An official American Thoracic Society statement: diagnosis and management of beryllium sensitivity and chronic beryllium disease

JR Balmes, JL Abraham, RA Dweik… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Beryllium continues to have a wide range of industrial applications. Exposure to
beryllium can lead to sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD). Objectives …

A comprehensive summary of disease variants implicated in metal allergy

K Roach, J Roberts - … of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Allergic disease represents one of the most prominent global public health crises of the 21st
century. Although many different substances are known to produce hypersensitivity …

Occupational interstitial lung diseases

H Barnes, I Glaspole - Immunology and Allergy Clinics, 2023 - immunology.theclinics.com
Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are a heterogeneous group of parenchymal lung diseases,
some of which arise as a result of genetic susceptibility, as well as external noxious stimuli …

Chronic beryllium disease: update on a moving target

MG MacMurdo, MM Mroz, DA Culver, RA Dweik… - Chest, 2020 - Elsevier
Beryllium exposure remains an ongoing occupational health concern for workers worldwide.
Since the initial Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ruling on a …

The wear rates and performance of three mold insert materials

ZW Zhong, MH Leong, XD Liu - Materials & Design, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, a rapidly solidified aluminum alloy was compared with beryllium copper and
6061 aluminum alloys in terms of their wear rates, hardness and performance as mold insert …

Beryllium disease among construction trade workers at Department of Energy nuclear sites

LS Welch, K Ringen, J Dement… - American journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Background A medical surveillance program was developed to identify current and former
construction workers at significant risk for beryllium related disease from work at the DOE …

Interstitial Lung Diseases of Occupational Origin

A Prasse, C Quartucci, G Zissel, G Kayser… - Orphan Lung Diseases …, 2023 - Springer
Clinical manifestations of interstitial lung diseases of occupational origin cover a wide
spectrum. They change their epidemiology in response to occupational safety and health …

Molecular mechanism of Be 2+-ion binding to HLA-DP2: tetrahedral coordination, conformational changes and multi-ion binding

S De, G Sabu, M Zacharias - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The chemistry of beryllium is rather unusual, however, less explored as compared to other
main group elements. This is mainly attributed to the high toxicity of beryllium, leading to …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on lung function in chronic beryllium disease

MM Mroz, JH Ferguson, AV Faino, A Mayer… - Respiratory …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The clinical effects of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) on chronic beryllium disease
(CBD) are unknown. Although frequently used for symptoms or disease not requiring …

Beryllium BioBank: 2. Lymphocyte proliferation testing

P Harber, J Su, G Alongi - Journal of occupational and …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To incrementally improve the use of beryllium lymphocyte proliferation test (LPT)
results. Methods: Beryllium BioBank data were analyzed for 532 subjects in three groups …