Hormesis and industrial hygiene: a new hypothesis for low-dose response in occupational risk assessment.

abstract：:The majority of breast cancer patients are resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy due to the down-regulation or lack of caspase-3 expression. Capsaicin was found to inhibit cancer cell growth in caspase-3-deficient human breast cancer cells. This study aimed to investigate the growth-inhibitive effect of capsaicin ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Chang HC,Chen ST,Chien SY,Kuo SJ,Tsai HT,Chen DR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study, rats were exposed to sarin vapors for 240 min at four different concentrations (0.30, 0.43, 0.58 and 0.82 microg/L) in a whole-body inhalation chamber. The acetylcholinesterase activity (AChE, EC 3.1.1.7) was measured in the whole blood, frontal cortex (FC), pontomedullar area (PM) and basal ganglia (BG)...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Bartosova-Sevelova L,Bajgar J

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of combined therapy of gabapentin and pantoprazole against forestomach and pylorus ligation-induced gastric esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in albino Wistar rats. Rats were randomly divided into five groups, each group consisting of six rats, fasted for 24 h, un...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Arya P,Kaithwas G

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seafood is considered by nutritionists to be a high source of omega 3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAs) which are involved in prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The aim of the present study is firstly to detect the presence of organochlorine pesticides and heavy metals in some fresh seafood of ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Al-Malki AL,Moselhy SS

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stem cell transplantation has indicated great promise for cell therapy in a wide range of diseases, but poor and insufficient viability of cells within damaged tissues has limited its potential therapeutic effects. 17 β-Estradiol (E2) is a steroid hormone that plays an important role in expression of many genes and re...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Mirzamohammadi S,Mehrabani M,Tekiyehmaroof N,Sharifi AM

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fructus Psoraleae (FP), widely used in traditional medicine, is increasingly reported to cause serious hepatotoxicity in recent years. However, the main toxic constituents responsible for hepatotoxicity and the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. In the present study, psoralen, a main and quality-control cons...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Huang J,Wang Q,Chen M,Bi Y,Shi H,Zhou K

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictive toxicology plays a critical role in reducing the failure rate of new drugs in pharmaceutical research and development. Despite recent gains in our understanding of drug-induced toxicity, however, it is urgent that the utility and limitations of our current predictive tools be determined in order to identify...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Naven RT,Louise-May S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sibutramine mesylate is a new anti-obesity drug. It is a crystalline salt of sibutramine developed to improve the solubility of sibutramine hydrochloride. Methanesulfonic acid was used as a salt-forming acid instead of hydrochloric acid, resulting in a greatly improved solubility of 1000 mg/mL in water. Sibutramine me...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kim EJ,Park EK,Suh KH

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organophosphorus compounds are known to cause the selective release of liver microsomal beta-glucuronidase into plasma. Organophophoruses may induce nitrosative stress leading to the generation of nitrogen free radicals and alterations in scavengers of free radicals in many biological systems. In this study, we invest...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Soltaninejad K,Shadnia S,Afkhami-Taghipour M,Saljooghi R,Mohammadirad A,Abdollahi M

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antidiabetic agent metformin was shown to further possess chemopreventive and chemotherapeutic effects against cancer. Despite the advances, the underlying molecular mechanisms involved in decreasing tumor formation are still unclear. The understanding of the participation of oxidative stress in the action mechani...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Dogan Turacli I,Candar T,Yuksel BE,Demirtas S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vigabatrin (VGB) is an antiepileptic drug thatincreases brain γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) levels through irreversible inhibition of GABA transaminase. The aim of this study was to evaluate neurotoxicological effects of VGB measuring motor activity and genotoxic and mutagenic effects after a single and repeated administ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Coelho VR,Sousa K,Pires TR,Papke D,Vieira CG,de Souza LP,Leal MB,Schunck R,Picada JN,Pereira P

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to evaluate the hepato and neuroprotective activity of Daflon and low-dose γ radiation on thioacetamide (TAA)-induced liver damage and hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in rats. Effect of daily Daflon treatment (100 mg/kg body weight, Per OS (p.o.) for consecutive 3 days) and/or fractionated low-dose...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Abdel-Rafei M,Amin MM,Hasan HF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dermal exposure is an important factor in risk characterization. In occupational settings it becomes relatively more important because of the continuous reduction in inhalation exposure. In the public health arena, dermal exposure may also form a significant contribution to the total exposure. Dermal exposure, however...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Boogaard PJ

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oxidative stress is one of the major mechanisms of cyclophosphamide (CPX)-induced toxicities. However, it is unknown how CPX induces oxidative stress. Based on the available information, we speculated that CPX could increase iron content in the tissues and then induce oxidative stress. METHOD:We tested this ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sheng Y,Chen YJ,Qian ZM,Zheng J,Liu Y

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. Human volunteer studies are an essential part of drug development but their use in the area of non-pharmaceutical chemicals has so far been very limited. Such studies can have considerable value in the assessment and improvement of the safe use of chemicals. 2. Once metabolic pathways and target metabolites have be...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Wilks MF,Woollen BH

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanate and its active form isocyanate are formed mainly in the process of nonenzymatic urea biodegradation. Cyanate is capable of protein S- and N-carbamoylation, which can affect their activity. The present studies aimed to demonstrate the effect of cyanate on activity of the enzymes implicated in anaerobic cysteine...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Iciek M,Bilska A,Lorenc-Koci E,Wlodek LB,Sokołowska MM

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) acts as the major hepatic basolateral uptake system, and plays a key role in balancing bile flow. The anti-tuberculosis drugs rifampin (RFP) can affect bile flow causing liver injury, while tanshinone IIA (TAN IIA) has the effect of protecting liver. This study ai...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Yang Y,Liu L,Xu M,Zhang X,Wang L,He Q,Xu M,Jiang X

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to perform histological and stereological examination of alcohol-induced changes in the optic nerve, considered an extension of white matter of the brain, in rats. This study included 20 male Wistar albino rats aged 60 days and weighing 190-220 g. The rats were divided into three...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Igit T,Colcimen N

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the effect of a combination of vitamin C, vitamin E and selenium on ethanol-induced duodenal mucosal damage in rats was investigated morphologically and biochemically. The duodenal mucosal injury was produced by oral administration of 1 mL of absolute ethanol to each rat. Animals received vitamin C (250...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Koyuturk M,Bolkent S,Ozdil S,Arbak S,Yanardag R

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional method for the assessment of acute inhalation toxicity (OECD Test Guideline 403, 1981) uses death of animals as an endpoint to identify the median lethal concentration (LC50). A new OECD Testing Guideline called the Fixed Concentration Procedure (FCP) is being prepared to provide an alternative to Tes...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Stallard N,Whitehead A,Indans I

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To assess the systemic inflammatory response (SIR) and the multi-organ damage after large-volume liver radiofrequency ablation (RFA) with or without concurrent Pringle maneuver. METHODS:Wistar rats were subjected to 30% liver RFA (group RFA), liver RFA under 30-min Pringle maneuver (group RFA + P), Pringle only (g...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Ypsilantis P,Lambropoulou M,Anagnostopoulos C,Tsigalou C,Vasiliadis C,Kortsaris A,Papadopoulos N,Simopoulos C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been argued that the phenomenon of hormesis should prompt us to revise current regulatory policy in order to take beneficial effects of small doses of various agents into account. I argue that three problems--the comparative smallness of hormetic effects, the fine-tuning problem, and the problem of aggregated a...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Sandin P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate data retrospectively on accidental ingestion of ethylene glycol (EG), based on calls to the Czech Toxicological Information Centre and from toxicological laboratories, in the years 2000-2004. All patients who ingested a known amount of EG and/or subjects with measured serum ...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Krenová M,Pelclová D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-dependent oestrogenic and anti-oestrogenic activity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been suggested. In this study, the effect of two PAH mixtures, M1 composed of all 16 priority pollutants and M2 composed of five (noted in the highest levels) compounds, on follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (F...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Zajda K,Gregoraszczuk EL

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out on rodents, to explore the neurobehavioral effects of acrylonitrile (AN) administered in drinking water. Thirty, male, Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: two exposure groups (50 and 200 ppm AN), and one control group (tap water without AN). Three tests, including th...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Rongzhu L,Suhua W,Guangwei X,Fangan H,Ziqiang C,Fusheng J,Kacew S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A four-fold increase in the iron content of normal subjects was detected in plasma after 5 hours of iron administration. Iron supplementation had a surprisingly erratic effect on four patients with hepatomegaly secondary to heart insufficiency, since the increase in the iron content in the plasma after iron-dextran ad...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Galleano M,Lemberg A,Puntarulo S

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrazinamide (PYZ)-an essential component of primary drug regimen used for the treatment and management of multidrug resistant or latent tuberculosis-is well known for its hepatoxicity. However, the mechanism of PYZ-induced hepatotoxicity is still unknown to researchers. Studies have shown that the drug is metabolized...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Rawat A,Chaturvedi S,Singh AK,Guleria A,Dubey D,Keshari AK,Raj V,Rai A,Prakash A,Kumar U,Kumar D,Saha S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two studies were performed in order to evaluate cytochrome P450 1A2 mediated caffeine metabolism during different nutritional conditions. 1. In the first study, 23 healthy male non-smokers, mean age 25, changed from a customary mixed diet to a standard diet in 6 days. The 6 day's standard diet was based on bread, pota...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Kall MA,Clausen J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:1. This study examines the effect of treating rats with gentamicin (80 mg kg-1 day-1 intramuscularly (i.m.), for 6 days) alone or with either L-thyroxine or the anti-thyroid drug carbimazole. 2. Gentamicin produced significant increases in serum creatinine and urea concentrations, and significantly reduced the activit...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Ali BH,Bashir AA,Tanira MO

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study deals with pesticide exposure profile in some European countries with a specific focus on ethylenebisdithiocarbamates (EBDC). In all, 55 Bulgarian greenhouse workers, 51 Finnish potato farmers, 48 Italian vineyard workers, 42 Dutch floriculture farmers, and 52 Bulgarian zineb producers entered the study. Ea...

journal_title：Human & experimental toxicology

authors： Fustinoni S,Campo L,Liesivuori J,Pennanen S,Vergieva T,van Amelsvoort L,Bosetti C,Van Loveren H,Colosio C

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00