Extrapolation from rat studies with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) to humans: comparison of particle mass deposition and of clearance behavior of ETS compounds.

abstract：:Fructose-1,6-diphosphate (FDP) has a salutary effect on hemorrhagic, traumatic and endotoxic shock. The role of FDP on compound 48/80-induced shock was therefore investigated. Sprague Dawley aged male rats (448+/-7.4 gm body weight) were randomly assigned into three groups and treated intraperitoneally with diphenhydr...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Figueroa AH,Stone RH,Cohly HH,Lehan PH,Markov AK

更新日期：2001-06-20 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：:Treatment of young male rats with dipentyl phthalate (DPP) produced significant decreases in testicular cytochrome P-450, cytochrome P-450 dependent microsomal steroidogenic enzymes (17 alpha-hydroxylase, 17-20 lyase) and in the maximal binding of a natural substrate (progesterone) to testis microsomes. No effect was ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Foster PM,Thomas LV,Cook MW,Walters DG

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several incidences of reduction in the fertility (sperm count) have been reported in India and worldwide as well. Adulteration of food and consumption of adulterated mustard oil with argemone oil (AO) are presumed to be the factors for reduction in sperm count. In the present study we have studied the exfoliation of g...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Mishra V,Saxena DK,Das M

更新日期：2009-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The degradation of cyanogenic glycosides was studied in spontaneously fermenting cassava root pulp and in fresh pulp samples pretreated to prevent either endogenous beta-glycosidase activity, fermentation, or both. The rate of disappearance of the glycosides, as measured by hydrocyanic acid (HCN) production in situ, i...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Maduagwu EN

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Di-(2-propylheptyl) phthalate (DPHP) is used as a plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride products. A tolerable daily intake of DPHP of 0.2 mg/kg body weight has been derived from rat data. Because toxicokinetic data of DPHP in humans were not available, it was the aim of the present work to monitor DPHP and selected metab...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Klein D,Kessler W,Pütz C,Semder B,Kirchinger W,Langsch A,Gries W,Otter R,Gallien AKE,Wurzenberger X,Filser JG

更新日期：2018-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Mercury, one of the widespread pollutants in the world, induces oxidative stress and dysfunction in many cell types. Alveolar type II epithelial cells are known to be vulnerable to oxidative stress. Alveolar type II epithelial cells produce and secrete surfactants to maintain morphological organization, biophysical fu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lu TH,Chen CH,Lee MJ,Ho TJ,Leung YM,Hung DZ,Yen CC,He TY,Chen YW

更新日期：2010-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The NLRP3 inflammasome, composed of caspase-1, NLRP3 and ASC, plays a critical role in the clearance of microbial pathogens. Here, we found that the treatment of mouse macrophages with the zinc-containing dithiocarbamate ziram, a widely used fungicide in agriculture, caused a decrease in pro-caspase-1 and NLRP3 levels...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Muroi M,Tanamoto K

更新日期：2015-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) oxidised sulphydryl groups in glyceraldenyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) with loss of the dehydrogenase activity of the enzyme. 5-Hydroxydopamine behaved similarly at higher concentrations. This oxidation was accompanied by a transient rise in the acyl phosphatase (non-p...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hayes JP,Tipton KF

更新日期：2002-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase 1 (Ahp1p) is a thioredoxin peroxidase of the peroxiredoxin family expressed by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Recently, disruption of the AHP1 gene has shown that the gene is not essential for yeast growth on glucose medium but revealed a high sensitivity of null mutants to organic peroxides, ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nguyên-nhu NT,Knoops B

更新日期：2002-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:After toxicological studies with nitrate/nitrite in rats it was observed with nuclear magnetic resonance that N-methylnicotinamide (NMN), a metabolite of tryptophan was increased. The use of NMN as a biomarker for nitrate/nitrite exposure was investigated further in additional experiments with rats and in a human stud...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jansen EH,van den Berg RH,Boink AB,Hegger C,Meulenbelt J

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse neuroblastoma cells exposed to 2.5 and 5.0 microM methylmercury for 24 h appeared rounded with the loss of processes. Immunohistochemical staining directed against beta-tubulin revealed severe alterations in microtubular architecture. Non-membrane-bound condensation product was visualized ultrastructurally in th...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kromidas L,Trombetta LD,Jamall IS

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To help minimize errors and confusion in the scientific literature, a few principles can be followed. The original intent and hypothesis of each study should be made clear, and deviations from the initial purpose should be stated. The hypothesis-testing portions of the research need to be clearly differentiated from t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Maurissen JP

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Strong epidemiological evidence supports the association between increased air pollution and the risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, the mechanism remains unclear. As an environmental air pollutant and benzo-a-pyrene (BP) metabolite, BP-1,6-quinone (BP-1,6-Q) is present in the p...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Shukla H,Chitrakar R,Bibi HA,Gaje G,Koucheki A,Trush MA,Zhu H,Li YR,Jia Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper compares two methods for global optimization of physiologically based toxicokinetic models: Monte Carlo optimization, which searches randomly for the optimum; and the simplex method, which updates systematically an array of parameter values. Two measures of goodness-of-fit are also contrasted: criterion fun...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Woodruff TJ,Bois FY

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidences suggest that microcystins, a kind of toxic metabolites, produced by cyanobacteria in contaminated water may contribute to the aggravation of the human colorectal carcinoma. Our previous study showed that microcystin-LR (MC-LR) exposure caused significant invasion and migration of colorectal cancer...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ren Y,Yang M,Chen M,Zhu Q,Zhou L,Qin W,Wang T

更新日期：2017-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral administration of stannous chloride (SnCl2) (1.0 mg Sn2$/kg body weight) to rats, twice daily for 28 days, caused a significant increase in the tin (Sn) content and a corresponding decrease of the calcium (Ca) content in the femoral epiphysis, but was without effect on serum Ca, intestinal Ca absorption, and urin...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sugii K,Okada S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposition to cadmium (Cd) has been linked to bone metabolism alterations and occurrence of osteoporosis. Despite its known renal toxicity which indirectly disrupts bone metabolism through impairment of vitamin D synthesis, increasing evidence argues for the direct action of Cd on bone-forming osteoblasts. Indeed, acc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lizotte J,Abed E,Signor C,Malu DT,Cuevas J,Kevorkova O,Sanchez-Dardon J,Satoskar A,Scorza T,Jumarie C,Moreau R

更新日期：2012-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The tissue redistribution of accumulated 2,3,7, 8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) during infection was studied in adult male A/J mice using a common human virus coxsackievirus B3. Before infection (day 1), all mice were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with 1 microCi 3H-TCDD, corresponding to 0.5 microg TCDD kg(-1...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Funseth E,Wicklund-Glynn A,Friman G,Ilbäck N

更新日期：2000-07-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term excessive intake of fluoride (F) could lead to chronic fluorosis. To explore the underlying molecular mechanisms, present study is designed to elucidate the effect of fluoride on proteome expression of bone in sodium fluoride (NaF)-treated SD rats. Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining was used to determine t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wei Y,Zeng B,Zhang H,Chen C,Wu Y,Wang N,Wu Y,Zhao D,Zhao Y,Iqbal J,Shen L

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：:Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental toxicant, while mercuric sulfide (HgS) is a main active component of cinnabar, a Chinese mineral medicine used as a sedative. Because the neurotoxicological effects of HgS were not clearly understood, in this study, we attempted to compare HgS with MeHg in various physiological...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chuu JJ,Liu SH,Lin-Shiau SY

更新日期：2007-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment of human exposure to chemicals present in the diet is a rapidly developing discipline. The formulation of the "risk analysis paradigm" by the Codex Alimentarius Commission in 1994 defined the exposure assessment as an essential step of the risk assessment process. This has re-enforced demands to those j...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Luetzow M

更新日期：2003-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The handling of elemental gallium is not thought to be harmful, but this assumption does not consider metal coordination which readily occurs in physiological fluids. The aim of this work was to determine Ga(III) coordination behaviour in simple solutions and assess the effects of complex formation upon skin permeatio...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Staff K,Brown MB,Chilcott RP,Hider RC,Jones SA,Kong XL

更新日期：2011-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Sprague-Dawley rats were treated i.p. with different doses of bromobenzene (0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.5 mmol/kg) in corn oil for 4 weeks. The animals were killed 24 h after the end of the treatment for hepatic drug metabolism studies. A significant induction of the activities of microsomal aniline hydroxylase (51%) ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chakrabarti S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the detrimental effects of high iodine on intelligence are gaining tons of attention, but the relationship between high iodine and neurotoxicity is controversial. This study aimed to explore whether high iodine intake may impair intelligence and the roles of apoptosis and autophagy in high iodine-indu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Cui Y,Zhang Z,Zhang B,Zhao L,Hou C,Zeng Q,Nie J,Yu J,Zhao Y,Gao T,Wang A,Liu H

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00