bojes H, Korotzer B, Flattery J, Weinberg JL, Potocko J, Jones KD, Reeb-Whitaker CK, Reul NK, LaSee CR, Materna BL, Raghu G, Harrison R. Severe Silicosis in Engineered Stone Fabrication Workers - California, Colorado, Texas, and Washington, 2017-2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2019 Sep 27; 68(38):813-818.
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McGraw MD, Houser GH, Galambos C, Wartchow EP, Stillwell PC, Weinman JP. Marijuana medusa: The many pulmonary faces of marijuana inhalation in adolescent males. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2018 12; 53(12):1619-1626.
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