abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), are ubiquitous environmental pollutants found in tobacco smoke, air pollution, and grilled foods. Reactive metabolites and reactive oxygen species generated during PAH metabolism are detoxified by reactions involving glutathione (GSH). Early life...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ortiz L,Nakamura B,Li X,Blumberg B,Luderer U

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenobiotic exposure is a risk factor in the etiology of neurodegenerative disease. It was recently hypothesized that restricted exposure during brain development could predispose for a neurodegenerative disease later in life. As neuroinflammation contributes to progressive neurodegeneration, it is suspected that neuro...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sandström von Tobel J,Zoia D,Althaus J,Antinori P,Mermoud J,Pak HS,Scherl A,Monnet-Tschudi F

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Untargeted metabolomic approaches offer new opportunities for a deeper understanding of the molecular events related to toxic exposure. This study proposes a metabolomic investigation of biochemical alterations occurring in urine as a result of dioxin toxicity. Urine samples were collected from Czech chemical workers ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jeanneret F,Boccard J,Badoud F,Sorg O,Tonoli D,Pelclova D,Vlckova S,Rutledge DN,Samer CF,Hochstrasser D,Saurat JH,Rudaz S

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to investigate the neurotoxic effect of multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the properties of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in rat's hippocampal slices using whole-cell patch clamp technique. The amplitude and frequency of excitatory postsynaptic current (EPSC) were accessed on...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Chen T,Yang J,Zhang H,Ren G,Yang Z,Zhang T

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Ebselen is a seleno-organic compound that causes cell death in several cancer cell types. The mechanisms underlying its deleterious effects have not been fully elucidated. In this study, the effects of ebselen (1 μM-40 μM) on AR42J tumor cells have been examined. Cell viability was studied using AlamarBlue(®) test. Ce...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Santofimia-Castaño P,Garcia-Sanchez L,Ruy DC,Fernandez-Bermejo M,Salido GM,Gonzalez A

更新日期：2014-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The birth of the twenty first century has provoked a substantial rise in the use of designer drugs, such as synthetic cathinones, because of a decrease in the availability and purity of other drugs of abuse. The khat plant or Catha edulis, contains cathinone, the parent compound. Synthetic cathinones are sold under th...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Katz DP,Bhattacharya D,Bhattacharya S,Deruiter J,Clark CR,Suppiramaniam V,Dhanasekaran M

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) is a non-genotoxic tumor promoter that dysregulates the protein kinase C (PKC) pathway and causes variable cellular responses to DNA damage in different experimental models. In the present study, we pretreated human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells (wild-type p53) for 72 h with TPA, ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Glover KP,Markell LK,Donner EM,Han X

更新日期：2014-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants can metabolize the Fusarium mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) by forming the masked mycotoxin deoxynivalenol-3-β-D-glucoside (D3G). D3G might be cleaved during digestion, thus increasing the total DON burden of an individual. Due to a lack of in vivo data, D3G has not been included in the various regulatory limits...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Nagl V,Woechtl B,Schwartz-Zimmermann HE,Hennig-Pauka I,Moll WD,Adam G,Berthiller F

更新日期：2014-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarenon-X (FX), a type B trichothecene mycotoxin, is mainly produced by Fusarium crookwellense, which occurs naturally in agricultural commodities, such as wheat and barley. FX has been shown to exert a variety of toxic effects on multiple targets in vitro. However, the embryonic toxicity of FX in vivo remains uncle...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sutjarit S,Nakayama SM,Ikenaka Y,Ishizuka M,Banlunara W,Rerkamnuaychoke W,Kumagai S,Poapolathep A

更新日期：2014-08-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) is a phthalate ester that binds peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) to induce proliferation of peroxisomes and regulate the expression of specific target genes. The question of whether the effect of DEHP on female reproductive processes is mediated via PPARα-dependen...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kawano M,Qin XY,Yoshida M,Fukuda T,Nansai H,Hayashi Y,Nakajima T,Sone H

更新日期：2014-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous and often carcinogenic contaminants released into the environment during natural and anthropogenic combustion processes. Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is the prototypical carcinogenic PAH, and dibenzo[def,p]chrysene (DBC) is a less prevalent, but highly potent transplace...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Crowell SR,Hanson-Drury S,Williams DE,Corley RA

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lithocholic acid (LCA) supplementation in the diet results in intrahepatic cholestasis and bile infarcts. Previously we showed that an innate immune response is critical for cholestatic liver injury in the bile duct ligated mice. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the role of neutrophils in the mechani...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Woolbright BL,Li F,Xie Y,Farhood A,Fickert P,Trauner M,Jaeschke H

更新日期：2014-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead is a toxic heavy metal with many recognized adverse health side effects. The central nervous system is the main target of lead toxicity. Although many studies on lead toxicity were conducted, the mechanism of lead toxicity remains uncertain. One possible attribution is the immature blood-brain barrier that causes...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yang Y,Zhang X,Fu Y,Yang H

更新日期：2014-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) is the key regulatory outcome of toxicity studies. With the introduction of "omics" technologies into toxicological research, the question arises as to how sensitive these technologies are relative to classical regulatory toxicity parameters. BASF SE a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： van Ravenzwaay B,Montoya GA,Fabian E,Herold M,Krennrich G,Looser R,Mellert W,Peter E,Strauss V,Walk T,Kamp H

更新日期：2014-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione (GSH) levels, glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) as antioxidant defense system were evaluated in CHO-K1 cells after beauvericin (BEA) exposure. The effect of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) pre-treatment was assessed. GSH levels significantly decrease 18% a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Mallebrera B,Font G,Ruiz MJ

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Coumarin and its derivatives are widely employed as a fragrance in cosmetics and skin care products. The skin absorption level and possible disruption to the skin by topical application of coumarins were evaluated in this study. Percutaneous absorption of osthole, daphnoretin, coumarin, byakangelicin, and 7-hydroxycou...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pan TL,Wang PW,Aljuffali IA,Leu YL,Hung YY,Fang JY

更新日期：2014-04-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Health impacts of inhalation exposure to engineered nanomaterials have attracted increasing attention. In this paper, integrated analytical techniques with high sensitivity were used to study the brain translocation and potential impairment induced by intranasally instilled copper nanoparticles (CuNPs). Mice were expo...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Bai R,Zhang L,Liu Y,Li B,Wang L,Wang P,Autrup H,Beer C,Chen C

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The environmental neurotoxin β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) is not an amino acid that is normally found in proteins. Our previous autoradiographic study of (3)H-labeled BMAA in adult mice unexpectedly revealed a tissue distribution similar to that of protein amino acids. The aim of this study was to characterize the...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Karlsson O,Jiang L,Andersson M,Ilag LL,Brittebo EB

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate manganese in exhaled breath condensate (Mn-EBC) as an indicator of exposure to fumes from metal inert gas welding process. METHODS:We collected EBC and urine from 17 welders and 16 unexposed control subjects after 5 days exposure. Concentrations of manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), iron (Fe) and chrom...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Hulo S,Chérot-Kornobis N,Howsam M,Crucq S,de Broucker V,Sobaszek A,Edme JL

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Sertoli cells play a pivotal role in supporting proliferation of germ cells and differentiation during spermatogenesis in mammals. Nanomolar concentrations of Bisphenol A (BPA) can significantly stimulate the proliferation of mouse immature Sertoli (TM4) cells. However, mechanisms by which BPA caused these effects wer...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ge LC,Chen ZJ,Liu HY,Zhang KS,Liu H,Huang HB,Zhang G,Wong CK,Giesy JP,Du J,Wang HS

更新日期：2014-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to establish a methodology to analyze estrogen quinone-derived adducts, including 17β-estradiol-2,3-quinone (E2-2,3-Q) and 17β-estradiol-3,4-quinone (E2-3,4-Q), in human hemoglobin (Hb). The methodology was then used to measure the levels of these adducts in Hb derived from female breast canc...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Lin C,Hsieh WC,Chen DR,Kuo SJ,Yu WF,Hu SW,Sue HJ,Ko MH,Juan CH,Chung KS,Lin PH

更新日期：2014-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Palytoxins (PLTXs) are known seafood contaminants and their entrance into the food chain raises concern about possible effects on human health. The increasing number of analogs being identified in edible marine organisms complicates the estimation of the real hazard associated with the presence of PLTX-like compounds....

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Del Favero G,Sosa S,Poli M,Tubaro A,Sbaizero O,Lorenzon P

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilitranslocase (BTL) is a plasma membrane carrier that transports organic anions of physiological and pharmacological interest. It is expressed in basolateral plasma membrane of kidney and liver. BTL has been recently described as a marker of transition from normal tissue to its neoplastic transformation in human kid...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Trebucobich MS,Hazelhoff MH,Chevalier AA,Passamonti S,Brandoni A,Torres AM

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to determine whether quercetin elicits a protective effect against the toxicity of chronic exposure to low-level DDVP using metabonomic technology. Rats were randomly assigned into the control, DDVP-treated, quercetin-treated, and quercetin plus DDVP-treated groups. DDVP and quercetin were given to rat...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wang H,Li S,Qi L,Xu W,Zeng Y,Hou Y,Zhao X,Sun C

更新日期：2014-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Dimethocaine (DMC), a synthetic derivative of cocaine, is distributed and consumed as "new psychoactive substance" (NPS) without any safety testing at the forefront. It is mainly metabolized by N-acetylation, N-deethylation or hydroxylation. Therefore, the aim of the presented study was to determine the human NAT and ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Meyer MR,Lindauer C,Maurer HH

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCB) plays a key role in maintaining copper (Cu) homeostasis in the brain. Cumulative evidences indicate that lead (Pb) exposure alters cerebral Cu homeostasis, which may underlie the development of neurodegenerative diseases. This study investigated the roles of Cu transporter 1...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Zheng G,Zhang J,Xu Y,Shen X,Song H,Jing J,Luo W,Zheng W,Chen J

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fluoride is known to stimulate bone formation, the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Recent studies have implicated the Wnt/β-catenin pathway as a major signaling cascade in bone biology. Our earlier studies highlighted a probable role of canonical Wnt pathway in bone formation of chronic fluori...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pan L,Shi X,Liu S,Guo X,Zhao M,Cai R,Sun G

更新日期：2014-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) is an environmental toxin that induces apoptosis of neurons and a pro-inflammatory response in microglial cells. First, we found that TCDD induced proliferation of HAPI microglial cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Flow cytometry analysis showed that this proliferati...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Xu G,Li Y,Yoshimoto K,Wu Q,Chen G,Iwata T,Mizusawa N,Wan C,Nie X

更新日期：2014-01-30 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：:Although formaldehyde (FA) has been classified as a human leukemogen, the mechanisms of leukemogenesis remain elusive. Previously, using colony-forming assays in semi-solid media, we showed that FA exposure in vivo and in vitro was toxic to human hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells. In the present study, we have appli...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Ji Z,Li X,Fromowitz M,Mutter-Rottmayer E,Tung J,Smith MT,Zhang L

更新日期：2014-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a stable man-made compound with many industrial and commercial uses. Recently, however, concern has been raised that it may induce various toxicological effects such as hepatotoxicity, immunotoxicity, and developmental toxicity. Because levels of circulating microRNAs (miRNAs) can be a...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Yan S,Wang J,Zhang W,Dai J

更新日期：2014-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Human steroid sulfatase (STS) plays an important role in regulating the formation of biologically active estrogens and may be a promising target for treating estrogen-mediated carcinogenesis. The molecular mechanism of STS gene expression, however, is still not clear. Growth factors are known to increase STS activity ...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Sung CH,Im HJ,Park N,Kwon Y,Shin S,Ye DJ,Cho NH,Park YS,Choi HK,Kim D,Chun YJ

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP2E1 metabolizes 1,3-butadiene (BD) into genotoxic and possibly carcinogenic 1,2-epoxy-3-butene (EB), 1,2:3,4-diepoxybutane (DEB), and 1,2-epoxy-3,4-butanediol (EB-diol). The dose response of DNA and protein adducts derived from BD metabolites increases linearly at low BD exposures and then saturates at higher expos...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Pianalto KM,Hartman JH,Boysen G,Miller GP

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cytotoxic effects of formaldehyde (FA) on lymphocytes. FA-exposed mice showed a profound reduction not only in the number of natural killer (NK) cells but also in the expression of NK cell-specific receptors, but these mice did not exhibit decreases in the numbers of T or B lymphocytes. FA exposure...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Kim EM,Lee HY,Lee EH,Lee KM,Park M,Ji KY,Jang JH,Jeong YH,Lee KH,Yoon IJ,Kim SM,Jeong MJ,Kim KD,Kang HS

更新日期：2013-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:N-cadherin has known to be involved in tumor progression and metastasis. However, it is still obscure about the signaling pathway involving in the processing of N-cadherin. Thus, we examined which signaling pathway plays a major role in the processing of N-cadherin in C6 glioma cells following treatment of cadmium (Cd...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Jo C,Koh YH

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant gliomas are the most common and most aggressive primary brain tumor, and for which differentiation therapy has emerged as a promising candidate strategy. In this study, we used in vitro and in vivo assays to examine the differentiation effects of wogonin, a major active constituent of Scutellaria baicalensis...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Wang Y,Zhang Y,Qian C,Cai M,Li Y,Li Z,You Q,Wang Q,Hu R,Guo Q

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Metal oxide NPs are abundantly produced in nanotech industries and are emitted in several combustion processes, suggesting the need to characterize their toxic impact on the human respiratory system. The acute toxicity and the morphological changes induced by copper oxide and titanium dioxide NPs (nCuO and nTiO₂) on t...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Moschini E,Gualtieri M,Colombo M,Fascio U,Camatini M,Mantecca P

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Dysregulated cell proliferation and tumorigenesis is frequently encountered in several cancers including hepatocellular carcinogenesis (HCC). Thus, agents that inhibit cell proliferation and restrain hepatic tumorigenesis through cell cycle regulation have a beneficial effect in the treatment of hepatocellular carcino...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Raghunandhakumar S,Paramasivam A,Senthilraja S,Naveenkumar C,Asokkumar S,Binuclara J,Jagan S,Anandakumar P,Devaki T

更新日期：2013-10-23 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：:Environmental toxicants such as methylmercury play a critical role in the pathogenesis of many neurodevelopmental disorders. Environmental exposure to methylmercury frequently occurs at low doses, most frequently through fish consumption. Although the general population is at risk for exposure, pregnant women and youn...

journal_title：Toxicology letters

authors： Patel E,Reynolds M

更新日期：2013-10-09 00:00:00