Improving toxicology testing protocols using computer simulations.

abstract：:Recent epidemiological studies in the United States and in Europe indicate, that the coarse fraction (PM-10) of airborne particulates, smaller than 10 microm and particularly the fine fraction (PM-2.5) smaller than 2.5 microm are responsible for adverse health effects, causing an increasing morbidity and mortality. Fu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hornberg C,Maciuleviciute L,Seemayer NH,Kainka E

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 13-week subchronic toxicity study of thiamphenicol (TAP) was performed in F344 rats. The minimum lethal dose was estimated to be greater than 10 g/kg body weight, when a single dose of 4-10 g/kg of TAP was given orally. In the subchronic toxicity study, groups of 12 F344 rats of each sex were given solutions contain...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ando J,Ishihara R,Imai S,Takano S,Kitamura T,Takahashi M,Yoshida M,Maekawa A

更新日期：1997-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently published studies suggest a weak positive correlation between increased dietary acrylamide intake and the increased risk of endometrial and ovarian cancer. However, risk assessment of acrylamide remains difficult because the carcinogenic mechanisms are still unknown and in particular the molecular effects of ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ehlers A,Lenze D,Broll H,Zagon J,Hummel M,Lampen A

更新日期：2013-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Voltage-activated sodium channels and GABAA receptor-chloride channel complex are among the most important target sites of various environmental neurotoxicants. Pyrethroids keep the sodium channels open for prolonged periods of time leading to hyperexcitation of the entire nervous system. In rat cerebellar Purkinje ne...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Narahashi T,Carter DB,Frey J,Ginsburg K,Hamilton BJ,Nagata K,Roy ML,Song JH,Tatebayashi H

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short- and medium-term rodent bioassays have been proposed under ICH guidelines for use in testing for the carcinogenic potential of pharmaceuticals. Further evaluation of these models is needed urgently and coordinated efforts are in progress worldwide to expand the available database. Models currently being investig...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Storer RD

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse inbred strains with inherited predisposition and resistance to lung cancer provide an essential tool for the dissection of the genetics of this complex disease. We have previously mapped a major locus (Pulmonary adenoma susceptibility 1, Pas1) affecting inherited predisposition to lung cancer in mice on chromoso...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Manenti G,Nomoto T,De Gregorio L,Gariboldi M,Stefania Falvella F,Nagao M,Dragani TA

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of the growing small animal skeleton has been developed. The model accurately reproduces a variety of different kinds of measurements made at different ages in different species, as well as reproducing a precise and detailed series of measurements in the growing guinea pig. Of the multiple mechanisms responsib...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： O'Flaherty EJ

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured human proximal tubule cell monolayers maintained on permeable supports were treated simultaneously with the aminoglycoside antibiotic, gentamicin, and poly-L-aspartic acid (PAA), an inhibitor of aminoglycoside nephrotoxicity. Following 4 days of exposure, cell monolayers were placed into Ussing chambers to al...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Todd JH,Hottendorf GH

更新日期：1997-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a single intravenous (i.v.) injection of cadmium nitrate was investigated in livers of male Wistar rats. A significant increase in liver weight, accompanied by an elevation of total hepatic DNA content was observed. DNA synthesis as measured by the incorporation of [3H]thymidine, was found to be 6 times ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ledda-Columbano GM,Columbano A,Coni PP,Vargiu M,Liguori C,Pani P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinoic acid, an oxidative metabolite of vitamin A, is involved in the control of many biological processes including embryonic development and excess as well as deficiency of retinoids has been found to be teratogenic. The effects of retinoids in normal as well as abnormal development may be mediated by two members ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nau H

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current HBM-study is to further the understanding of the impact of inter- and intra-individual variability in HBM surveys as it may have implications for the design and interpretation of the study outcomes. As spot samples only provide a snapshot in time of the concentrations of chemicals in an individu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Smolders R,Koch HM,Moos RK,Cocker J,Jones K,Warren N,Levy L,Bevan R,Hays SM,Aylward LL

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxorubicin (DOXO) is an anthracycline antibiotic which is used in the treatment of human malignancies such as leukemia, lymphoma and a number of solid tumors, particularly breast cancer. Anthracyclines have been reported to contaminate chemotherapy workstation surfaces as well as other workplaces surfaces. The occupa...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Boccellino M,Pedata P,Castiglia L,La Porta R,Pieri M,Quagliuolo L,Acampora A,Sannolo N,Miraglia N

更新日期：2010-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role of acetylcholine receptors on the HgCl(2)-induced dopamine (DA) release from rat striatum was investigated by using in vivo brain microdialysis technique after administration of selective nicotinic and muscarinic receptor antagonists, mecamylamine and atropine, respectively. Intrastriatal infusion of...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Vidal L,Durán R,Faro LR,Alfonso M

更新日期：2008-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the effects of phytoestrogens in the liver, the main organ of metabolism, is limited. In this study we have examined the dose dependent effects of the phytoestrogen genistein (GEN) on gene expression in rat liver in comparison to the potent estrogen ethinylestradiol (EE). Special attention was paid t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Geis RB,Diel P,Degen GH,Vollmer G

更新日期：2005-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulphur mustard (SM) is a blistering agent that causes debilitating damage to the skin, eyes and respiratory system. In cases of severe exposure, immunodepletion can occur as well as death, due to secondary infections. The toxicity of SM is thought to be mediated in part by the alkylation of nucleic acids and proteins...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jowsey PA,Williams FM,Blain PG

更新日期：2012-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Male rats are the most frequently used experimental animals in drug toxicity tests. However, there are clear sex-related differences in toxicity of various drugs and chemicals in rats. These differences, in most cases, are closely connected with the sex-related differences in hepatic drug metabolisms. Recent studies i...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kato R,Yamazoe Y

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole-body inhalation exposures to N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) were conducted with male rats (Crl:CD BR) and mice (Crl:CD-1 (ICR)BR). Exposure concentrations were 50, 150, 300 and 500 ppm. The exposure routines consisted of single 1-, 3-, or 6-h exposures and ten 6-h exposures (10 exposure days in 2 weeks). Area unde...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hundley SG,Lieder PH,Valentine R,McCooey KT,Kennedy GL Jr

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-term exposure to elevated levels of particulate matter is associated with increased respiratory and cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are still unclear. Recent studies have suggested that inhaled ultrafine particles are able to translocate into the bloodstre...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nemmar A,Inuwa IM

更新日期：2008-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:1,3-Propane sultone is directly alkylating, genotoxic and carcinogenic. In rats, it induces local and systemic tumours at multiple target sites. Preponderant systemic tumours occur at the central nervous system, especially gliomas. Other localisations include the mammary gland, the intestine, the haematopoietic system...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bolt HM,Golka K

更新日期：2004-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Phosgene Oxime (CX, Cl2CNOH), a halogenated oxime, is a potent chemical weapon that causes immediate acute injury and systemic effects. CX, grouped together with vesicating agents, is an urticant or nettle agent with highly volatile, reactive, corrosive, and irritating vapor, and has considerably different chemical pr...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Goswami DG,Agarwal R,Tewari-Singh N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is used as an insecticide and prevents many people in the tropical zone from devastating malaria. On the other hand, a number of reports have indicated that it may act as an endocrine disruptor and also has possible carcinogenic effects. However, the effects ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Shinomiya N,Shinomiya M

更新日期：2003-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of people with no occupational exposure to Br-containing chemicals (29-54 year old, mostly women) in Japan, China and Korea, respectively, offered spot urine samples. Those in China and Korea offered 24 h duplicates of foods of the day. Urine samples were analyzed for Br by ECD-gas chromatography (ECD-GC) after...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kawai T,Zhang ZW,Moon CS,Shimbo S,Watanabe T,Matsuda-Inoguchi N,Higashikawa K,Ikeda M

更新日期：2002-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a stable man-made compound with many industrial and commercial uses. Recently, however, concern has been raised that it may induce various toxicological effects such as hepatotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and developmental toxicity. Because levels of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) can be a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yan S,Wang J,Zhang W,Dai J

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A diversity of chemicals cause discrete lesions in the kidney by a number of different mechanisms, and similar types of chemicals may give rise to more than one target cell injury. Screening for these lesions in vivo may be unreliable if a single noninvasive or invasive criterion is used. Instead, evidence of nephroto...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bach PH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzo(a)pyrene (BP) is the best studied polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, classified as carcinogenic to humans. The carcinogenic metabolite, benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE), binds covalently to DNA. The key enzyme in this metabolic reaction is CYP1A1, which has also been found in placenta and human t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Karttunen V,Myllynen P,Prochazka G,Pelkonen O,Segerbäck D,Vähäkangas K

更新日期：2010-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur dioxide (SO2) is one of potential risk factors for induction and/or exacerbation of asthma, but the underlying mechanisms are not well understood. In this study, we investigate the role of SO2 in asthma using a classical asthmatic model with allergic airway inflammation by treating C57BL/6 mice with ovalbumin (...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Li X,Huang L,Wang N,Yi H,Wang H

更新日期：2018-03-15 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

authors： Hasegawa K,Miwa S,Tsutsumiuchi K,Taniguchi H,Miwa J

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The carcinogenicity of dichloromethane (DCM) has been demonstrated by mutagenicity studies using bacteria and yeasts and using animal bioassays. Epidemiological studies indicate that exposure to DCM increases the incidences of liver and pancreas cancers. In the present study, we determine whether DCM generates DNA dam...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Olvera-Bello AE,Estrada-Muñiz E,Elizondo G,Vega L

更新日期：2010-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5, particulates with an aerodynamic diameter < or = 2.5 microm) can suppress alveolar macrophage (AM) functions, but the data concerning the effects of blowing sand PM2.5 on AMs remain limited. The aim of the present study is to investigate the influences of blowing sand PM2.5 on A...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Geng H,Meng Z,Zhang Q

更新日期：2005-06-17 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