Protective effect of metallothionein inducing metals on lethal toxicity of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum in mice.

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：:Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is widely used as a B-lymphocyte mitogen and is known to depress expression of the cytochrome P450 (P450). However, there have been no studies regarding to the effects of the other mitogens on the expression of P450. This study investigated the effects of mitogens on the constitutive and induc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jeong HG

更新日期：1999-01-11 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：:Ethylene (ET) is the largest volume organic chemical. Mammals metabolize the olefin to ethylene oxide (EO), another important industrial chemical. The epoxide alkylates macromolecules and has mutagenic and carcinogenic properties. In order to estimate the EO burden in mice, rats, and humans resulting from inhalation e...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Filser JG,Klein D

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work the in vitro reactions of phosphine with intact red blood cells and membrane-free hemoglobin extracts are reported. We demonstrate that phosphine or phosphine derivatives induce dense aggregates of denatured hemoglobin known as 'Heinz bodies' in intact red blood cells. The reaction products include irreve...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Potter WT,Rong S,Griffith J,White J,Garry VF

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Pretreatment of male C57BL/6 mice with low doses of the persistent organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (CD), stimulated biliary excretion of exogenous cholesterol (CH) up to 3-fold. Increased biliary excretion occurred without changes in hepatic ATP-binding cassette transporter G8 (ABCG8) of the bile canaliculus or ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Scheri RC,Lee J,Barofsky DF,Curtis LR

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A teratological test was carried out on triphenyltin acetate (TPTA) used as a fungicide and antifouling agent. Pregnant Wistar rats were treated orally with TPTA at dose levels of 0, 1.5, 3.0, 6.0, 9.0 and 12.0 mg/kg/d during days 7-17 of gestation. Cesarean sections were performed on day 20 of gestation. In the pregn...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Noda T,Morita S,Yamano T,Shimizu M,Yamada A

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine can cause urinary stones related to nephropathy of the kidney and hyperplasia or carcinoma of the bladder, but the mechanism of stone formation is not well understood. In this study, male rats were administered melamine for thirteen weeks to establish melamine bladder stone models and the stones were analysed...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Liu JD,Liu JJ,Yuan JH,Tao GH,Wu DS,Yang XF,Yang LQ,Huang HY,Zhou L,Xu XY,Hu JJ,Zhuang ZX

更新日期：2012-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of melatonin on potassium cyanide-induced neurotoxicity was investigated in vivo. The ED50 value of potassium cyanide, as measured by induction of tonic and clonic seizures, was significantly increased by 1.5- or 1.8-fold by s.c. preinjection of melatonin (20, 100 or 345 mg/kg) in mice. The preventive effec...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamamoto H,Tang HW

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of fatal poisoning by delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC)--a physiologically active constituent of cannabis--is reported. Methods of isolation and detection of delta-9-THC was estimated quantitatively by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and photoelectric densitometry. ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Tewari SN,Sharma JD

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colistin is a polypeptide antibiotic that effectively treats infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, but its clinical use is limited due to nephrotoxicity. The purpose of the present study was to identify biomarkers of colistin-induced nephrotoxicity and to further characterize the mechanisms ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jeong ES,Kim G,Moon KS,Kim YB,Oh JH,Kim HS,Jeong J,Shin JG,Kim DH

更新日期：2016-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:This study attempted the liposomalization of coproporphyrin I (CPI) with hydrophobic properties. Liposomalization of CPI was not successful at any pH when using lactate buffer. In contrast, when using 9% sucrose/10mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.8), CPI liposomes (Lipo-CPI) and polyethyleneglycol (PEG) modified liposomes (P...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sadzuka Y,Iwasaki F,Sugiyama I,Horiuchi K,Hirano T,Ozawa H,Kanayama N,Oku N

更新日期：2008-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:α-asarone is a natural phenylpropene found in several plants, which are widely used for flavoring foods and treating diseases. Previous studies have demonstrated that α-asarone has many pharmacological functions, while some reports indicated its toxicity. However, little is known about its cardiovascular effects. This...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Shang X,Ji X,Dang J,Wang L,Sun C,Liu K,Sik A,Jin M

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Various hypotheses on the origin of cancer stem cells (CSCs) exist, including that CSCs develop from transformed human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSC). Since the polyether antibiotic salinomycin selectively kills CSCs, the present study aims to elucidate the effects of salinomycin on normal hBMSC. The immun...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Scherzed A,Hackenberg S,Froelich K,Rak K,Technau A,Radeloff A,Nöth U,Koehler C,Hagen R,Kleinsasser N

更新日期：2013-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Inorganic arsenic has strong human carcinogenic potential, but the availability of an animal model to study toxicity is extremely limited. Here, we used the transgenic zebrafish line Tg(k18(2.9):RFP) as an animal model to study arsenite toxicity. This line was chosen because the red fluorescent protein (RFP) is expres...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wang YH,Chen YH,Wu TN,Lin YJ,Tsai HJ

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:Nitropyrene (1-NP) is classified as Group 2B carcinogen and is one of the main components of diesel exhaust particles (DEP), which are generated from incomplete combustion of automobile engines to cause human cancer or inflammatory diseases. Although many reports on the mutagenesis or carcinogenesis of 1-NP have been ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Park EJ,Park K

更新日期：2009-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The subacute nephrotoxicity of more than 20 industrial solvents has been compared in female Sprague-Dawley rats. The animals were given 5 i.p. injections of the solvents per week for 2 weeks at doses ranging from 1/20 to 1/5 of the i.p. or oral LD50 and the urinary excretion of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta 2-...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bernard AM,de Russis R,Normand JC,Lauwerys RR

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The liver, which is the major organ responsible for the metabolism of drugs and toxic chemicals, is also the primary target organ for many toxic chemicals. Increasing evidence has indicated that inflammatory processes are intimately involved in chemical-induced hepatotoxic processes, and like other inflammatory diseas...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Luster MI,Simeonova PP,Gallucci RM,Bruccoleri A,Blazka ME,Yucesoy B

更新日期：2001-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of N2-(trans-isoestragol-3'-yl)-2'-deoxyguanosine (E-3'-N2-dG) DNA adducts derived from the alkenylbenzene estragole upon repeated dose exposure was investigated since the repair of this adduct was previously shown to be inefficient. To this end human HepaRG cells were exposed to repeating cycles of 2 h e...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yang S,Wesseling S,Rietjens IMCM

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TMDT) is a synthetic neurotoxic rodenticide and potential chemical threat agent. Signs of TMDT poisoning include convulsions which can progress into status epilepticus and death. Although clinical reports clearly show that poisoning via food and drink is the main route of exposure, expe...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lauková M,Pervez S,Rosman R,Velíšková J,Velíšek L,Shakarjian MP

更新日期：2019-06-15 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：:Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease which severely reduces the quality of life in patients. Studies have demonstrated that both PM2.5 and cold stress contribute to the development of asthma. However, the combined effects of these two risking factors are unknown. In this study, we investigated the combined ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Zhou J,Geng F,Xu J,Peng L,Ye X,Yang D,Zhao J,Sun Q

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rat bioassay has been developed to provide an objective approach for the identification and classification of upper and lower respiratory tract irritants, with particular emphasis on the concentration-dependent induction and regression of lesions characteristic of asthma, such as persisting non-specific airway hyper...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pauluhn J

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) is a DNA-binding protein that is abundantly expressed in most tissues. Recently, HMGB1 has gained much attention for its regulation of immunity and inflammation. Yet its role in toluene diisocyanate (TDI)-induced asthma still remains poorly characterized. In this study, mice were sens...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yao L,Zhao H,Tang H,Song J,Dong H,Zou F,Cai S

更新日期：2015-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Aggregation of α-synuclein (α-syn) in the brain is a defining pathological feature of neurodegenerative disorders classified as synucleinopathies. They include Parkinson's disease (PD), dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Occupational and environmental exposure to manganese (Mn) is asso...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Verina T,Schneider JS,Guilarte TR

更新日期：2013-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytochrome P4501A1 is involved in the metabolism of carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; therefore, its inhibition interferes with the carcinogenesis process induced by these compounds in rats. The human and rat CYP1A1 differ by 21% in amino acid sequence, including the active site of the enzyme; this differ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Santes-Palacios R,Romo-Mancillas A,Camacho-Carranza R,Espinosa-Aguirre JJ

更新日期：2016-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine (MA) exposure causes male reproductive toxicity, however, the mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we investigated the roles of the blood-testis barrier (BTB) in MA-induced reproductive toxicity in piglets. Male weaned piglets were exposed to MA concentrations of 0, 100, 300, and 1000 mg/kg in the diet f...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chang L,Lu Z,Li D,Zhang L,Wang Z,Du Q,Huang Y,Zhao X,Tong D

更新日期：2018-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Determine uptake of furan, a potential human carcinogen, in waterpipe tobacco (WPT) smokers in home settings. METHODS:We analysed data from a US convenience sample of 50 exclusive WPT smokers, mean age 25.3 years, and 25 non-smokers, mean age 25.5 years. For WPT smokers, data were collected at a home visit ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kassem NOF,Peterson LA,Liles S,Kassem NO,Zaki FK,Lui KJ,Vevang KR,Dodder NG,Hoh E,Hovell MF

更新日期：2020-10-15 00:00:00