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ArticleScientific reports2019

Development of experimental silicosis in inbred and outbred mice depends on instillation volume.

Jessica M Mayeux, Dwight H Kono, Kenneth Michael Pollard

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Murine models of pulmonary fibrosis: mechanisms, limitations and translational insights.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026
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  4. Diosgenin ameliorates silica-induced tuberculosis in rats.Animal models and experimental medicine · 2025
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  9. Animal models of silicosis: fishing for new therapeutic targets and treatments.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jessica M MayeuxDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7335-6807
Dwight H KonoDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Kenneth Michael PollardDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA. mpollard@scripps.edu.
Scripps Research Institute · US

Funding

PATHOGENESIS AND IMMUNOLOGY OF DISEASET32AI007244 · NIAID · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI NEMAZEE, DAVID · 1985 to 2022
$8.8M
The Genetics of Silica-Induced AutoimmunityR01ES029581 · NIEHS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI POLLARD, KENNETH MICHAEL · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007244NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES029581
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is considerable variation in methods to induce experimental silicosis with the effects of dose and route of exposure being well documented. However, to what extent the volume of silica suspension alters the dispersion and severity of silicosis has not been adequately investigated. In this study, the optimal volume of a crystalline silica suspension required to obtain uniform distribution and greatest incidence and severity of silicosis was determined in inbred and outbred mice. Silica dispersal, detected by co-inspiration with India ink and polarized light microscopy, was highly dependent upon volume. Furthermore, although peribronchitis, perivasculitis, and increases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cell numbers were detected a lower doses and volumes, significant alveolitis required exposure to 5 mg of silica in 50 μl. This dose and volume of transoral instillation led to a greater penetrance of silicosis in the genetically heterogeneous Diversity Outbred strain as well as greater alveolar inflammation typical of the silicosis in human disease. These findings underscore the critical importance of instillation volume on the induction, severity, and type of inflammatory pathology in experimental silicosis.

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AnimalsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidDisease Models, AnimalHumansInflammationLungMiceSilicon DioxideSilicosisSilicon Dioxide

Identifiers

PMID31578388
PMCPMC6775097
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