Airborne mutagens and carcinogens from cooking and other food preparation processes.

abstract：:Benzene is a common occupational hazard and a ubiquitous environmental pollutant. Benzene exposure at the levels even below 1ppm still showed hematotoxicity. It is widely accepted that the metabolites of benzene play important roles in the benzene toxicity to the hematopoietic system, but little is known about the eff...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wu XR,Xue M,Li XF,Wang Y,Wang J,Han QL,Yi ZC

更新日期：2011-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A single, 50 mg/kg i.p. dose of 1,3-bis-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) to mice significantly inhibited glutathione reductase activity in liver within 10 min, and in lung and heart within 30 min. Maximal inhibition was reached at 4 h in all tissues and glutathione reductase activity remained significantly depress...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kehrer JP

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) is an organochlorine pesticide widely distributed in the biosphere. ERalpha regulates the expression of genes involved in growth and development, and plays an important role in breast cancer. The present study focuses attention on the effect of HCB (0.005, 0.05, 0.5, 5 microM) on cell prolifera...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： García MA,Peña D,Alvarez L,Cocca C,Pontillo C,Bergoc R,de Pisarev DK,Randi A

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effects of vitamin E on cell morphology and cellular protein thiols under oxidative stress was investigated in cultured rat hepatocytes with different vitamin E status. Hepatocytes were incubated in the presence or absence of 100 microM alpha-tocopherol succinate for 24 h then treated with 1.5 mM t-butyl hydroperoxide...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wang ST,Kuo JH,Chou RG,Lii CK

更新日期：1996-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The anesthetic potencies of n-alcohols increase progressively with lengthening of the carbon chain and then disappear at a cut-off point of a longer-chain n-alcohol. In order to assess the mechanisms for cut-off in mammalian central nervous system, the effects of a series of n-alcohols (C(2)-C(11)) were examined on th...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Takehana K,Hirota K,Roth SH,Masuda A,Ito Y

更新日期：2000-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:When cells from the human cell line NHIK3025 were cultured for 4 days, with hexavalent chromium (K2Cr2O7) at a concentration of 8 . 10(-7)M, the relative cell number was reduced to 38%. This effect of hexavalent chromium was abolished if ascorbic acid and chromate were added simultaneously to the incubation medium, bu...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jakobsen K,Eik-Nes KB

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal injection (50 mg/kg) of 2-nitropropane (2-NP) induced lipid accumulation, centrilobular necrosis, degranulation of rough endoplasmic reticulum, proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondrial abnormalities in rat liver 24 h after exposure. These pathological changes were accompanied by ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Zitting A,Savolainen H,Nickels J

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chronic toxic effects of chromium (2.6 mg/1) on the carbohydrate metabolism of a teleost fish, Channa punctatus were examined after 60 and 120 days of exposure. After 60 days the lactic acid content of blood and muscles was increased but liver lactic acid content decreased. Liver glycogen was also depleted. The ac...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sastry KV,Sunita K

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since cell death by apoptosis is achieved through complex interactions between numerous molecular components, cells may fail to die when stimulated because of molecular abnormalities in the apoptosis pathway or in its control mechanisms. Such inappropriate cell survival is well established when apoptosis is suppressed...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Williams GT,Critchlow MR,Hedge VL,O'Hare KB

更新日期：1998-12-28 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：:Cellular senescence is characterized by irreversible cell arrest and is associated with the development of chronic diseases, including cancer. Here, we investigated the induction of cellular senescence during liver carcinogenesis. Liver cancer was induced in Fischer 344 rats with a weekly intraperitoneal injection of ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pacheco-Rivera R,Fattel-Fazenda S,Arellanes-Robledo J,Silva-Olivares A,Alemán-Lazarini L,Rodríguez-Segura M,Pérez-Carreón J,Villa-Treviño S,Shibayama M,Serrano-Luna J

更新日期：2016-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible embryotoxic effects of cyclohexylamine hydrochloride doses (expressed as free base) of 10, 30 and 100 mg/kg of body weight per day administered orally in water to mice and rats from the 6th to 15th day post-coitum were investigated. Treatment with daily doses of up to 100 mg/kg of body weight to mice and ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lorke D,Machemer L

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melamine is commonly used in a variety of consumer products such as furniture, dining ware, and food utensils. The chemical infamously gained worldwide attention by its illegal addition to a variety of foodstuffs in order to falsify protein content, which led to serious, sometimes fatal, health impacts in children and...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bolden AL,Rochester JR,Kwiatkowski CF

更新日期：2017-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:This work studies the potential subacute toxicological effects of the aqueous extract of Baccharis genistelloides (AEBg) and demonstrates a new anti-arthritic therapeutic effect. The treatment of the collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) group with 4.2 mg/kg AEBg induced an important decrease (75%) in CIA severity in all a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Coelho MG,Reis PA,Gava VB,Marques PR,Gayer CR,Laranja GA,Felzenswalb I,Sabino KC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum corticosterone levels were determined at intervals after i.p. injection of 1.8 mg cadmium (Cd)/kg body weight. Thymus weight decreased significantly 3 days after injection. The effect of Cd injection on serum corticosterone levels was almost indistinguishable from that of saline injection. Further, Cd-induced th...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yamada YK,Murakami N,Shimizu F,Kubota K

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the last twenty years research has provided an important insight into the mechanisms responsible for the immunotoxicity of both local and systemic adverse reactions following the use of immunostimulating drugs and adjuvants. In this article we provide an update of the present knowledge relating to the various par...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Batista-Duharte A,Lindblad EB,Oviedo-Orta E

更新日期：2011-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:1,3-Dinitrobenzene (DNB) causes testicular injury, particularly to Sertoli cells, and induces apoptosis in the surrounding germinal cells in rodents; however, the mechanisms causing this toxicity are poorly understood. Our studies, using standard and molecular tools, were conducted to better understand the pathogenesi...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ludwig S,Tinwell H,Rouquié D,Schorsch F,Pallardy M,Bars R

更新日期：2012-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion of hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) into hepatic myofibroblasts is a necessary event during the development of liver fibrosis. DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1), which catalyzes DNA methylation and subsequently leads to the transcriptional repression of profibrotic genes, is selectively induced in myofibroblasts...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bian EB,Huang C,Wang H,Chen XX,Zhang L,Lv XW,Li J

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5), one of the main components of air pollutants, seriously threatens human health. Possible neuronal dysfunction induced by PM2.5 has received extensive attention. However, there is little evidence for the specific biochemical mechanism of neuronal injury induced by PM2.5. Moreover, t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Shou Y,Zhu X,Zhu D,Yin H,Shi Y,Chen M,Lu L,Qian Q,Zhao D,Hu Y,Wang H

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Localization of specific mRNA and protein molecules within cells and tissues can provide important information on the effects of a drug within a biological test system and help elucidate mechanisms of drug-induced toxicity and organ dysfunction. The most widely used techniques for measuring the cellular and tissue dis...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kind CN

更新日期：2000-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrinin (CIT), a fungal metabolite causing nephrotoxicity, has a tolerable daily intake (TDI) value of 0.2μg/kg bw. Contamination of food with CIT is not sufficiently known to allow dietary exposure assessment. Urinary biomonitoring data are available from cohorts of several countries. However, kinetic information is...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Degen GH,Ali N,Gundert-Remy U

更新日期：2018-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Administration of carcinogenic doses of urethane to male rats (for 30 days) and to females (for 45 days) caused degranulation of microsomes of livers and lungs to approx. 15 and 35%, respectively. The cholesterol levels also declined more than 50% in urethane-treated rats when compared with controls. Studies on struct...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Renuka,Dani HM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to study the effect of arsenic on DNA damage, Sprague-Dawley rats were dosed with sodium arsenite (10 mg/kg) with or without 800 microg of benzo(a)pyrene (BP) by intramammilary injection. The animals were sacrificed on day 1, 3, 5, 10 and 27 and the mammary gland tissues were collected for DNA adduct measurem...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Tran HP,Prakash AS,Barnard R,Chiswell B,Ng JC

更新日期：2002-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Little information is available upon the effects of carbon nanotubes (CNT) on the airway barrier. Here we study the barrier function of Calu-3 human airway epithelial cells, grown on permeable filters, after the exposure to commercial single-walled or multi-walled CNT, produced through chemical vapour deposition. To a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Rotoli BM,Bussolati O,Bianchi MG,Barilli A,Balasubramanian C,Bellucci S,Bergamaschi E

更新日期：2008-05-05 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：:Male C57B1/6N mice, 8-10 weeks old were given a single oral dose of 0, 1.0 or 3.0 mg/kg body weight of trimethyltin hydroxide (TMT). Levels of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity were measured in several brain areas, 1, 2 and 7 days later. The lower dose of TMT produced a decrease of ODC in the caudate nucleus and ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ali SF,Newport GD,Slikker W Jr,Bondy SC

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although CSL box jellyfish antivenom (AV) remains the primary treatment for Chironex fleckeri envenoming, there has been considerable debate regarding its clinical effectiveness. Animal studies have shown that AV is largely ineffective in preventing C. fleckeri-induced cardiovascular collapse. This study examined the ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Winter KL,Isbister GK,Jacoby T,Seymour JE,Hodgson WC

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：:Letimide is a new efficient analgesic salicylate derivative. In this study we evaluated its cytogenetic and teratogenic potential. For chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchange analysis we tested 250, 375, 500 and 625 micrograms/ml of letimide in human lymphocyte cultures in vitro, and for the in vivo cyto...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Díaz Barriga-Arceo S,Madrigal-Bujaidar E,Salazar M,Chamorro G

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allyl alcohol-induced LDH leakage from isolated rat hepatocytes was preceded by a decrease in rhodmine 123 retention, signifying a loss of mitochondrial membrane potential. Addition of dithiothreitol (DTT) prevented the drop in membrane potential and completely prevented cell killing by allyl alcohol. In contrast, cyc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Rikans LE,Cai DY,Hornbook KR

更新日期：1995-11-15 00:00:00