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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Natural populations of T. evanescens contribute to the control of Lepidopterous pests. The toxic effects of insecticides have been extensively reported on trichogrammatids, but are largely unknown on T. evanescens. In this study, the toxicities of seven classes of chemicals against the parasitoid were investigated. RESULTS: Among them, organophosphates and carbamates exhibited the highest levels of intrinsic toxicity with LC50 values ranging from 0.025 (0.023-0.028) to 2.20 (1.71-3.09) and from 0.040 (0.032-0.053) to 1.84 (1.53-2.30) mg a.i.·L(-1) , respectively. Amongst the phenylpyrazoles, only ethiprole can be considered less toxic in the group. Avermectins, pyrethroids and neonicotinoids were less toxic with LC50 values ranging from 1.29 to 2.57, 2.26 to 14.03 and 1.12 to 239.1 mg a.i.·L(-1) , respectively. In contrast, insect growth regulators (IGRs) showed the least toxicity to the parasitoid with LC50 values ranging from 3383 (2406-5499) to 5650 (4228-8579) mg a.i.·L(-1) . CONCLUSION: Result of a risk quotient analysis indicated that neonicotinoids, avermectins, pyrethroids and IGRs were less hazardous, but phenylpyrazoles (except for ethiprole), organophosphates and carbamates were slightly to moderately or dangerously toxic to T. evanescens. Our results provided informative data for implementing biological and chemical control strategies in integrated pest management of lepidopterans.
Pest Management Science 04/2013; · 2.25 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The parasitoid Trichogramma confusum Viggiani (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) is an important natural enemy of many lepidopterans throughout the world. Extensive toxicological tests have clarified the toxic effects of insecticides on trichogrammatids, but only few studies have examined these effects on T. confusum. Among the seven classes of tested chemicals, organophosphates and carbamates exhibited the highest intrinsic toxicity to the parasitoid with LC50 values ranging from 0.037 (0.030-0.046) to 0.29 (0.23-0.38) and from 0.17 (0.15-0.19) to 1.61 (1.45-1.79) mg AI L(-1), respectively. They were followed by phenylpyrazoles, avermectins, pyrethroids, and neonicotinoids, which induced variable toxicity responses with LC50 values ranging from 0.63 to 45.26, 1.06-21.73, 3.89-19.36, and 0.24-754.2 mg AI L(-1), respectively. In contrast, insect growth regulators (IGRs) showed the least toxicity to the parasitoid with LC50 values ranging from 3,907 (3,432-4,531) to 10,154 (8,857-12,143) mg AI L(-1). A risk quotient analysis indicated that neonicotinoids (except thiamethoxam), avermectins, pyrethroids, IGRs, and phenylpyrazoles are safe, but organophosphates and carbamates are slightly to moderately or dangerously toxic to T. confusum. This study provides informative data for implementing both biological and chemical control strategies in integrated pest management of lepidopterans.
Journal of Economic Entomology 02/2013; 106(1):142-9. · 1.70 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The parasitoid Trichogramma ostriniae (Pang and Chen) is a major natural enemy of many lepidopterans, but only a few studies have been conducted on the compatibility of biological and chemical controls. In this study, the selectivity of 30 insecticides to T. ostriniae adults was evaluated. RESULTS: Among the seven classes of chemicals tested, organophosphates and carbamates had the highest intrinsic toxicity to the wasp, with LC(50) values ranging from 0.032 (0.029-0.038) to 2.38 (1.91-3.15) mg AI L(-1) . They are followed by phenylpyrazoles, avermectins, neonicotinoids and pyrethroids, which induce variable toxicity responses, with LC(50) values ranging from 0.14 (0.11-0.21) to 56.67 (48.94-67.24) mg AI L(-1) , from 2.57 (1.85-4.28) to 4.48 (3.34-6.83) mg AI L(-1) , from 2.48 (1.80-4.03) to 503.6 (457.6-557.5) mg AI L(-1) and from 5.44 (3.95-8.84) to 104.2 (92.48-119.7) mg AI L(-1) respectively. The insect growth regulators (IGRs) exhibited least toxicity to the parasitoid. CONCLUSION: Risk quotient analysis classifies neonicotinoids, avermectins, pyrethroids, IGRs and phenylpyrazoles (with the exception of butane-fipronil and fipronil) as safe agents to the parasitoid, but categorises organophosphates and carbamates as slightly to moderately toxic or dangerous to T. ostriniae. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry.
Pest Management Science 04/2012; · 2.25 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This study was conducted to investigate comparative toxicity of 45 pesticides, including insecticides, acaricides, fungicides, and herbicides, toward the epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida. Results from a 48-h filter paper contact test indicated that clothianidin, fenpyroximate, and pyridaben were supertoxic to E. fetida with LC(50) values ranging from 0.28 (0.24-0.35) to 0.72 (0.60-0.94) μg cm(-2), followed by carbaryl, pyridaphenthion, azoxystrobin, cyproconazole, and picoxystrobin with LC(50) values ranging from 2.72 (2.22-0.3.19) to 8.48 (7.38-10.21) μg cm(-2), while the other pesticides ranged from being relatively nontoxic to very toxic to the worms. When tested in artificial soil for 14 d, clothianidin and picoxystrobin showed the highest intrinsic toxicity against E. fetida, and their LC(50) values were 6.06 (5.60-6.77) and 7.22 (5.29-8.68) mg kg(-1), respectively, followed by fenpyroximate with an LC(50) of 75.52 (68.21-86.57) mgkg(-1). However, the herbicides fluoroglycofen, paraquat, and pyraflufen-ethyl exhibited the lowest toxicities with LC(50) values>1000 mg kg(-1). In contrast, the other pesticides exhibited relatively low toxicities with LC(50) values ranging from 133.5 (124.5-150.5) to 895.2 (754.2-1198.0) mg kg(-1). The data presented in this paper provided useful information for evaluating the potential risk of these chemicals to soil invertebrates.
Chemosphere 03/2012; 88(4):484-91. · 3.21 Impact Factor
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Xiumei Xing,
Caixia Liu,
Shifu Tang,
Daochuan Li, Liping Chen,
Yaqin Pang,
Qing Wang,
Bo Zhang,
Xiaowen Zeng,
Wen Chen,
Yongmei Xiao
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ABSTRACT: The development of cost and time-efficient in vitro assays to predict carcinogenicity of chemicals has become a very important direction for toxicological research. In this study, we generated a series of human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells defect in DNA repair gene excision repair cross-completion 1 (ERCC1), excision repair cross-completion 2 (ERCC2), ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and mutS homolog 2 (MSH2), respectively. The inhibition of gene expression was verified by detection of mRNA and protein levels of respective genes. The suppression of these DNA repair genes has no impact on cell proliferation or cell transformation. Although we found that the transgenic HBE cells were more sensitive in benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)-induced DNA damages measured by cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay and comet assay, we failed to observe enhanced effects on induction of cell transformation. HBE cells defect in DNA repair pathways did not exhibit malignantly transformed phenotype up to 20 weeks of BaP treatment, indicating that the deficiency of ERCC1, ERCC2, ATM, or MSH2 alone did not shorten the latency of cell transformation. In contrast, we found that HBE cells expressing H-Ras or c-Myc were transformed 8 or 12 weeks after BaP treatment. These findings demonstrate that silencing of a single DNA repair gene does not confer cells susceptible to chemical-induced cell transformation.
Toxicology in Vitro 02/2012; 26(4):579-84. · 2.78 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a malignancy caused mainly by chronic infection with hepatitis B virus (HBV) and/or hepatitis C virus (HCV), is a highly fatal disease. Apart from clinical parameters like venous invasion and multinodularity, viral and host inflammation-related factors are important predictors of HCC prognosis after surgical treatment. The factors of prognostic value can be detected in the specimens of HCC patients. In preoperative peripheral blood, high HBV DNA and the genotypes and mutations of HBV or HCV, high neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and high concentrations of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and osteopontin predict poor prognosis. In tumours, high ratios of neutrophil-to-CD8(+) T cell and Treg-to-CD8(+) T cell, high expression of pro-angiogenic factors such as hypoxia-inducible factor-1α and cell growth/survival factors such as CD24 and activation of inflammatory signalling pathways such as Wnt/β-catenin, nuclear factor-kappa B and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 predict early recurrence. In peritumoural hepatic tissues, high HBV DNA, HBV mutations, high densities of macrophages, activated stellates and mast cells, high expression of macrophage colony-stimulating factor/its receptor and placental growth factor, Th1/Th2-like cytokine shift, inflammation-related signature and activation of carcinogenesis-related pathways predict late recurrence. Further studies should be focused on the development of a robust strategy by integrating the viral factors, inflammatory factors and clinical factors of complementary prognostic value to ensure high validity of the assessment for postoperative HCC prognosis.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England: 1990) 02/2012; 48(13):1977-87. · 4.12 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The aim of this work was to investigate the correlation between scanning laser polarimetry with variable corneal compensation (GDx VCC) parameters and blue-on-yellow perimetry (B/YP) indices in ocular hypertension (OHT). One eye each of 52 patients with OHT (with a normal visual field, a normal optic nerve, and an untreated IOP > 21 mmHg) was chosen. All patients were examined with the Octopus 101 automated perimetry dG2 program using the dynamic/normal strategy (white-on-white perimetry, W/WP), with the dG2 program using the dynamic strategy/BY method (blue-on-yellow perimetry, B/YP), and with GDx VCC. Seven of the 52 OHT patients had both B/YP visual field loss and retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects with the GDx VCC measurements, and four patients demonstrated regions of B/YP visual field defects with corresponding RNFL defects on GDx VCC examination. A mild significant correlation was found between B/YP mean sensitivity (MS) and the superior average (R ( 2 ) =0.138, p = 0.049). No significant correlation was found between the W/WP indices and GDx VCC parameters. B/YP MS correlated with the superior average of GDx VCC in OHT patients. The findings brought up the possibility of using both techniques for clinical examination to yield converging data.
Lasers in Medical Science 02/2012; · 2.00 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Both chemical and biological methods are essential for control of insects, for example, lepidopterans, on rice. Thus, it is important to know the effect of chemicals on the biological control agents. In this study, we assessed the toxicity of commonly used insecticides on a biological control agent, Trichogramma japonicum Ahmead (an egg parasitoid of rice lepidopterans) by using a dry film residue method. Results showed that thirty insecticides from seven chemical classes exhibited various degree of toxicity to this parasitoid. Among the seven classes of chemicals tested, organophosphates (chlorpyrifos, fenitrothion, phoxim, profenofos, and triazophos) and carbamates (carbaryl, carbsulfan, isoprocarb, metolcarb, and promecarb) exhibited the highest intrinsic toxicity to T. japponicum, with an LC50 of 0.035 (0.029-0.044) to 0.49 (0.34-0.87) mg active ingredient (a.i.) L(-1), followed by antibiotics (abamectin, emamectin benzoate, and ivermectin), phenylpyrazoles (butane-fipronil, ethiprole, and fipronil), pyrethroids (cyhalthrin, cypermethrin, fenpropathrin, and lambda-cyhaothrin), and neonicotinoids (acetamiprid, imidacloprid, imidaclothiz, nitenpyram, thiacloprid, and thiamethoxam). Moreover, the insect growth regulator insecticides (chlorfluazuron, fufenozide, hexaflumuron and tebufenozide) exhibited the lowest toxicity to the wasps with an LC50 of 3,383 (2406-5499) to 30206 (23107-41008) mg ai. L(-1). Risk quotient analysis showed that phenylpyrazoles, pyrethroids, insect growth regulators, neonicotinoids (with the exception of thiamethoxam), and antibiotics (with the exception of abamectin) are classified as safe agents to the parasitoid, while organophosphates and carbamates are classified as slightly, moderately, or highly toxic agents to the parasitoid. The data presented in this paper provided useful information on the selection of compatible insecticides with T. japonicum.
Journal of Economic Entomology 02/2012; 105(1):92-101. · 1.70 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: In this study, we used two different types of bioassay, a contact filter paper toxicity bioassay and a soil toxicity bioassay, to compare the acute toxicity of twenty-four insecticides belonging to six chemical categories on earthworm species, Eisenia fetida. Results of the contact filter paper toxicity bioassay indicated that neonicotinoids were super toxic to E. fetida (48 h-LC(50) value ranged from 0.0088 to 0.45 μg cm(-2)), pyrethroids were very toxic (48 h-LC(50) values ranged from 10.55 to 25.7 μg cm(-2)) and insect growth regulators (IGRs) were moderately toxic (48 h-LC(50) values ranged from 117.6 to 564.6 μg cm(-2)) to the worms. However, antibiotics, carbamates and organophosphates induced variable toxicity responses in E. fetida, and were very to extremely toxic (48 h-LC(50) values ranged from 3.64 to 75.75 μg cm(-2)). Results of the soil toxicity bioassays showed a different pattern of toxicity except that neonicotinoids were the most toxic even under the soil toxicity bioassay system. The acute toxicity of neonicotinoids was higher than those of antibiotics, carbamates, IGRs and organophosphates. In contrast, pyrethroids were the least toxic to the worms under the soil toxicity bioassay system. It was concluded that irrespective of bioassay systems, earthworms were more susceptible to neonicotinoids than other modern synthetic insecticides.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 01/2012; 79:122-8. · 2.29 Impact Factor
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Ping Yang,
Junxiang Ma,
Bo Zhang,
Huawei Duan,
Zhini He,
Junling Zeng,
Xiaowen Zeng,
Daochuan Li,
Qing Wang,
Yongmei Xiao, [......],
Xiaonian Zhu,
Xiumei Xing,
Zhifang Li,
Shixin Zhang,
Zhengbao Zhang,
Lu Ma,
Erman Wang,
Zhixiong Zhuang,
Yuxin Zheng,
Wen Chen
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ABSTRACT: Sufficient epidemiologic evidence shows an etiologic link between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) exposure and lung cancer risk. While the genetic modifications have been found in PAH-exposed population, it is unclear whether gene-specific methylation involves in the process of PAH-associated biologic consequence.
Sixty-nine PAH-exposed workers and 59 control subjects were recruited. Using bisulfite sequencing, we examined the methylation status of p16(INK4α) promoter in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) from PAH-exposed workers and in benzo(a)pyrene (BaP)-transformed human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells. The relationships between p16(INK4α) methylation and the level of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) or the frequency of cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN) were analyzed.
Compared with the control group, PAH-exposed workers exhibited higher levels of urinary 1-OHP (10.62 vs. 2.52 μg/L), p16(INK4α) methylation (7.95% vs. 1.14% for 22 "hot" CpG sites), and CBMN (7.28% vs. 2.92%) in PBLs. p16(INK4α) hypermethylation in PAH-exposed workers exhibited CpG site specificity. Among the 35 CpG sites we analyzed, 22 were significantly hypermethylated. These 22 hypermethylated CpG sites were positively correlated to levels of urinary 1-OHP and CBMN in PBLs. Moreover, the hypermethylation and suppression of p16 expression was also found in BaP-transformed HBER cells.
PAH exposure induced CpG site-specific hypermethylation of p16(INK4α) gene. The degree of p16(INK4α) methylation was associated with the levels of DNA damage and internal exposure.
p16(INK4α) hypermethylation might be an essential biomarker for the exposure to PAHs and for early diagnosis of cancer.
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 01/2012; 21(1):182-90. · 4.12 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: This paper is devoted to synchronization of uncertain fractional-order chaotic systems with fractional-order α: 0 < α < 1 and 1 ≤ α < 2, respectively. On the basis of the stability theory of fractional-order differential system and the observer-based robust control, two sufficient and necessary conditions for synchronizing uncertain fractional-order chaotic systems with parameter perturbations are presented in terms of linear matrix inequality, which is an efficient method and could be easily solved by the toolbox of MATLAB. Finally, fractional-order uncertain chaotic Lü system with fractional-order α = 0.95 and fractional-order uncertain chaotic Lorenz system with fractional-order α = 1.05 are taken as numerical examples to show the validity and feasibility of the proposed method.
Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.) 12/2011; 21(4):043107. · 1.80 Impact Factor
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Daochuan Li,
Qing Wang,
Caixia Liu,
Huawei Duan,
Xiaowen Zeng,
Bo Zhang,
Xiaodong Li,
Jian Zhao,
Shifu Tang,
Zhifang Li, [......],
Junling Zeng,
Xiaonian Zhu,
Shixin Zhang,
Zhengbao Zhang,
Lu Ma,
Zhini He,
Erman Wang,
Yongmei Xiao,
Yuxin Zheng,
Wen Chen
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ABSTRACT: Identification of aberrant microRNA (miRNA) expression during chemical carcinogen-induced cell transformation will lead to a better understanding of the substantial role of miRNAs in cancer development. To explore whether aberrant miRNAs expression can be used as biomarkers of chemical exposure in risk assessment of chemical carcinogenesis, we analyzed miRNA expression profiles of human bronchial epithelial cells expressing an oncogenic allele of H-Ras (HBER) at different stages of transformation induced by benzo(a)pyrene (BaP) by miRNA array. It revealed 12 miRNAs differentially expressed in HBER cells at both pretransformed and transformed stages. Differentially expressed miRNAs were confirmed in transformed cells and examined in 50 pairs of primary human non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tissues using real-time PCR. Among these miRNAs, downregulation of miR-638 was found in 68% (34/50) of NSCLC tissues. However, the expression of miR-638 in HBER cells increased upon treatment of BaP in a dose-dependent manner. The expression of miR-638 was also examined in peripheral lymphocytes from 86 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)-exposed (PE) workers. We found that the average expression level of miR-638 in peripheral lymphocytes from 86 PE workers increased by 72% compared with control group. The levels of miR-638 were correlated with the concentration of urinary 1-hydroxypyrene (1-OHP) and external levels of PAHs. Overexpression of miR-638 aggravated cell DNA damage induced by BaP, which might be mediated by suppression of breast cancer 1 (BRCA1), one of the target genes of miR-638. In summary, we suggest that miR-638 is involved in the BaP-induced carcinogenesis by targeting BRCA1.
Toxicological Sciences 11/2011; 125(2):382-91. · 4.65 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Blood flow dynamics has an important role in atherosclerosis initiation, progression, plaque rupture and thrombosis, and it is important to investigate the flow characteristics in the context of a mild stenotic artery. In this paper, tissue-equivalent ultrasound phantoms of artery stenosis were fabricated, and ultrasonic particle image velocimetry (EchoPIV) method was applied for two-dimensional flow study. A flow circuit was established and steady flow was provided by the gear pump. Flow at the inlet and the stenosis region were researched with EchoPIV method and ultrasound Doppler technique. The detailed 2D two-component velocity vectors were determined with EchoPIV method, and the measuring accuracy outweighs that of Ultrasound Doppler by comparing to the theoretical values of Poiseuille flow.
Conference proceedings: ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference 08/2011; 2011:563-6.
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Yaqin Pang,
Yandong Lai,
Yongmei Xiao,
Wenxue Li,
Rulin Ma,
Qing Wang,
Qing Wei,
Yuchun Lin,
Daochuan Li,
Shifu Tang, Liping Chen,
Ping Yang,
Zhifang Li,
Dawei Wu,
Zhongning Lin,
Wen Chen
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ABSTRACT: To study the application of different metabolic activation systems in benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced human bronchial epithelium cell HBETR transformation.
In vitro metabolic activations of B(a)P were compared with rat liver S9 fraction mix, overexpression of a key enzyme (P450 CYP1A1), and prior low dose B(a)P (1 micromol/L) induction. Using soft agar assay and tumorigenicity assay, the different metabolic activation systems were compared to the influence on transformation of human bronchial epithelium cell HBETR.
Both immunoblotting and enzyme activity showed that cells overexpressing CYP1A1 (HBETR-1A1) and 48 h after low dose B(a)P induction (HBETR-IN) had high-level expression of CYP1A1. There were no obvious changes in the biology characteristic of these cells. The latencies of cell transformation in HBETR-1A1 and HBETR-IN cells were 11 weeks when cells were treated with B(a)P at concentration of 20 micromol/L, while it took 14 weeks to achieve cell transformation in their control cells. The latencies of malignant transformation in HBETR cells in presence or absence of S9-mix were 14 weeks and 20 weeks, respectively. The efficiencies of cell transformation were in consonance with the protein level of endogenous CYP1A1 enzyme and its enzyme activity.
The three metabolic conditions of the addition of rat liver S9 fraction mix, overexpression of a key enzyme (CYP1A1), and low dose B(a) P induction could enhance the B(a)P metabolic activation and shorten the latency of malignant transformation. In terms of the feasibility, difficulty of manipulation, stability, and reliability, low dose B(a)P induction could seem to be a prospective system used in metabolic activation in comparison with rat liver S9 fraction mix addition.
Wei sheng yan jiu = Journal of hygiene research 11/2009; 38(6):645-8.
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ABSTRACT: In this paper, a class of fuzzy cellular neural networks with mixed delays is studied. By using the fixed point theorem, M-matrix theory and some analytic techniques, sufficient conditions for the existence and global exponential stability of the unique equilibrium point are obtained. For illustration, an example is given to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.
Computer Science and Software Engineering, 2008 International Conference on; 01/2009
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Yaqin Pang,
Wenxue Li,
Rulin Ma,
Weidong Ji,
Qing Wang,
Daochuan Li,
Yongmei Xiao,
Qing Wei,
Yandong Lai,
Ping Yang, Liping Chen,
Shifu Tang,
Yuchun Lin,
Zhixiong Zhuang,
Yuxin Zheng,
Wen Chen
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ABSTRACT: To develop human cell models for assessing the carcinogenic potential of chemicals, we established transgenic human cell lines and tested the sensitivity of known carcinogens using a cell transformation assay. A retroviral vector encoding an oncogenic allele of H-Ras (HBER) or c-Myc (HBEM) was introduced into human bronchial epithelial cells (HBE) immortalized by SV40 large T (LT) antigen, leading to increased cell proliferation but failing to confer a transformed phenotype characterized by anchorage-independent cell growth and tumor formation of immunodeficient mice. When these pre-transformed cells were treated with nickel sulfate (NiSO4), we found that it shortened the latency of malignant transformation at least by 19 wk in HBER cells or 16 wk in HBEM cells compared to vector control cells. Similarly, the latency of cell transformation was shorter by 15 wk in HBER cells or 9 wk in HBEM cells when cells were treated with benzo(a)pyrenediol epoxide (BPDE). HBER cells appeared to be more sensitive to TPA, NiSO4 or BPDE-induced cell transformation compared to human embryonic kidney cells expressing H-Ras (HEKR), implying that cell-type specificity is one of important factors determining the effectiveness of the assay. Using AFB1 and BaP as the representative pro-carcinogens, we also compared the efficiency of three different metabolic conditions in mediating cell transformation. Low dose chemical induction seems to be a prospective system used for metabolic activation of pro-carcinogens. Our findings provided direct evidence that a genetically modified human cell transformation model can be applied to the assessment of potent carcinogens.
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 09/2008; 232(3):478-86. · 4.45 Impact Factor