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Impact of Different Asbestos Species and Other Mineral Particles on Pulmonary Pathogenesis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

C. J. van Oss ,
J. O. Naim ,
P. M. Costanzo ,
R. F. Giese Jr. ,
W. Wu  and
A. F. Sorling
C. J. van Oss
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA Department of Chemical Engineering, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
J. O. Naim*
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York 14621, USA
P. M. Costanzo
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
R. F. Giese Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
W. Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
A. F. Sorling*
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
*
E-mail of corresponding author: john.naim@viahealth.org
†Present address: Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19140 USA.
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Abstract

Factors that are potentially important in the pulmonary pathogenesis of asbestos and other mineral particles are: 1) morphology, 2) Fe-content, 3) solubility under intraphagosomal conditions, 4) value and sign of the surface potential of the particle, 5) hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity, 6) capacity to activate phagocytic leukocytes, and 7) duration of exposure to the particles. The order of importance of these factors in causing severe or fatal pulmonary pathogenicity is estimated to be: 1 > 3 > 7 > 6 ≫ 5 > 4 > 2. The order of pathogenicity of the minerals is estimated as: amphibole asbestos: crocidolite, tremolite, amosite > erionite > serpentine asbestos: chrysotile > talc > silica > simple metal oxides. Particle length, duration of exposure to the particles, and pre-treatment of the particles may however enhance the pathogenic potential of any of the lower-ranked particles.

Keywords

AsbestosClaysLungNeutrophilsPathologyPhagocytosisPhysicochemicalSilicaTalc
Type
Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 47 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 697 - 707
Copyright
Copyright © 1999, The Clay Minerals Society

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