Aroclor 1254 causes atrophy of exocrine pancreas in mice and the mechanism involved.

abstract：:7,12-Dimethylbenz[α]anthracene (DMBA) is a hazardous component present in polluted environments. DMBA has been used as an experimental tool for in vivo tumor formation owing to its carcinogenic effects, but the detailed molecular mechanism of DMBA has not been fully established. To comprehend the carcinogenic mechanis...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Kwon YJ,Ye DJ,Baek HS,Chun YJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, which is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant because of its extensive use as a plasticizer, is a potential nongenotoxic carcinogen. To assess the effects of DEHP exposure on the cytoskeleton of Chironomus, we characterized full-length cDNA sequences of the calponin gene from Chironomus r...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Park K,Kwak IS

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological risk assessments are, in part, based on results of toxicity tests conducted under standard exposure conditions. Global climate change will have a wide range of effects on estuarine habitats, including potentially increasing water temperature and salinity, which may alter the risk assessment of estuarine pol...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： DeLorenzo ME,Danese LE,Baird TD

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicity of lead on male reproductive functions has raised wide public concern as environmental lead contamination remains common worldwide. Conflicting and controversial data are available regarding effects of lead on male fertility. More importantly, our knowledge on effects of lead on sperm DNA integrity is signifi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Li C,Zhao K,Zhang H,Liu L,Xiong F,Wang K,Chen B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute toxicity of the insecticide fenitrothion was measured using four freshwater algae (Chlorella saccharophila, Chlorella vulgaris, Scenedesmus acutus, and Scenedesmus subspicatus) and one cyanobacteria (Pseudanabaena galeata). Insecticide concentrations eliciting 50% growth reduction over 96 hr (EC50) ranged fr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Sabater C,Carrasco JM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high throughput culture methodology of unicellular eukaryote Tetrahymena pyriformis, strain GL were used for the determination of catecholamines toxicity and their metabolism. Catecholamines exhibited acute toxicity to Tetrahymena cells where dopamine and L-DOPA showed higher toxic potential of EC(10) (0.39 and 0.63...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ud-Daula A,Pfister G,Schramm KW

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four-week-old mice, weighing about 25-35 g were divided into five groups (8 mice in each group): vehicle control, low- (0.5 g/kg), middle- (1 g/kg), high- (3 g/kg), and exceptionally high-dose (5 g/kg). After first and second weeks of intraperitoneal exposure to AgNPs, biochemical, histopathological, and electron micr...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ansari MA,Khan HM,Khan AA,Alzohairy MA,Waseem M,Ahmad MK,Mahdi AA

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5)-induced pulmonary inflammation has become a public concern in recent years. In which, the activation of the NLRP3/caspase-1 pathway was closely related to the inflammatory response of various diseases. However, the promotion effect of the NLRP3/caspase-1 pathway on PM2.5-induced pulmonar...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Jia H,Liu Y,Guo D,He W,Zhao L,Xia S

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Culture-independent methods employed in fungal genetic studies using in vitro amplification (PCR) and analysis of specific genes or gene fragments have proved to be useful for detection, identification, and molecular taxonomy of various plant pathogens including Fusarium spp. This approach may be faster than culture-d...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Bezuidenhout CC,Prinsloo M,Van der Walt AM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxic and genotoxic effects induced by alachlor and dichlorvos, two pesticides broadly used, were studied on RTG-2 fish cell line. As measure of cytotoxicity, neutral red assay was used to determine the cellular viability. Toxicity ranking based on IC(50) values found that alachlor was more cytotoxic than dich...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Parra JM,Sánchez-Fortún S,Castaño A

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:Malathion is one of the most commonly used insecticides. Recent findings have demonstrated that it induces oxidative stress in somatic cells, but there are not enough studies that have demonstrated this effect in germ cells. Malathion impairs porcine oocyte viability and maturation, but studies have not shown how oxid...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Flores D,Souza V,Betancourt M,Teteltitla M,González-Márquez H,Casas E,Bonilla E,Ramírez-Noguera P,Gutiérrez-Ruíz MC,Ducolomb Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a widely used plasticizer in industry, di-2-ethylhexylphthalate (DEHP) can cause testicular toxicity, yet little is known about the potential mechanism. In this study, DEHP exposure dramatically inhibited cellviability and induced apoptosis of mouse GC-1 spg cells. Furthermore, DEHP significantly increased the leve...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Gan Y,Yang D,Yang S,Wang J,Wei J,Chen J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenols are environmentally important compounds that are widely used in agriculture and industry. Thus, phenols are of interest to environmental toxicologists, which has led to the development of several quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models. The most successful QSARs have been established for com...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ren S

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxicants can perturb cellular homeostasis by modifying phosphorylation-based signaling. In the present study, we examined the effects of cerulein, an inducer of acute pancreatitis, on keratin 8 (K8) phosphorylation. We found that cerulein dose-dependently induced K8 phosphorylation and perinuclear reorganization in P...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Park MK,Lee CH

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaminophen (AP) is a widely used, cheap, and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Its toxicity depends on the cytochrome P-450 (CYP)-mediated oxidation to the toxic metabolite N-acetyl-p-benzoquinoneimine. On the other hand, arsenic, a global groundwater and environmental contaminant of major publi...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Manimaran A,Sarkar SN,Sankar P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine is a heterocyclic, aromatic amine and nitrogen-enriched environmental toxicant, found in not only adulterated foodstuffs but also industrial household tableware and paints. Previous studies demonstrated adverse effects of high-dose melamine on human infants and pregnant animals, but effects of low-dose melami...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Chu CY,Tang LY,Li L,Shum AS,Fung KP,Wang CC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glyphosate is the active ingredient of several herbicide formulations. Different reports suggest that glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) may act as endocrine disruptors. We evaluated the potential estrogenic effects of a GBH formulation using the uterotrophic assay. Adult ovariectomized rats were sc injected for 3 con...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Varayoud J,Durando M,Ramos JG,Milesi MM,Ingaramo PI,Muñoz-de-Toro M,Luque EH

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Andrographolide, the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, has been shown to possess potent anti-inflammatory activity. Endothelin 1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells, displays proinflammatory property. Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Lin HC,Su SL,Lu CY,Lin AH,Lin WC,Liu CS,Yang YC,Wang HM,Lii CK,Chen HW

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years cyanobacteria blooms have become a severe problem in Taihu Lake, a large shallow eutrophic lake in China. Microcystins produced by certain genera of cyanobacteria can affect public health in this area because of their acute and chronic toxic effects. In this study, samples of cyanobacteria were collect...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Wu JY,Xu QJ,Gao G,Shen JH

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) have many applications in industry and used as additives in polymers, catalysts, anodes in lithium-battery and drug delivery. There is little information about MWCNTs' (210 nm) genotoxic potential on juvenile freshwater fish Channa punctatus. Therefore, in this study, we have det...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Ali D,Falodah FA,Almutairi B,Alkahtani S,Alarifi S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, little is known on the distribution of hepatotoxic microcystin (MC) in various organs of bivalves, and there is no study on MC accumulation in bivalves from Chinese waters. Distribution pattern and seasonal dynamics of MC-LR, -YR and -RR in various organs (hepatopancreas, intestine, visceral mass, gill, foot, ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Chen J,Xie P

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic products are often more toxic than their pharmacological parent compounds. Therefore, the acute and chronic effects of the main metabolites--salicylic acid (SAL), gentisic acid (GEN), and o-hydroxyhippuric acid (HDP)--of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), the active ingredient in Aspirin and many other pharmaceutic...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Marques CR,Abrantes N,Gonçalves F

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deguelin, a naturally occurring rotenoid of the flavonoid family, is known to be an Akt inhibitor, to have chemopreventive activities and anti-tumor effect on several cancers. In this study, investigation to elucidate the effect of deguelin on apoptotic pathways in human lung cancer cells and on the anti-tumor effect ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Hsu YC,Chiang JH,Yu CS,Hsia TC,Wu RS,Lien JC,Lai KC,Yu FS,Chung JG

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Females are born with a finite number of oocyte-containing follicles and ovary damage results in reduced fertility. Cadmium accumulates in the reproductive system, damaging it, and the cigarette smoke is a potential exposure route. Natural therapies are relevant to health benefits and disease prevention. This study ve...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Izaguirry AP,Soares MB,Vargas LM,Spiazzi CC,Dos Santos Brum D,Noremberg S,Mendez AS,Santos FW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) is an anionic surfactant commonly used in cleaning agents such as laundry detergents. Trace amounts of LAS are released into environmental waters after processing in wastewater treatment plants after the use of this chemical. Acute toxicity of LAS has been well-studied using various...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Tasaki J,Nakayama K,Shimizu I,Yamada H,Suzuki T,Nishiyama N,Yamane M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanotoxins are a group of compounds produced by cyanobacteria that can have severe physiological effects on other organisms, including humans. The potential allelopathic effects of Microcystis aeruginosa, a toxic cyanobacterium, on the duckweed plant, Lemna gibba L., were examined using three experimental methods: (1...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： LeBlanc S,Pick FR,Aranda-Rodriguez R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work investigated the effects of mercury chloride (HgCl2 ) acute exposure on virgin, pregnant and lactating rats by determination of renal and hepatic morphological and ultrastructural parameters and the expression of oxidative stress and stress tolerance markers, due to kidney and liver are the organs that more ...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Oliveira VA,Favero G,Stacchiotti A,Giugno L,Buffoli B,de Oliveira CS,Lavazza A,Albanese M,Rodella LF,Pereira ME,Rezzani R

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phthalate plasticizer, di(2-ethyl-hexyl) phthalate (DEHP), and its derived metabolites are common anthropogenic environmental toxins, which are known to act as endocrine disruptors. Numerous studies have associated DEHP with disruption of sex hormones, abnormal development of reproductive organs, allergies, and in...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Wong JH,Wang YS,Nam S,Ho KH,Chang CM,Chen KC,Chen YF,Chang WC

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Punta Lara is located in the Río de la Plata estuary near industrial areas contaminated mainly by organic pollutants. In this work, the responses and status of hepatic biomarkers were studied in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) by means of a 21-day field exposure in cages and collection of juvenile native fish (Leporin...

journal_title：Environmental toxicology

authors： Scarcia P,Calamante G,de la Torre F

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00