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Polymorphisms in Inflammasome Genes and Risk of Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis in a Chinese Population

BACKGROUND: Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP), resulting from the inhalation of silica-containing coal mine dust, is characterized by fibrosing nodular lesions that eventually develop into progressive pulmonary fibrosis. Recently, it has been hypothesized that inflammasomes could have a crucia...

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Autores principales: Ji, Xiaoming, Hou, Zhiguo, Wang, Ting, Jin, Kexin, Fan, Jingjing, Luo, Chen, Chen, Minjuan, Han, Ruhui, Ni, Chunhui
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3478280/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23110140
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0047949