Immunopathogenesis of Asbestosis, Silicosis, and Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis

A Controlled Trial of Amantadine and Rimantadine in the Prophylaxis of Influenza a Infection

1982 • 501 citations

Certain Unusual Radiological Appearances in the Chest of Coal-miners Suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis

1953 • 479 citations

THE PARTICULATE HYDROLASES OF MACROPHAGES

1963 • 422 citations

Asbestos-related diseases of the lung and other organs: their epidemiology and implications for clinical practice.

1976 • 408 citations

The Pulmonary-Alveolar Macrophage

1979 • 331 citations

Lymphokine stimulation of collagen accumulation.

1976 • 322 citations

Mononuclear cell modulation of connective tissue function: suppression of fibroblast growth by stimulation of endogenous prostaglandin production.

1980 • 282 citations

THE PARTICULATE HYDROLASES OF MACROPHAGES

1963 • 273 citations

Potential Mediator of Inflammation

1980 • 255 citations

Acute Silico-Proteinosis

1969 • 193 citations

Circulating Rheumatoid and Antinuclear Factors in Asbestos Workers

1970 • 164 citations

A HISTOCHEMICAL STUDY OF PHAGOCYTIC AND ENZYMATIC FUNCTIONS OF RABBIT MONONUCLEAR AND POLYMORPHONUCLEAR EXUDATE CELLS AND ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES

1963 • 145 citations

Effects of Intravenous Silica on Immune and Non-Immune Functions of the Murine Host

1975 • 125 citations

A Broader Concept of Caplan's Syndrome Related to Rheumatoid Factors

1962 • 115 citations

Effect of silica on the innate resistance of inbred mice to Salmonella typhimurium infection

1979 • 112 citations

International classification of radiographs of pneumoconioses.

1971 • 100 citations

Macrophage proteinase and inflammation: the production of chemotactic activity from the fifth complement by macrophage proteinase.

1972 • 98 citations

Adjuvant Effect of Silica (Tridymite) on Antibody Production.

1962 • 94 citations

Immune complexes and autoantibodies in silicosis

1981 • 94 citations

Immunological studies of patients with asbestosis. II, Studies of circulating lymphoid cell numbers and humoral immunity.

1977 • 94 citations

RHEUMATOID FACTOR IN SERUM OF INDIVIDUALS EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS*

1965 • 85 citations

THE SPECIFICITY OF THE CYTOTOXIC ACTION OF SILICA--A STUDY IN VITRO.

1963 • 81 citations

Acute silicosis in tombstone sandblasters.

1977 • 78 citations

Circulating Antinuclear and Rheumatoid Factors in Coal Miners

1973 • 70 citations

Activation of the alternative complement pathway and generation of chemotactic factors by asbestos

1977 • 69 citations

Macrophage Proteinase and Inflammation: The Production of Chemotactic Activity from the Fifth Component of Complement by Macrophage Proteinase

1972 • 67 citations

Respiratory disease in coal miners.

1976 • 66 citations

The induction of fibrogenesis by silica-treated alveolar macrophages

1973 • 65 citations

Asbestos-associated neoplasms of B cell lineage

1979 • 60 citations

The Mortality of Appalachian Coal Miners, 1963 to 1971

1974 • 58 citations

Rheumatoid Lung Changes Associated with Asbestosis

1958 • 55 citations

Alterations of Murine Immunologic Responses after Silica Dust Inhalation

1974 • 54 citations

Immunological aspects of silicosis.

1963 • 53 citations

An epidemiological survey of immunological abnormalities in asbestos workers

1980 • 52 citations

Asbestosis and Neoplastic Disorders of the Hematopoietic System

1970 • 52 citations

Relation between Radiographic Categories of Coalworkers' Pneumoconiosis and Expectation of Life

1973 • 48 citations

Pathology of So-Called Acute Silicosis

1933 • 46 citations

Circulating Antinuclear Antibody and Rheumatoid Factor in Coal Pneumoconiosis

1974 • 46 citations

In vitro Effect of Asbestos Fibers on Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Function

1982 • 44 citations

Cytotoxicity of silica and liberation of lysosomal enzymes

1967 • 44 citations

Diminished suppressor cell function in patients with asbestosis.

1981 • 39 citations

Massachusetts Medical Society

1974 • 39 citations

The ultrastructure of acute silicosis.

1973 • 38 citations

Collagen and mucopolysaccharide production in growing lung fibroblasts exposed to chrysotile asbestos

1973 • 38 citations

Malignancies in Asbestos Workers

1966 • 36 citations

Binding of immunoglobulin and activation of complement by asbestos fibers

1979 • 36 citations

Alterations in the surface-related phenomena of alveolar macrophages following inhalation of crocidolite asbestos and quartz dusts: An overview

1979 • 35 citations

An epidemiological survey of immunological abnormalities in asbestos workers

1980 • 35 citations

The effects of silica dust and alveolar macrophages on lung fibroblasts grown

1974 • 34 citations

The New International Classification of Radiographs of the Pneumoconioses

1962 • 33 citations

Respiratory disease in coal miners

1975 • 32 citations

Manifestations of cellular immunity in the rat after prolonged asbestos inhalation. I. Physical interactions between alveolar macrophages and splenic lymphocytes.

1979 • 32 citations

Early effects of low-doses exposure to asbestos on local cellular immune responses in the lung.

1981 • 30 citations

Sequential immunological studies in an asbestos-exposed population. II. Factors affecting lymphocyte function.

1980 • 30 citations

Evidence of a quartz-induced chemotactic factor for guinea pig alveolar macrophages

1980 • 30 citations

The Effect of Silicosis on the Antibacterial Defense Mechanisms of the Murine Lung

1969 • 29 citations

Bronchopulmonary humoral and cellular enhancement in experimental silicosis.

1981 • 29 citations

Circulating rheumatoid factor and antinuclear antibodies in shipyard asbestos workers with pleural plaques

1974 • 28 citations

T Lymphocytes in Asbestosis

1974 • 26 citations

Silicosis due to intentional inhalation of abrasive scouring powder

1979 • 25 citations

Phagocytosis of asbestos fibers by human pulmonary alveolar macrophages

1979 • 24 citations

Immunological Investigations of Coalworkers' Disease.

1967 • 24 citations

Effect of free radicals on lymphocyte response to mitogens and rosette formation

1981 • 24 citations

IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS*

1972 • 23 citations

Adjuvant Effect of Amorphous Silica on the Immune Response to Various Antigens in Guinea Pigs

1977 • 23 citations

Cell-mediated immunity in silicosis.

1977 • 22 citations

Manifestations of Cellular Immunity in the Rat After Prolonged Asbestos Inhalation

1979 • 22 citations

Persistent and Boosterable IgE Antibody Production in Mice Injected with Low Doses of Ovalbumin and Silica

1978 • 22 citations

THE PRESENT POSITION OF SILICOSIS IN INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN

1929 • 21 citations

LUNG MECHANICS IN COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS

1972 • 21 citations

Inflammation and Asbestosis: Characterization and Maintenance of Alveolitis following Acute Asbestos Exposure

1981 • 21 citations

Effects of Asbestos and Beryllium on Release of Alveolar Macrophage Enzymes

1979 • 19 citations

HLA—A and B Antigen Frequencies in Welsh Coalworkers with Pneumoconiosis and Caplan's Syndrome

1979 • 18 citations

Asbestos Stimulates Alveolar Macrophages to Release a Factor Causing Human Lung Fibroblasts to Replicate

1981 • 17 citations

Immunological Mechanisms in Occupational Disorders

1973 • 16 citations

Asbestosis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

1980 • 16 citations

Closing volume in coal miners.

1976 • 15 citations

HLA-A1 and coalworkers' pneumoconiosis.

1979 • 15 citations

Serologic changes in pneumoconiosis and progressive massive fibrosis of coal workers.

1981 • 14 citations

Collagen Biosynthesis in Rat Lungs during Exposure to Asbestos

1971 • 14 citations

PSYCHOLOGY OF CHILDREN

1953 • 14 citations

Asbestos-Induced Alteration of Human Peripheral Blood Monocyte Activity

1982 • 11 citations

Pneumoconiosis in Carbon Electrode Workers

1988 • 11 citations

HLA and antinuclear antibody incidence in asbestos workers.

1978 • 10 citations

Current Pulmonology. Volume 1.

1979 • 9 citations

Hydrogen Peroxide Mediates the Toxic Effect of Oxygen Radicals on Human Fibroblasts

1981 • 7 citations

Immunological mechanisms in occupational disorders.

1973 • 4 citations