Effect of cadmium on some enzyme activities in first-trimester human placentae.

abstract：:The chronic toxic effects of chromium (2.6 mg/1) on the carbohydrate metabolism of a teleost fish, Channa punctatus were examined after 60 and 120 days of exposure. After 60 days the lactic acid content of blood and muscles was increased but liver lactic acid content decreased. Liver glycogen was also depleted. The ac...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sastry KV,Sunita K

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known in humans and mouse models, that drinking water exposures to arsenite (As+3) leads to immunotoxicity. Previously, our group showed that certain types of immune cells are extremely sensitive to arsenic induced genotoxicity. In order to see if cells from different immune organs have differential sensitivitie...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Xu H,McClain S,Medina S,Lauer FT,Douillet C,Liu KJ,Hudson LG,Stýblo M,Burchiel SW

更新日期：2016-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Adrenal weight and the concentration of corticosterone and glucose in plasma of male Wistar rats, dosed orally with fenitrothion (7.25 or 14.5 mg/kg/day) for 28 days were investigated. A significant increase in the relative weight of adrenals was observed 2 weeks after treatment commenced, but was preceded by an incre...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamamoto T,Egashira T,Yoshida T,Kuroiwa Y

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumotoxicity and lethality resulting from administration of methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) and its 2 major metabolites in rats were compared. Following i.p. injection, MMT was found to have an LD50 value of 12.1 mg/kg. Neither of the metabolites appeared to have significant acute toxicity even wh...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Cox DN,Traiger GJ,Jacober SP,Hanzlik RP

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of methyl mercury chloride (MeHgCl) on the chick sympathetic and sensory dorsal root ganglia was studied in a biological in vitro assay. These cultures were not affected by the addition of MeHg up to a concentration of 2 microM. However, after an addition of 4-5 microM MeHg the capability of the neurons to ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Söderström S,Ebendal T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) and p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) kinetics were compared in rats before, during and after partial starvation. Food restriction produced a drastic mobilization of the residues stored in the adipose tissue resulting in symptoms of neurotoxicity. The redistribution was reversibl...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： To-Figueras J,Gómez-Catalán J,Rodamilans M,Corbella J

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional gold mining, using metallic mercury (Hg(0)) to form gold amalgam, followed by burning to remove the Hg(0), is widely used in South America, Africa and Asia. The gold is sold to merchants who burn it again to eliminate remaining Hg(0). In Ecuador, 200 gold miners, 37 gold merchants and 72 referents were stu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Harari R,Harari F,Gerhardsson L,Lundh T,Skerfving S,Strömberg U,Broberg K

更新日期：2012-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Activity of beta-glucuronidase and cathepsin-D were studied in brain, spinal cord and sciatic nerves of rats at 24 h or 10 days after daily i.p. administration of 50 mg/kg acrylamide. The activities of beta-glucuronidase and cathepsin-D in brain, spinal cord and sciatic nerves remained unaffected on single exposure bu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Srivastava SP,Srivastava SP,Seth PK

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-cadherin has known to be involved in tumor progression and metastasis. However, it is still obscure about the signaling pathway involving in the processing of N-cadherin. Thus, we examined which signaling pathway plays a major role in the processing of N-cadherin in C6 glioma cells following treatment of cadmium (Cd...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jo C,Koh YH

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzophenone-3 (2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzophenone, BZ-3) is a UV absorber that is used extensively in medicine, cosmetics and industry as a sunscreen and color fastener. Exposure to the chemical is through the dermal and oral route. Bioavailability of the chemical absorbed through the skin is different from that seen th...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Okereke CS,Abdel-Rhaman MS,Friedman MA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkeys exposed to marijuana smoke either 7 or 2 days/weeks (HI and LO groups, respectively), or ethanol-extracted marijuana smoke for 7 days/week (EM) or sham treatment (SH) for 1 year were sacrificed 7 months following the last exposure. Pulmonary levels of carcinogen-DNA adducts were determined. Although mea...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Talaska G,Schamer M,Bailey JR,Ali SF,Scallet AC,Slikker W Jr,Paule MG

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral LD50 of hymenoxon in Swiss white mice was found to be 241 +/- 37 mg/kg. No significant sex differences were observed. Pretreatment of male mice for 3 days using doses of 50 and 100 mg/kg hymenoxon failed to alter significantly pentobarbital sleeping time. Hymenoxon was found to be a direct-acting mutagen in t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jones DH,Kim HL

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cataract is the leading cause of blindness with an estimated 16 million people affected worldwide. d-galactose (d-gal) is a reducing sugar that widely distributed in foodstuffs, and studies show that d-gal could promote cataract formation by damaging nature lens epithelial cells (LECs). However, the underlying mechani...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Xu Y,Li Y,Ma L,Xin G,Wei Z,Zeng Z,Xing Z,Li S,Niu H,Huang W

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Untargeted metabolomic approaches offer new opportunities for a deeper understanding of the molecular events related to toxic exposure. This study proposes a metabolomic investigation of biochemical alterations occurring in urine as a result of dioxin toxicity. Urine samples were collected from Czech chemical workers ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jeanneret F,Boccard J,Badoud F,Sorg O,Tonoli D,Pelclova D,Vlckova S,Rutledge DN,Samer CF,Hochstrasser D,Saurat JH,Rudaz S

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) were analyzed from peripheral lymphocyte cultures of 8 men and 16 women who had been exposed to environmental cadmium (Cd), and 6 controls. Average Cd concentrations in blood of the Cd-polluted group were 8.9 micrograms/l for men and 10.0 micrograms/l for women. These were no signific...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nogawa K,Tsuritani I,Yamada Y,Kido T,Honda R,Ishizaki M,Kurihara T

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lindane administration to rats (60 mg/kg b.w.) led to an enhancement in the oxidative stress status of the liver at 4 h after treatment, characterized by increases in hepatic thiobarbituric acid reactants (TBARS) formation and chemiluminescence, reduced glutathione (GSH) depletion, and diminution in the biliary conten...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Videla LA,Arisi AC,Fuzaro AP,Koch OR,Junqueira VB

更新日期：2000-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium (Cd), is a well-known environmental and occupational hazard with a potent neurotoxic action. However, the mechanism underlying cadmium-induced neurotoxicity remains unclear. Herein, we exposed Neuro-2a cells to different concentrations of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) (12.5, 25 and 50 μM) for 24 h and found that Cd...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pi H,Li M,Xie J,Yang Z,Xi Y,Yu Z,Zhou Z

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In C57BL/6 mice, aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase (AHH) increased 1 day after treatment with 3-methylcholanthrene, and induction of UDP-glucuronyl transferases for 3-hydroxybenzo(a)pyrene, p-nitrophenol and bilirubin in the liver microsomes was observed 2 to 5 days later. In DBA/2 mice, neither AHH nor transferase activit...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nemoto N,Takayama S

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in various pulmonary diseases by causing direct injury to lung epithelial cells. Signalling activity of cells through transcription factors such as nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) and AP-1 have been shown to be regulated by ROS, and the release of pro-inflammatory ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Brown DM,Hutchison L,Donaldson K,MacKenzie SJ,Dick CA,Stone V

更新日期：2007-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To clarify a possible mechanism of zinc (Zn)-induced tolerance to cadmium (Cd) toxicity on bone formation, femurs from 9-day-old chick embryos were cultured for 6 days by the roller-tube method in the presence of Cd (2, 4 or 9 microM) and/or Zn (60 microM). Zn prevented a decrease in bone growth caused by Cd at 4 and ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kaji T,Takata M,Hoshino T,Miyahara T,Kozuka H,Kurashige Y,Koizumi F

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last twenty years research has provided an important insight into the mechanisms responsible for the immunotoxicity of both local and systemic adverse reactions following the use of immunostimulating drugs and adjuvants. In this article we provide an update of the present knowledge relating to the various par...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Batista-Duharte A,Lindblad EB,Oviedo-Orta E

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is a ubiquitous air pollutant, presents in low concentrations in the urban air, and in higher concentrations in the working environment. In the present study, male Wistar rats were housed in exposure chambers and treated with 14.00+/-1.53, 28.00+/-2.12 and 56.00+/-4.28 mg/m3 SO2 for 6 h/day for 7 ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Qin G,Meng Z

更新日期：2005-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal which has been shown to be a possible risk factor of atherosclerosis in epidemiological and experimental studies. Since intimal hyperplasia in vascular tissue is an important component of atherosclerosis, we examined the effect of cadmium on the proliferation of vascular smooth muscle ce...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Fujiwara Y,Watanabe S,Kaji T

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A toxicogenomics approach was applied to assess the usefulness of the mouse cytotoxic T cell line CTLL-2 for in vitro immunotoxicity testing. CTLL-2 cells were exposed for 6 h to two model immunotoxic compounds: (1) the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON, 1 and 2 μM), a ribotoxic stress inducer, and (2) the organotin compo...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Schmeits PC,Volger OL,Zandvliet ET,van Loveren H,Peijnenburg AA,Hendriksen PJ

更新日期：2013-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanobacteria ("blue-green algae"), such as Oscillatoria sp., are a ubiquitous group of bacteria found in freshwater systems worldwide that are linked to illness and in some cases, death among humans and animals. Exposure to cyanobacteria occurs via ingestion of contaminated water or food-products. Exposure of the gut...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Swanson-Mungerson M,Incrocci R,Subramaniam V,Williams P,Hall ML,Mayer AMS

更新日期：2017-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:A growing body of evidence suggests HIV patients are at a greater risk for developing atherosclerosis. However, clinical investigations have generated conflicting results with regard to whether antiretrovirals are independently involved in the development of HIV-associated atherosclerosis. By administering antiretrovi...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jiang B,Hebert VY,Khandelwal AR,Stokes KY,Dugas TR

更新日期：2009-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Euphorbia milii (Euphorbiaceae) is a decorative plant used in gardens and living fences. In China, it has also been employed in herbal remedies for hepatitis and abdominal edema. Since E. milii latex--lyophilized or in natura--proved to be a potent plant molluscicide, its toxicity to non-target organisms has been comp...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Delgado IF,De-Carvalho RR,De-Oliveira AC,Kuriyama SN,Oliveira-Filho EC,Souza CA,Paumgartten FJ

更新日期：2003-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of bisphenol A (BPA) and its halogenated derivatives (halogenated BPAs) to mouse peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α ligand binding domain (mPPARα-LBD) was examined by a combination of in vitro investigation and in silico simulation. Fluorescence polarization (FP) assay showed that halogenated BPA...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Zhang J,Li T,Wang T,Guan T,Yu H,Li Z,Wang Y,Wang Y,Zhang T

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we evaluated the rat Leydig cell carcinoma cell line R2C and the human adrenocorticocarcinoma cell line H295R for their suitability as in vitro screening tools for potential interference of xenobiotics with aromatase activity. A 24h exposure to prochloraz (PRO), fadrozole (FAD) and epoxyconazole (EPO) re...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Heneweer M,van den Berg M,Sanderson JT

更新日期：2004-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA) is a potent stimulator of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, the immunotoxic action of which remains unclear. We investigated the in vitro effects of SEA on freshly isolated human peripheral blood lymphocytes depleted of CD8+ T cells. Proliferation and flow cytometry analysis indicated that SEA ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Porichis F,Morou A,Baritaki S,Spandidos DA,Krambovitis E

更新日期：2008-01-04 00:00:00