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. 1980 Jun;41(6):908–917. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1980.168

Silica-induced malignant histiocytic lymphoma: incidence linked with strain of rat and type of silica.

M M Wagner, J C Wagner, R Davies, D M Griffiths
PMCID: PMC2010356  PMID: 6252921

Abstract

It has already been established that a single intrapleural inoculation of crystalline silica (quartz) produces malignant lymphomas of histiocytic type (MLHT) in Wistar-derived rats. It has now been shown that after treatment with Min-U-Sil, rats of the Alderley Park strain have a tumour incidence of 35%, whereas the incidence in Agus rats is 5% and in PVG 8%. There was also a significant difference in the incidence of MLHT caused by injecting different samples of crystalline silica, particularly of tridymite. There was correlation between cytotoxicity to mouse peritoneal macrophages and tumour incidence, except for one dust (DQ12). Zeta potential, number of particles and their size range were considered, but the incidence does not show a clear correlation with these measurements. The results are discussed.

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