A combination of silica and cigarette smoke extract exacerbates lung fibrosis: Unveiling a harmful synergy

• Fahad Alsohime,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Pediatric critical care unit, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Narjes Saheb Sharif-Askari,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

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• Nasser Saleh Alharbi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pediatric Department, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Mohammed Faraj Ayad Alosaimi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Immunology Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,

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• Rabih Halwani

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  * E-mail: rhalwani@sharjah.ac.ae

  Affiliations Research Institute for Medical and Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, Immunology Research Laboratory, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,, Health and well being sector, NEOM, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6516-7771

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