Chronic Beryllium Disease: Genomics and Public Health - March 6, 2015

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Chronic Beryllium Disease: Genomics and Public Health - March 6, 2015

Toxic Substances Portal - Beryllium, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

CDC Beryllium research, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

An official American Thoracic Society statement: diagnosis and management of beryllium sensitivity and chronic beryllium disease.
Balmes John R et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2014 Nov 15. (10) e34-59

Genetic susceptibility to beryllium: a case-referent study of men and women of working age with sarcoidosis or other chronic lung disease.
Cherry Nicola et al. Occup Environ Med 2015 Jan (1) 21-7

Beryllium and other metal-induced lung disease.
Mayer Annyce et al. Curr Opin Pulm Med 2015 Mar (2) 178-84

Chronic beryllium disease, HLA-DPB1, and the DP peptide binding groove.
Silveira Lori J et al. J. Immunol. 2012 Oct 15. (8) 4014-23

Risk of chronic beryllium disease by HLA-DPB1 E69 genotype and beryllium exposure in nuclear workers.
Van Dyke Mike V et al. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2011 Jun 15. (12) 1680-8

Exposure and genetics increase risk of beryllium sensitisation and chronic beryllium disease in the nuclear weapons industry.
Van Dyke Michael V et al. Occup Environ Med 2011 Nov (11) 842-8

HLA class II DPB1 and DRB1 polymorphisms associated with genetic susceptibility to beryllium toxicity.
Rosenman K D et al. Occup Environ Med 2011 Jul (7) 487-93

Find out which genes have been reported in relation to risk and outcome of beryllium exposure,from the HuGE Navigator