Abstract：
:Harmonisation of risk assessment (RA) is one of the priorities for sound chemical management set by Chapter 19, Agenda 21 of the United Nations Conference on the Environment and Development (UNCED) 1992 Earth Summit. The benefits of harmonisation are self evident and include transportability and consistency of RA outcomes, transparency and efficiency of process, and credible science. The outcomes of carcinogen RA are a description or classification of the carcinogenic hazard, the conditions under which cancers may be induced, and an estimate of a dose or exposure which poses a minimal, or otherwise defined, risk in exposed human populations. Weight-of-evidence based systems which classify carcinogenic hazards are part of, but do not substitute for, the risk assessment process. Carcinogen RA is based on assessment of appropriate toxicological and exposure data sets, which may have much in common. However, national policy frameworks can differ to the extent that RA outcomes may be quite different for the same chemical(s). Historically, differences in science policy have been greater for cancer RA compared to other toxic endpoints, with a tendency to differentiate cancer RA on the basis of presumed mechanism (i.e. genotoxic or non-genotoxic) and relevance to humans (some carcinogenic responses in animals may be considered not relevant for human RA). Significant strides towards harmonisation are being made, with reassessment of some national policies and participation in international harmonisation programmes, such as the ones being managed by the International Programme for Chemical Safety (IPCS). Alternative approaches to quantitative carcinogen RA are being considered which are more amenable to harmonisation, and one such approach being developed in Australia in connection with contaminated sites will be discussed.
journal_name
Toxicol Lettjournal_title
Toxicology lettersauthors
Di Marco PN,Priestly BG,Buckett KJdoi
10.1016/s0378-4274(98)00313-0keywords:
subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-12-28 00:00:00pages
241-6eissn
0378-4274issn
1879-3169pii
S0378-4274(98)00313-0journal_volume
102-103pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:Hormonally active chemicals in the human diet, such as man-made estrogenic chemicals or plant-derived compounds (phytoestrogens), have become a matter of public concern. A significant part of human exposure to phytoestrogens is attributable to soy isoflavones. Besides their estrogenic properties, soy isoflavones also ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.04.005
更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Paraquat is a widely used herbicide which has been involved in many accidental and intentional deaths. Nephrotoxicity is common in severe acute paraquat poisoning. We examined seven renal injury biomarkers, including cystatin-C, kidney injury molecule-1, β2-microglobulin, clusterin, albumin, neutrophil gelatinase-asso...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.08.003
更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00
abstract：:In order to study the effect of arsenic on DNA damage, Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed with sodium arsenite (10 mg/kg) with or without 800 microg of benzo(a)pyrene (BP) by intramammilary injection. The animals were sacrificed on day 1, 3, 5, 10 and 27 and the mammary gland tissues were collected for DNA adduct measurem...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-4274(02)00088-7
更新日期：2002-07-07 00:00:00
abstract：:Acetaminophen is a widely used analgesic, which has exhibited evidence of estrogenic activity in estrogen-receptor positive human breast cancer cells. However, there is limited in vivo experimentation regarding the estrogenicity of acetaminophen. Therefore, the present study examined the in vivo estrogenic potential o...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-4274(01)00352-6
更新日期：2001-05-31 00:00:00
abstract：:Triphenyltin (TPT) is an organotin compound and may be an endocrine disruptor, impairing the male reproductive system. However, the effect of short-term TPT exposure on stem Leydig cell regeneration later on remains unknown. Here, we show that TPT affects stem Leydig cell regeneration in the adult rat testis. Adult ma...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.02.010
更新日期：2019-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Several perfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that can biomagnify in species at high trophic levels including wild birds. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) have been detected in wild birds and are known to reduce hatching success of laboratory-expose...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.07.004
更新日期：2009-10-28 00:00:00
abstract：:Melamine is commonly used in a variety of consumer products such as furniture, dining ware, and food utensils. The chemical infamously gained worldwide attention by its illegal addition to a variety of foodstuffs in order to falsify protein content, which led to serious, sometimes fatal, health impacts in children and...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.07.893
更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00
abstract：:Cadmium specifically modify amine metabolism at the central nervous system and pituitary hormone secretions. Thus, the physiological functions controlled by these hormones can be modulated by cadmium. This xenobiotic is associated with deleterious effects on the gonadal function and with changes in the secretory patte...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0378-4274(99)00159-9
更新日期：1999-11-22 00:00:00
abstract：:The effect of carbon monoxide (CO) on pulmonary glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activity was investigated using the isolated perfused rabbit lung (IPRL) preparation. CO at a concentration of 7.5% did not alter the conjugation of glutathione (GSH) with 1,2-epoxy-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane (ENP) in the IPRL. The rate of GS...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(90)90164-h
更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The handling of elemental gallium is not thought to be harmful, but this assumption does not consider metal coordination which readily occurs in physiological fluids. The aim of this work was to determine Ga(III) coordination behaviour in simple solutions and assess the effects of complex formation upon skin permeatio...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.01.017
更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of cocaine and murine AIDS on natural killer (NK) cell activity in C57BL/6 mice was studied. Cocaine may play a major role in the development and progression to AIDS in the human population. Chronic intraperitoneal injection of cocaine was shown to cause an increase in NK cell activity over those of saline...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(91)90066-f
更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The Pseudonaja genus (Brown snakes) is widely distributed across Australia and bites account for significant mortality. Venom-induced consumption coagulopathy (VICC) and, less often, early cardiovascular collapse occur following envenoming by these snakes. We have previously examined possible mechanism(s) behind the e...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.06.235
更新日期：2013-08-29 00:00:00
abstract：:Several in vivo and in vitro studies have assessed methods of evaluating the cardio toxicity of compounds during drug development due to its importance for predicting human toxicity. However, in vivo/in vitro relationships have not yet been reported using a zebrafish model. This study determined the bradycardia of 15 ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.10.018
更新日期：2013-01-10 00:00:00
abstract：:The effects of selenium on cellular toxicity and histochemical distribution of mercury were examined in a cell culture system of mouse peritoneal macrophages. Selenium protected against the toxicity of mercury in cultures exposed to 4 microM of mercuric chloride. Selenomethionine caused a significant increase in cell ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(89)90144-6
更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a clear association between betel nut chewing and an increased risk for oral mucosal lesions. Arecoline, the most abundant betel alkaloid, is considered the most important etiologic factor in betel nuts. In addition, most betel nut chewers are also smokers. In order to elucida...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0378-4274(00)00262-9
更新日期：2000-12-20 00:00:00
abstract：:Molecular epidemiologic research involves the identification of relations between previous exposure to some putative causative agent and subsequent biological effects in a cluster of individuals in populations. There is intensive current research in the field of molecular epidemiology, and this research has a direct i...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(95)03594-x
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Inorganic arsenic, an early life carcinogen in humans and mice, can initiate lesions promotable by other agents in later life. The biomethylation product of arsenic, dimethylarsinic acid (DMA), is a multi-site tumor promoter. Thus, pregnant CD1 mice were given drinking water (0 ppm or 85 ppm arsenic) from gestation da...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.12.016
更新日期：2012-03-07 00:00:00
abstract：:Cigarette smoking is the strongest risk factor for lung cancer (LC), but genetically determined variations in pulmonary metabolism of tobacco-derived carcinogens may affect individual risk. Results from a case-control study on LC patients demonstrated the pronounced effect of tobacco smoke on pulmonary xenobiotic meta...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(92)90222-6
更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The neurotoxic, genotoxic and carcinogenic effects of industrial exposure to acrylamide have been studied in animals and humans for more than 30 years. A recent search for the cause of high background levels of acrylamide in industrially unexposed people revealed that it is formed during the frying or baking of foods ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2004.04.037
更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00
abstract：:In this study, the effects of exposure to a 900 megahertz (MHz) electromagnetic field (EMF) on serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and triiodothronine-thyroxin (T3-T4) hormones levels of adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were studied. Thirty rats were used in three independent groups, 10 of which were control (withou...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.03.006
更新日期：2005-07-04 00:00:00
abstract：:An unusual case of fatal poisoning by delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC)--a physiologically active constituent of cannabis--is reported. Methods of isolation and detection of delta-9-THC was estimated quantitatively by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and photoelectric densitometry. ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(80)90073-9
更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:DNA-damaging agents are commonly used as anticancer therapeutics. Unfortunately, such drugs induced DNA damages as well as DNA repair are important in mediating drug resistance to cancer treatments. To evaluate changes in DNA repair proteins that occur in DNA damage agent treatment, we challenged human A549 lung adeno...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.06.028
更新日期：2011-09-10 00:00:00
abstract：:Uncertainty in risk assessment can be reduced by increasing the use of relevant data specific to the particular xenobiotic and exposed organism. We describe the development of a preliminary, mechanism-based exposure response model for chloroform hepatotoxicity consistig of toxicokinetic (TK) and toxicodynamic (TD) sub...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(95)03528-1
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There is potential for oral exposure of humans to styrene (ST) such as from migration of residual levels in polystyrene food containers. After absorption, ST is metabolised to styrene-7,8-oxide (SO), an alkylating epoxide. Hence, a comparison of blood burdens of SO resulting from oral exposures to ST was made with SO ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.02.001
更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00
abstract：:Ethylene (ET) is the largest volume organic chemical. Mammals metabolize the olefin to ethylene oxide (EO), another important industrial chemical. The epoxide alkylates macromolecules and has mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. In order to estimate the EO burden in mice, rats, and humans resulting from inhalation e...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.07.896
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Morusin is a prenylated flavonoid that has been isolated from the root bark of the mulberry tree (Morus species, Moraceae), a Chinese traditional medicine. It has been synthesized by our laboratory from commercially available phloroglucinol, and has demonstrated to possess antitumor effects of cell lines including A54...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.11.031
更新日期：2015-01-22 00:00:00
abstract：:Although CSL box jellyfish antivenom (AV) remains the primary treatment for Chironex fleckeri envenoming, there has been considerable debate regarding its clinical effectiveness. Animal studies have shown that AV is largely ineffective in preventing C. fleckeri-induced cardiovascular collapse. This study examined the ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.02.008
更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Exposure to phthalate esters during sexual differentiation disrupts testosterone and insulin-like three hormones resulting in malformations of androgen- and insulin-like three-dependent tissues. The current study was designed to test the hypothesis that gubernacular lesions would be more prevalent in the DEHP-treated ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2007.03.004
更新日期：2007-05-15 00:00:00
abstract：:There are reports of fluorochloridone (FLC)-induced male reproductive toxicity, but the underlying toxicological mechanisms remain unknown. In this study, we looked at how FLC exposure affected the integrity of the blood-testis barrier (BTB) and the Sertoli cell barrier and studied the molecular mechanisms. Male rats ...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.toxlet.2018.07.001
更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The clinical use of gentamicin (G) is limited because of its nephrotoxic potential. The administration of G (50 mg/kg) to rats in a 10-day daily treatment gave a biphasic pattern of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) excretion. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) was highly elevated during th...
journal_title：Toxicology letters
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0378-4274(94)03163-2
更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00
