Patulin influences the expression of Th1/Th2 cytokines by activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and T cells through depletion of intracellular glutathione.

abstract：:The effect of heavy metals and organic compounds on the activity of the enzyme beta-galactosidase in a standardized bioassay has been evaluated, considering future applications in environmental monitoring. The tests were done using a commercial extract of a hydrolase from the eukaryote yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and o...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Apartin C,Ronco A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcystins are a family of potent hepatotoxins produced by freshwater cyanobacteria and can cause animal intoxications and human diseases. In this study, the effect of microcystin-LR (MC-LR) on the tissues of freshwater pearl mussel (Hyriopsis cumingii) was evaluated and differentially expressed genes in the hepatop...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Yang Z,Wu H,Li Y

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin (DBT) are widespread environmental contaminants found in food, beverages, and human blood samples. Both of these butyltins (BTs) interfere with the ability of human natural killer (NK) cells to lyse target cells and alter secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Lawrence S,Reid J,Whalen M

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) have been used in environmental management, food, medicine, and industry. But TiO2 NPs have been demonstrated to cross the blood-brain barrier and store up in the brain organization, leading to glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity. However, the neurotoxicity in the brain is not we...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ze X,Su M,Zhao X,Jiang H,Hong J,Yu X,Liu D,Xu B,Sheng L,Zhou Q,Zhou J,Cui J,Li K,Wang L,Ze Y,Hong F

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The freshwater crabs Sinopotamon henanense were exposed to different concentrations of waterborne cadmium (Cd). The relationship between tissue-specific Cd accumulation and metallothionein (MT) induction was investigated using the Cd saturation assay and atomic absorption spectrophotometry method. The results showed t...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ma W,Wang L,He Y,Yan Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, responses of the Chinese brown frog (Rana chensinensis) to exposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), a common plasticizer, during the larval period were characterized. The effects of DEHP on metamorphosis rate, thyroid hormone, thyroid histology and the expression of genes involved in the ste...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Zhang Y,Li X,Gao J,Wang H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotoxic effects of a particular mixture of acetamiprid (Acm, neonicotinoid insecticide) and alpha-cypermethrin (alpha-cyp, pyrethroid insecticide) on human peripheral lymphocytes were examined in vitro by chromosomal aberrations (CAs), sister chromatid exchange (SCE), and micronucleus (MN) tests. The human perip...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kocaman AY,Topaktaş M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated lethal effects (i.e., survival) and sublethal effects (glutathione, GSH; lipid peroxidation, LPx; cholesterol, CHL; and acetylcholinesterase, AChE) of the antihyperlipidemic drug simvastatin on larval and adult grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). The 96-h LC50 test for larvae resulted in an esti...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Key PB,Hoguet J,Reed LA,Chung KW,Fulton MH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smoking increases the risk of cardiovascular disorders and leads to damage caused by inflammation and oxidative stress. The actin cytoskeleton is a key player in the response to inflammatory stimuli and is an early target of cellular oxidative stress. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in actin c...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Lin BH,Tsai MH,Lii CK,Wang TS

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lead exposure causes peripheral sympathetic nerve stimulation, including increased blood pressure and heart rate. Purinergic receptors are involved in the sympathoexcitatory response induced by myocardial ischemia injury. However, whether P2X4 receptor participates in sympathoexcitatory response induced by chr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Zhu G,Chen Z,Dai B,Zheng C,Jiang H,Xu Y,Sheng X,Guo J,Dan Y,Liang S,Li G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) has been widely used in agriculture and forestry since the 1940s. 2,4-D has been shown to produce a wide range of adverse effects-from embryotoxicity and teratogenicity to neurotoxicity-on animal and human health. The purpose of this study was to determine the possi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Pochettino AA,Bongiovanni B,Duffard RO,Evangelista de Duffard AM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-activity relationships for oestrogenicity were developed based on 120 aromatic chemicals evaluated in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae-based Lac-Z reporter assay. Relative gene activation was compared to 17 beta-estradiol and varied over eight orders of magnitude. Analysis of the data compared to 17 beta-estradi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Schultz TW,Sinks GD,Cronin MT

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kupffer cells (KCs) are important in hepatic homeostasis and responses to xenobiotics. KCs are activated on interaction with endotoxin, releasing cytokines, and reactive oxygen species normally associated with increased gene expression, cellular growth, or hepatic injury. Ethanol-induced endotoxemia is one means of KC...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Owumi SE,Corthals SM,Uwaifo AO,Kamendulis LM,Klaunig JE

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domestic exposure to biomass smoke represents the second cause of chronic obstructive lung disease. Previous studies have shown that exposure of guinea pigs to wood smoke is capable of generating oxidative stress in lung tissue, and this may involve a failure at a mitochondrial level, given its close relation with the...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Granados-Castro LF,Rodríguez-Rangel DS,Montaño M,Ramos C,Pedraza-Chaverri J

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to understand the effects of sublethal concentrations of dichlorvos (DIC) on hematological constituent [red blood corpuscles, white blood corpuscles (WBC), mean cell volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, platelet counts, hemoglobin and hematocrit...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Celik I,Yilmaz Z,Turkoglu V

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute toxicity of fatty acids (C14 to C18) commonly found in wood was determined by the standard algal growth inhibition test using the freshwater green alga Selenastrum capricornutum. Toxicity, quantified as IC50 values, varied depending on the number of total carbons and double bonds. Of the tested acids, oleic ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kamaya Y,Kurogi Y,Suzuki K

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sick building syndrome (SBS) is a set of several clinically recognizable symptoms reported by occupants of a building without a clear cause. Neuropathy target esterase (NTE) is a membrane bound serine esterase and its reaction with organophosphates (OPs) can lead to OP-induced delayed neuropathy (OPIDN) and nerve axon...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Matsuzaka Y,Ohkubo T,Kikuti YY,Mizutani A,Tsuda M,Aoyama Y,Kakuta K,Oka A,Inoko H,Sakabe K,Ishikawa S,Kulski JK,Kimura M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bisphenol A (BPA) and cadmium (Cd) are environmental pollutants that are implicated in potential reproductive effects, including damage to the prostate gland. Their action during puberty requires analysis to determine the relationship of these compounds with the testosterone peak that occurs during this phase. This st...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Colleta SJ,Antoniassi JQ,Zanatelli M,Santos FC,Góes RM,Vilamaior PS,Taboga SR

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichloroethylene (TCE) is ubiquitous in our living environment, and prenatal exposure to TCE is reported to cause congenital heart disease in humans. Although multiple studies have been performed using animal models, they have limited value in predicting effects on humans due to the unknown species-specific toxicolog...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Jiang Y,Wang D,Zhang G,Wang G,Tong J,Chen T

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants which coexist in environment, and human are co-exposed to these chemicals. Our present study was aimed to investigate the possible enhanced nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in ApoE(-/-) mice co-exp...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Shan Q,Huang F,Wang J,Du Y

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the heavy metal copper on the expression of a wide spectrum of genes was analyzed by using a DNA microarray. The gene expression profile of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown in a medium containing a sublethal concentration of cupric sulfate was compared with that of yeast grown in a normal med...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Yasokawa D,Murata S,Kitagawa E,Iwahashi Y,Nakagawa R,Hashido T,Iwahashi H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead ions (Pb(2+) ) are toxic industrial pollutants associated with chronic inflammatory diseases in humans and animals. Previously, we found that Pb(2+) ions induce COX-2 gene expression via the EGF receptor/nuclear factor-κB signal transduction pathway in epidermoid carcinoma cell line A431. In this study, to see wh...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Tsai YT,Chang CM,Wang JY,Hou MF,Wang JM,Shiurba R,Chang WC,Chang WC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nickel nanoparticles (Ni NPs) are associated with reproductive toxicity. However, the mechanisms of reproductive toxicity are unclear. Our goal was to explore further reproductive toxicity induced by nickel nanoparticle and mechanisms involved in this process, including the role of oxidative stress and apoptosis. Acco...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kong L,Gao X,Zhu J,Cheng K,Tang M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal changes in developmental stages, condition factor (CF), gonadosomatic index, and plasma vitellogenin (Vtg) concentrations in male and female hornyhead turbot were examined at the wastewater outfall (T1) of the Orange County Sanitation District, and two farfield sites T11 (7.7 km northwest of the outfall) and ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Deng X,Rempel MA,Armstrong J,Schlenk D

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some species of the genera Anabaena can produce various kinds of cyanotoxins, which may pose risks to environment and human health. Anabaena has frequently been observed in eutrophic freshwater of China in recent years, but its toxicity has been reported only in a few studies. In the present study, the toxicity of an ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Pan X,Chang F,Liu Y,Li D,Xu A,Shen Y,Huang Z

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mycotoxin citrinin (CTN), a natural contaminant in foodstuffs and animal feeds, exerts cytotoxic and genotoxic effects on various mammalian cells. CTN causes cell injury, including apoptosis. Previous studies by our group showed that CTN triggers apoptosis in mouse embryonic stem cells, as well as embryonic develo...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Huang YT,Lai CY,Lou SL,Yeh JM,Chan WH

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Modulation of microcystin production has been extensively studied in both batch and continuous cultures. Positive correlations with medium nitrogen, medium phosphorous, light intensity, inorganic carbon availability, and growth rate have been reported. Negative correlations have been reported between microcystin conte...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Downing TG,Meyer C,Gehringer MM,van de Venter M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer that gives flexibility to various polyvinyl chloride products. It is a pollutant easily released into the environment and can cause many adverse effects to living organisms including hepatotoxicity. The thioredoxin system is a determining factor in the redox balance ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Amara I,Timoumi R,Annabi E,Di Rosa G,Scuto M,Najjar MF,Calabrese V,Abid-Essefi S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) plays a critical role in individual growth and development, yet excessive exposure can result in neurotoxicity, especially cognitive impairment. Neuronal apoptosis is considered as one of the mechanisms of Mn-induced neurotoxicity. Recent evidence suggests that cAMP-PKA-CREB signaling regulates apoptosi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Yang Y,Ma S,Wei F,Liang G,Yang X,Huang Y,Wang J,Zou Y

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Avian vacuolar myelinopathy (AVM) is a neurological disease affecting bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), American coots (Fulica americana), waterfowl, and other birds in the southeastern United States. The cause of the disease is unknown, but is thought to be a naturally produced toxin. AVM is associated with aqu...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Wiley FE,Twiner MJ,Leighfield TA,Wilde SB,Van Dolah FM,Fischer JR,Bowerman WW

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00