Bisphenol A and its derivatives tetrabromobisphenol A and tetrachlorobisphenol A induce apelin expression and secretion in ovarian cancer cells through a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma-dependent mechanism.

abstract：:Cadmium is a carcinogenic metal known to increase the expression of several protooncogenes in a variety of cells. although the underlying mechanisms are unknown. Renal mesangial cells are smooth muscle cells in which Ca2+ signaling pathways regulate the induction of c-fos through both cAMP-dependent and mitogen-activa...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Templeton DM,Wang Z,Miralem T

更新日期：1998-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutagenic activity of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) was followed in the Ames Salmonella/microsome test using liver S-9 from control and partially hepatectomized (PH) mice. The S-9 preparations from the PH mice were capable of inducing significantly greater AFB1 mutagenic activity to strain TA100 than S-9 preparations from eithe...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Vandewaa EA,Barney CC,Gentile JM

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a recreational drug of abuse and an injectable anesthetic, ketamine has been shown to cause cognitive dysfunction and induce psychotic states. Although the specific mechanism is still unclear, it may be linked to synaptic receptors, including the α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid (AMPA) receptor...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Li Y,Ding R,Ren X,Wen G,Dong Z,Yao H,Tan Y,Yu H,Wang X,Zhan X,Yao J,Lu Y,Zhang G,Wu X

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:When considering the state of the art in toxicology from an analytical perspective, the key developments relate to three major areas. (1) Forensic horizon: Today forensic analysis has broadened its scope dramatically, to include workplace toxicology, drug abuse testing, drugs and driving, doping, environmental and vet...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： de Zeeuw RA

更新日期：1998-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed transient excretion of dark-brown urine after acute exposure to cobalt in rats and investigated the mechanism of it. We injected cobalt into rats s.c. at a dose of 15 mg/kg and collected urine, peripheral blood, and organ samples at the indicated times after injection. Biochemical and histopathological exa...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Horiguchi H,Oguma E,Nomoto S,Arao Y,Ikeda K,Kayama F

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocytes, separated from human peripheral blood, were preincubated with different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for 24 h and the production of superoxide ions (O*2-) was then measured using as a stimulating agent phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. A significantly enhanced O*2- production is only observed when...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Fabiani R,De Bartolomeo A,Rosignoli P,Sebastiani B,Morozzi G

更新日期：1999-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated, perfused and ventilated guinea-pig lungs were exposed for 10 min to acid (sulphuric + nitric acid) aerosol mimicking acid rain at pH 4.5 or 2.5, as well as to a control distilled water aerosol (pH 6.0-6.5). Lung perfusing solution was recovered and thromboxane (TX) B2 and leukotriene (LT) B4 were measured by...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Preziosi P,Ciabattoni G

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metallothionein (MT) is inducible by various stimuli such as metals and physiological stress. Although elevated MT expression in certain type of tumors has been reported, there are few data available on the roles of MT in tumor formation. In this study, we immunohistochemically examined MT expression in gluthathione S...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sawaki M,Enomoto K,Hattori A,Tsuzuki N,Sawada N,Mori M

更新日期：1999-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that elevated blood homocysteic acid (HCA) levels increased the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Herein, we studied the neuronal toxicity of HCA and the underlying mechanisms in HT-22 cells. Results showed that HCA induced cell death in concen...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Tan M,Ouyang Y,Jin M,Chen M,Liu P,Chao X,Chen Z,Chen X,Ramassamy C,Gao Y,Pi R

更新日期：2013-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the massive reduction of air-change rates in modern, energy-saving houses and dwellings, the contribution of volatile organic compound (VOCs) emissions from wood-based materials to indoor air quality has become increasingly important. To evaluate toxicity of VOC mixtures typically emitted from pine wood and ori...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Gminski R,Tang T,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2010-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:To test the toxicity of some substances, known to affect the nervous system i.e. organic solvents, heavy metals and DDT, their ability to cause cell detachment of cultured mouse neuroblastoma cells was investigated. A TD25 value was obtained by graphic estimation of the concentration needed to cause 25% of the total c...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Peterson A,Lewné M,Walum E

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reports on adverse health effects related to occupational exposure to toner powder are still inconclusive. Therefore, we have previously conducted an in vitro-study to characterize the genotoxic potential of three commercially available black printer toner powders in A549 lung cells. In these cell-based assays it was ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Könczöl M,Weiß A,Gminski R,Merfort I,Mersch-Sundermann V

更新日期：2013-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has become a crucial cause of drug-induced liver injury (DILI). Differ from chemical medicines, TCM feature more complex and mostly indefinite components. This review aimed to clarify the classification, underlying mechanisms and targets of the risk components in TCM-induced liver in...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pan X,Zhou J,Chen Y,Xie X,Rao C,Liang J,Zhang Y,Peng C

更新日期：2020-05-01 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

authors： Groopman JD,Kensler TW,Links JM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dietary ethoxyquin (EQ) and methionine hydroxy analog (MHA) protected 6-8-month-old wethers from toxic doses of bitterweed (Hymenoxys odorata DC.). The EQ-MHA group received sweet feed (corn, oats, dehydrated alfalfa pellets, cane molasses and minerals), 500 g/day/sheep, supplemented with EQ and MHA (0.5% and 1.0% of ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kim HL,Herrig BW,Anderson AC,Jones LP,Calhoun MC

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnant CD-1 mice were given 32 mg/kg of 3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (TCB) or corn oil vehicle, by gavage, on days 10--16 of gestation. At 1 year of age, the offspring were tested for spontaneous motor activity; the mice were then killed and dopamine (DA) levels and specific DA receptor binding were measured in the...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Agrawal AK,Tilson HA,Bondy SC

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Generally recognized as safe (GRAS), a system for review and approval of ingredients for addition to food, was conceived at a time when the need for a less doctrinaire review of food ingredients was critical. The GRAS approval process for a food ingredient relies on the judgment of "...experts qualified by scientific ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Burdock GA,Carabin IG

更新日期：2004-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic feeding of male Wistar rats with food containing hexachlorobenzene (HCB) at 17.5 mmol/kg induced elevation of serum amino-transferases and bilirubin content, increase of microsomal cytochrome P-450 concentration, and decrease of 5'-nucleotidase, K+,Na+- and Mg2+-adenosine triphosphatase activities in liver pla...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nikolaev V,Naydenova E,Kerimova M,Dimov S,Ivanov E

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aliesterases (carboxylesterases, EC 3.1.1.1) are serine esterases which may protect acetylcholinesterase during organophosphorus insecticide intoxication by providing alternative phosphorylation sites. Levels of hepatic aliesterase activity were investigated after the intraperitoneal administration of beta-naphthoflav...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Watson AM,Chambers H,Chambers JE

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:The polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have been demonstrated to be inducers of hepatic microsomal enzymes and some of their effects such as hormonal imbalance, and alteration of lipid and porphyrin metabolism could be ascribed to this mechanism. For this reason, the urinary excretion of D-glucaric acid (DGA), an indire...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Apostoli P,Mangili A,Carasi S,Manno M

更新日期：2003-09-15 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：:The effects of menadione on activities and expression of cytochrome P450 (CYP) 1A subfamily (CYP1A) isozymes in rat hepatic tissue were examined. When rats were treated orally with 15 mg/kg menadione for 4 days, the elevation of hepatic CYP1A1/1A2 specific activities in microsomal preparations was detected with approx...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sidorova YA,Grishanova AY,Lyakhovich VV

更新日期：2005-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:1. General anaesthetics induce reversible structural and functional modifications of the proton pump bacteriorhodopsin contained in the purple membrane of halobacteria. 2. This short paper describes the phenomenological similarity between the effects of anaesthetics and heating on this system. 3. pH dependence and the...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Gao MM,Boucher F

更新日期：1998-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A lack of well-established parameters and assessment values currently impairs biomonitoring of n-heptane exposure. Using controlled inhalation experiments, we collected information on urinary n-heptane metabolite concentrations and the time course of metabolite excretion. Relationships between external and internal ex...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Rossbach B,Kegel P,Letzel S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since a number of food and food products contain 2,4-hexadienal (HX), an unsaturated aldehyde, human exposure to HX is likely. Long term HX feeding to rodents induces forestomach cancers. Aldehyde dehydrogenases (ALDH) are key enzymes in the stomach for the metabolism of aldehydes. We examined the effect of short term...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lee PC,Picchiottino C

更新日期：2003-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The data obtained from in vitro systems utilizing human cells and tissues should form a basic part of the information necessary for risk assessment. The most important thing for such systems is, therefore, to simulate the structures and functions of cells and tissues in the native organ as closely as possible. In desi...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Emura M,Ochiai A,Hirohashi S

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) is a low-molecular-weight volatile cyclic siloxane, primarily used as an intermediate in the production of some widely-used industrial and consumer silicone based polymers and may be present as a component in a variety of consumer products. A global "harmonized" risk assessment was co...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Gentry R,Franzen A,Van Landingham C,Greene T,Plotzke K

更新日期：2017-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The mammalian xenobiotic-metabolizing sulfotransferases are cytosolic enzymes, which form a gene superfamily (SULT). Ten distinct human SULT forms are known. Two SULT forms represent splice variants, the other forms are encoded by separate genes. Common functional polymorphisms of the transcribed region are known for ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Glatt H,Engelke CE,Pabel U,Teubner W,Jones AL,Coughtrie MW,Andrae U,Falany CN,Meinl W

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are contaminants that are ubiquitously found in the environment, produced through combustion of organic matter or petrochemicals, and many of which are procarcinogens. The prototypic PAH, benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) and the highly carcinogenic dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) are metabol...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Smith JN,Mehinagic D,Nag S,Crowell SR,Corley RA

更新日期：2017-03-05 00:00:00