Toxicology in Vitro: Vol 22, Issue 4

Mechanisms:
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Tributyltin (TBT) inhibition of oligomycin-sensitive Mg-ATPase activity in mussel mitochondria Pages 827-836 Alessandra Pagliarani, Patrizia Bandiera, Vittoria Ventrella, Fabiana Trombetti, Maurizio Pirini, Salvatore Nesci and Anna Rosa Borgatti

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Oxidative stress might be a mechanism connected with the decreased α7 nicotinic receptor influenced by high-concentration of fluoride in SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells Pages 837-843 Qin Gao, Yan-Jie Liu and Zhi-Zhong Guan

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Protein alkylation, transcriptional responses and cytochrome c release during acrolein toxicity in A549 cells: Influence of nucleophilic culture media constituents Pages 844-853 Colin A. Thompson and Philip C. Burcham

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Antiproliferative activity of pristimerin isolated from Maytenus ilicifolia (Celastraceae) in human HL-60 cells Pages 854-863 Patricia Marçal da Costa, Paulo Michel Pinheiro Ferreira, Vanderlan da Silva Bolzani, Maysa Furlan, Vânia Aparecida de Freitas Formenton Macedo dos Santos, Joaquim Corsino, Manoel Odorico de Moraes, Letícia Veras Costa-Lotufo, Raquel Carvalho Montenegro and Cláudia Pessoa

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Induction of apoptosis by UV-irradiated chlorinated bisphenol A in Jurkat cells Pages 864-872 Yasuko Mutou, Yuko Ibuki, Yoshiyasu Terao, Shuji Kojima and Rensuke Goto

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Inhibition of MDR1 expression by retinol treatment increases sensitivity to etoposide (VP16) in human neoplasic cell line Pages 873-878 Fábio Klamt, Daniel Thompsen Passos, Mauro Antônio Alves Castro, Daniel Pens Gelain, Ivana Grivicich and José Cláudio Fonseca Moreira

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Cr (VI) inhibits DNA, RNA and protein syntheses in hepatocytes: Involvement of glutathione reductase, reduced glutathione and DT-diaphorase Pages 879-886 Mekala Gunaratnam and M. Helen Grant

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High concentrations of stavudine impair fatty acid oxidation without depleting mitochondrial DNA in cultured rat hepatocytes Pages 887-898 Anissa Igoudjil, Julie Massart, Karima Begriche, Véronique Descatoire, Marie-Anne Robin and Bernard Fromenty

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Preclinical evidence for nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate inhibition of farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) synthase in the kidney: Implications for renal safety Pages 899-909 Anke Lühe, Klaus-Peter Künkele, Monika Haiker, Karen Schad, Christine Zihlmann, Frieder Bauss, Laura Suter and Thomas Pfister

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Effect of chronic ethanol exposure on the hepatotoxicity of ecstasy in mice: An ex vivo study Pages 910-920 Helena Pontes, Maria João Santos-Marques, Eduarda Fernandes, José Alberto Duarte, Fernando Remião, Félix Carvalho and Maria Lourdes Bastos

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Shifted concentration dependency of EpRE- and XRE-mediated gene expression points at monofunctional EpRE-mediated induction by flavonoids at physiologically relevant concentrations Pages 921-926 Yee Y. Lee-Hilz, Sovianne ter Borg, Willem J.H. van Berkel, Ivonne M.C.M. Rietjens and Jac M.M.J.G. Aarts

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Genotoxicity of thimerosal in cultured human lymphocytes with and without metabolic activation sister chromatid exchange analysis proliferation index and mitotic index Pages 927-934 Dilek Eke and Ayla Çelik

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Antioxidative potential of melatonin against mercury induced intoxication in spermatozoa in vitro Pages 935-942 Mandava V. Rao and Bindu Gangadharan

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Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), induces cell death in TM4 Sertoli cells by modulating Ca2+ transport proteins and causing dysregulation of Ca2+ homeostasis Pages 943-952 Oluseye A. Ogunbayo, Pei F. Lai, Thomas J. Connolly and Francesco Michelangeli

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Investigations of the cytotoxicity of epigallocatechin-3-gallate against PC-3 cells in the presence of Cd2+ in vitro Pages 953-960 Lan-cui Zhang, Hai-ning Yu, Shi-li Sun, Jun-guo Yang, Guo-qing He, Hui Ruan and Sheng-rong Shen

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Interspecies differences in acetaminophen sensitivity of human, rat, and mouse primary hepatocytes Pages 961-967 Katalin Jemnitz, Zsuzsa Veres, Katalin Monostory, László Kóbori and László Vereczkey

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2-Deoxy-d-ribose-induced oxidative stress causes apoptosis in human monocytic cells: Prevention by pyridoxal-5′-phosphate Pages 968-979 Amin Ardestani, Razieh Yazdanparast and Abdolfattah Sarraf Nejad

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The influence of metallothionein on exposure to metals: An in vitro study on cellular models Pages 980-987 Alessandro Santon, Alessia Formigari and Paola Irato

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In vitro toxicity evaluation of diesel exhaust particles on human eosinophilic cell Pages 988-994 Ryoji Hirota, Kunihiro Akimaru and Hiroyuki Nakamura

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Effect of lead on proliferation and neural differentiation of mouse bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells Pages 995-1001 Shabnam Kermani, Khadijeh Karbalaie, Seyed Hossein Madani, Ali Akbar Jahangirnejad, Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani and Hossein Baharvand

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Some characteristics of quercetin-induced cytotoxicity on rat thymocytes under in vitro condition Pages 1002-1007 Yumiko Nishimura, Toshihisa B. Oyama, Yoko Sakanashi, Tomohiro M. Oyama, Hiroko Matsui, Yoshiro Okano and Yasuo Oyama

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Chelerythrine and dihydrochelerythrine induce G1 phase arrest and bimodal cell death in human leukemia HL-60 cells Pages 1008-1017 Jiří Vrba, Petr Doležel, Jaroslav Vičar, Martin Modrianský and Jitka Ulrichová

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Persistent activation of Akt or ERK prevents the toxicity induced by saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids in RINm5F β-cells Pages 1018-1024 Monique Nouailhetas Simon, Anna Karenina Azevedo-Martins, Angélica M. Amanso, Carla R.O. Carvalho and Rui Curi

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A bioassay for metals utilizing a human cell line Pages 1025-1031 J. Shea, T. Moran and P.F. Dehn

New methods and models

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Genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of manganese chloride in cultured human lymphocytes treated in different phases of cell cycle Pages 1032-1037 P.D.L. Lima, M.C. Vasconcellos, M.O. Bahia, R.C. Montenegro, C.O. Pessoa, L.V. Costa-Lotufo, M.O. Moraes and R.R. Burbano

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What you see may not always be what you get – Bioavailability and extrapolation from in vitro tests Pages 1038-1042 Jesper B. Nielsen

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Mutagenicity and antimutagenicity of teas used in popular medicine in the salmonella/microsome assay Pages 1043-1049 Rubem Cesar Horn and Vera Maria Ferrão Vargas

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Screening and detection of the in vitro agonistic activity of xenobiotics on the retinoic acid receptor Pages 1050-1061 Ryo Kamata, Fujio Shiraishi, Jun-ichi Nishikawa, Junzo Yonemoto and Hiroaki Shiraishi

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Inter- and intra-individual variability in human skin barrier function: A large scale retrospective study Pages 1062-1069 Victor M. Meidan and Clive S. Roper

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In vitro cytotoxicity of eight β-blockers in human corneal epithelial and retinal pigment epithelial cell lines: Comparison with epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts Pages 1070-1076 Hoi I. Cheong, Juanita Johnson, Michel Cormier and Kamran Hosseini

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Development and application of a stable HeLa cell line capable of site-specific transgenesis using the Cre-lox system: Establishment and application of a stable TNFRI knockdown cell line to cytotoxicity assay Pages 1077-1087 Fumiyo Saito, Hirofumi Yokota, Yoshihisa Sudo, Yoshikuni Yakabe, Haruko Takeyama and Tadashi Matsunaga

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A mathematical model of the in vitro keratinocyte response to chromium and nickel exposure Pages 1088-1093 S.J. Franks, J.P. Ward, M.J. Tindall, J.R. King, A. Curtis and G.S. Evans

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Arginase release by primary hepatocytes and liver slices results in rapid conversion of arginine to urea in cell culture media Pages 1094-1098 Stephan J.A.C. Peters, Henk P. Haagsman and Klaske van Norren

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A bioluminescent cytotoxicity assay for assessment of membrane integrity using a proteolytic biomarker Pages 1099-1106 Ming-Hsuang Cho, Andrew Niles, Ruili Huang, James Inglese, Christopher P. Austin, Terry Riss and Menghang Xia

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Gene expression profiling of in vitro cultured macrophages after exposure to the respiratory sensitizer hexamethylene diisocyanate Pages 1107-1114 S. Verstraelen, B. Wens, J. Hooyberghs, I. Nelissen, H. Witters, G. Schoeters, P. Van Cauwenberge and R. Van Den Heuvel

Brief communication

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Influences of aflatoxin B1 on reactive oxygen species generation and chemotaxis of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes Pages 1115-1120 Tsuneyuki Ubagai, Shigeru Tansho, Tadashi Ito and Yasuo Ono

Corrigendum

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Corrigendum to “Detection of xenobiotic-induced DNA damage by the comet assay applied to human and rat precision-cut liver slices” [Toxicol. In Vitro 21 (2007) 1134–1142] Page 1121 Janja Plazar, Irena Hreljac, Primož Pirih, Metka Filipič and Geny M.M. Groothuis

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Announcement: Ekwall Memorial Award Page 1122