🚨 #justpublished in Journal of Hazardous Materials (Impact Factor: 12.2) A comprehensive new study from Dr. Madhav Mugale’s group at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India, with Dr. Kaveri Rajaram Washimkar as lead author, investigates the progression of silica (SiO₂)-induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF)—a serious occupational lung disease. Using a rat model, the research reveals how silica exposure leads to progressive lung damage through inflammation, oxidative stress, fibrosis, and metabolic disruptions. 📖 Read the full paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.138791 Congratulations to all authors! Kaveri R. Washimkar, Chirag Kulkarni, Manendra Singh Tomar, Shobhit Verma, Divya Bhatt, Smriti Verma, D.V. Siva Reddy, Biasakhi Moharana, Amit Misra, Dnyaneshwar U. Bawankule, Srikanta Rath , Naibedya Chattopadhyay, Ashutosh Shrivastava, Dr. Madhav Nilakanth Mugale #pulmonaryfibrosis