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Tralau T, Oelgeschläger M, Kugler J, Bloch D, Braeuning A, Burgdorf T, Marx-Stoelting P, Ritz V, Schmeisser S, Trubiroha A, Zellmer S, Luch A, Schönfelder G, Solecki R, Hensel A. A prospective whole-mixture approach to assess risk of the food and chemical exposome. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 2:463-468. [PMID: 37117676 DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00316-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Many widely used chemicals result in ubiquitous human exposure from multiple sources, including diet. Legislation mainly deals with the toxicological evaluation of single substances owing to a methodological and conceptual lack of alternatives, and does so within defined silos subject to over 40 distinct regulations in the EU alone. Furthermore, much of the research and many of the initiatives concerned with the assessment and evaluation of chemical mixtures and their potential effects on human health rely on retrospective analysis. Here we propose an approach for the prospective identification, assessment and regulation of mixtures relevant to human health. We address two distinct aspects of toxicology-which chemicals actually do occur together, and how potential mixture-related health hazards can be predicted-with an adapted concept of the exposome and large-scale hazard screens. The proactive use of the likelihood of co-exposure, together with the new approach of methods-based testing, may be a timely and feasible way of identifying those substances and mixtures where hazards may have been overlooked and regulatory action is needed. Ideally, we would generate co-exposure patterns for specific consumer groups, depending on lifestyle and dietary habits, to assess the specific risk of identified mixtures.
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Rotter S, Beronius A, Boobis AR, Hanberg A, van Klaveren J, Luijten M, Machera K, Nikolopoulou D, van der Voet H, Zilliacus J, Solecki R. Overview on legislation and scientific approaches for risk assessment of combined exposure to multiple chemicals: the potential EuroMix contribution. Crit Rev Toxicol 2019; 48:796-814. [DOI: 10.1080/10408444.2018.1541964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- S. Rotter
- Department of Pesticides Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - BfR, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Pesticides Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece
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- Laboratory of Pesticides Toxicology, Benaki Phytopathological Institute, Athens, Greece
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- Biometris, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Pesticides Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment - BfR, Berlin, Germany
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Rotter S, Solecki R. Assessment of chemical mixtures – A tiered approach to close legal gaps. Toxicol Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.06.2060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Ritz V, Stoelting PM, Solecki R. Human health risk assessment of endocrine disruptors in pesticides – Follow-up of the Berlin Workshop from April 2016. Toxicol Lett 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.06.2075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wadhawan R, Gupta M, Laharwal A, Tsai C, Tang S, Hu J, Tan WB, Clara ES, Prakash P, Shabbir A, Lomanto D, Takahashi M, Matsuya H, Nishinari N, Szura M, Pasternak A, Kibil W, Solecki R, Matyja A, Porter A, Berney C, Niebuhr H, Mayer F, Köckerling F, Lal D, Klobusicky P, Feyerherd P, Ates M, Kinaci E, Kose E, Soyer V, Sarici B, Cuglan S, Korkmaz F, Dirican A, Gómez-Menchero J, Jurado PJ, Luque JB, Moreno JG, Grau JMS, Jurado JFG, Giubileo M, Federico L, De Nigris S, Ventura P, García-Pastor P, Carbonell-Tatay F, Torregrosa-Gallud A, Forgione U, Feleshtynsky Y, Vatamanyuk VF, Svyrydovsky SA, Kokhanevych AV, Curado-Soriano A, Infantes-Ormad M, Valera-Sanchez Z, Dominguez-Amodeo A, Naranjo-Fernandez JR, Ruiz Zafra A, Navarrete-Carcer E, Oliva-Mompean F, Padillo-Ruiz J, Brochado J, Farah F, Nicastro RG, Condi GA, De Marco M, Samaan R, Radtke MC, Ji Z, Li J. Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Fixation. Hernia 2015; 19 Suppl 1:S254-60. [PMID: 26518818 DOI: 10.1007/bf03355366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- R Wadhawan
- Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
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- Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
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- Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
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- Taichung Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Morioka Yuai Hospital, Morioka, Japan
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- I Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- I Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.,Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- I Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- I Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- I Department of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Hanse-Hernienzentrum Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg Uniklinikum, Salzburg, Austria
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- National Hospital of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka
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- Helios St. Elisabeth Hospital, Bad Kissingen, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Institute, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.,Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Institute, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey.,Department of General Surgery, Istanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Institute, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Institute, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation Institute, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
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- Hospital General Básico de Riotinto, Huelva, Spain
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- Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy.
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- Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy
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- Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy
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- Optimization of Transabdominal Pre-Peritoneal Alloplasty of Inguinal Hernias, Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena, Sevilla, Spain
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital Servidor Publico Estadual, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of General Surgery, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
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Marx-Stoelting P, Braeuning A, Buhrke T, Lampen A, Niemann L, Oelgeschlaeger M, Rieke S, Schmidt F, Heise T, Pfeil R, Solecki R. Application of omics data in regulatory toxicology: report of an international BfR expert workshop. Arch Toxicol 2015; 89:2177-84. [PMID: 26486796 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1602-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Advances in omics techniques and molecular toxicology are necessary to provide new perspectives for regulatory toxicology. By the application of modern molecular techniques, more mechanistic information should be gained to support standard toxicity studies and to contribute to a reduction and refinement of animal experiments required for certain regulatory purposes. The relevance and applicability of data obtained by omics methods to regulatory purposes such as grouping of chemicals, mode of action analysis or classification and labelling needs further improvement, defined validation and cautious expert judgment. Based on the results of an international expert workshop organized 2014 by the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin, this paper is aimed to provide a critical overview of the regulatory relevance and reliability of omics methods, basic requirements on data quality and validation, as well as regulatory criteria to decide which effects observed by omics methods should be considered adverse or non-adverse. As a way forward, it was concluded that the inclusion of omics data can facilitate a more flexible approach for regulatory risk assessment and may help to reduce or refine animal testing.
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- P Marx-Stoelting
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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Marx-Stoelting P, Niemann L, Ritz V, Ulbrich B, Gall A, Hirsch-Ernst KI, Pfeil R, Solecki R. Assessment of three approaches for regulatory decision making on pesticides with endocrine disrupting properties. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 70:590-604. [PMID: 25239592 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2014] [Revised: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Recent EU legislation has introduced endocrine disrupting properties as a hazard-based "cut-off" criterion for the approval of active substances as pesticides and biocides. Currently, no specific science-based approach for the assessment of substances with endocrine disrupting properties has been agreed upon, although this new legislation provides interim criteria based on classification and labelling. Different proposals for decision making on potential endocrine disrupting properties in human health risk assessment have been developed by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and other regulatory bodies. All these frameworks, although differing with regard to hazard characterisation, include a toxicological assessment of adversity of the effects, the evaluation of underlying modes/mechanisms of action in animals and considerations concerning the relevance of effects to humans. Three options for regulatory decision making were tested upon 39 pesticides for their applicability and to analyze their potential impact on the regulatory status of active substances that are currently approved for use in Europe: Option 1, based purely on hazard identification (adversity, mode of action, and the plausibility that both are related); Option 2, based on hazard identification and additional elements of hazard characterisation (severity and potency); Option 3, based on the interim criteria laid down in the recent EU pesticides legislation. Additionally, the data analysed in this study were used to address the questions, which parts of the endocrine system were affected, which studies were the most sensitive and whether no observed adverse effect levels were observed for substance with ED properties. The results of this exercise represent preliminary categorisations and must not be used as a basis for definitive regulatory decisions. They demonstrate that a combination of criteria for hazard identification with additional criteria of hazard characterisation allows prioritising and differentiating between substances with regard to their regulatory concern. It is proposed to integrate these elements into a decision matrix to be used within a weight of evidence approach for the toxicological categorisation of relevant endocrine disruptors and to consider all parts of the endocrine system for regulatory decision making on endocrine disruption.
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- P Marx-Stoelting
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany.
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (Federal Institute for Risk Assessment), Max-Dohrn-Str 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Bachul P, Tomaszewski KA, Kmiotek EK, Kratochwil M, Solecki R, Walocha JA. Anatomic variability of groin innervation. Folia Morphol (Warsz) 2013; 72:267-70. [PMID: 24068690 DOI: 10.5603/fm.2013.0043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2013] [Revised: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Inguinal hernia repairs are very common yet fairly complex surgical procedures.Variations in the anatomical course of the inguinal nerves require that diligence is taken in their proper recognition. Inadvertent surgical injury to these nerves is associated with long term postoperative pain and complications. The aim of the present study was to highlight the complexity and variation in the innervation of the inguinal region in order to increase proper nerve identification during surgical interventions. Bilateral dissection of the inguinal and posterior abdominal regions in one human male cadaver revealed an atypical anatomic topography of the groin innervation. This unusual case was observed at the Jagiellonian University Anatomy Department during routine cadaveric preparations. The left ilioinguinal nerve was absent. The left genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve arose higher than expected from the lumbar plexus and supplied the groin region, which is typically innervated by the ilioinguinal nerve. Furthermore, the left lateral cutaneous femoral nerve and the right genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve also followed uncharacteristic courses. Awareness of topographical nerve variations during inguinal hernia repair will help surgeons identify and preserve important nerves, thus decreasing the incidence of chronic postoperative pain.
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- P Bachul
- Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
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Marx-Stoelting P, Pfeil R, Solecki R, Ulbrich B, Grote K, Ritz V, Banasiak U, Heinrich-Hirsch B, Moeller T, Chahoud I, Hirsch-Ernst K. Assessment strategies and decision criteria for pesticides with endocrine disrupting properties relevant to humans. Reprod Toxicol 2011; 31:574-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Revised: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 02/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Solecki R, Marx-Stoelting P, Hirsch-Ernst K, Pfeil R. SY10-5: Criteria for the interpretation of reproductive and endocrine effects detected in regulatory guideline studies. Toxicol Lett 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.03.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Banasiak U, Michalski B, Pfeil R, Solecki R. [Plant protection products and their residues : Aspects of consumer safety in context of the new EU regulations]. Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz 2010; 53:567-76. [PMID: 20464351 DOI: 10.1007/s00103-010-1068-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The law regulating plant protection products (PPP) in the European Union (EU) was fundamentally revised through the introduction of Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009 which is due to enter into force on 14 June 2011. EU-wide harmonized maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the active substances of PPP in foods are laid down in Regulation (EC) No. 396/2005 and apply since entry into force of the regulation on 1 September 2008. The goal of both regulations is to strengthen the level of consumer protection. PPP are subject to a strict assessment of active substances, which is regulated at the EU level as well as an authorization procedure in the EU Member States. Prior to application for authorization of a PPP, the active substance(s) it contains must be included in a positive list. Tests regarding the toxicity and residue behavior of PPP must be conducted by the applicant, and the respective documents must be submitted to the authorities for evaluation. Following review of the required data, toxicological threshold values are derived, consumer exposure is assessed, and the risk to health is evaluated. The goal of this evaluation is to ensure that the use of PPP according to good plant protection practice does not have any harmful effects on human health.
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- U Banasiak
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, Abteilung Chemikaliensicherheit, Berlin.
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Primary multiple neoplasms make a serious diagnostic and therapeutic problem. They occur infrequently; however, they must be considered in the diagnosis as the detection of simultaneous neoplastic foci requires change of therapeutic approach. We present a case of a patient with synchronous esophageal and rectal cancer treated at the Department of Surgery. Because of the advanced neoplastic process and concomitant diseases, the patient was qualified for minimally invasive procedures with recanalization using argon plasma coagulation to avoid injuring palliative procedures and to improve quality of life. The patient died of the primary disease without symptoms of gastrointestinal tract obstruction.
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- R Solecki
- First Department of General and GI Surgery, Jagiellonian University, 31-501 Krakow, Kopernika 40, Poland.
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In 2000-2001 two patients with acute appendicitis in the right inguinal hernia (Amyand's hernia) and the symptoms of incarcerated hernia were operated on in emergency. One patient with the symptoms of local peritonitis was subjected to hernioplasty and appendectomy. The second underwent midline inferior laparotomy, because of diffuse peritonitis with appendectomy and hernioplasty. Both patients were operated by Shouldice's method. None of the patients developed recurrent disease. The presented cases point to the necessity of considering acute appendicitis in the differential diagnosis of incarcerated right inguinal hernia.
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- R Solecki
- 1st Department of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jagiellonian University, 31-501 Krakow, Kopernika 40, Poland.
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Solecki R, Czupryna A. [A case of acute appendicitis with abdominal actinomycosis]. Przegl Lek 2002; 58:466-7. [PMID: 11603186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/21/2023]
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The authors presented a rare case of acute appendicitis with abdominal actinomycosis. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for accidentally found abdominal actinomycosis were discussed based on current literature.
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- R Solecki
- I Katedra Chirurgii Ogólnej i Klinika Chirurgii, Gastroenterologicznej CMUJ, Kraków, ul. Kopernika 40
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Solecki R, Niemann L, Gericke C, Chahoud I. Dietary administration of dimethoate to the Japanese quail: reproductive effects and successful hatchability of eggs. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2001; 67:807-814. [PMID: 11692194 DOI: 10.1007/s001280194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2001] [Accepted: 08/04/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- R Solecki
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Thielallee 88-92, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Solecki R, Bürgin H, Buschmann J, Clark R, Duverger M, Fialkowski O, Guittin P, Hazelden KP, Hellwig J, Hoffmann E, Hofmann T, Hübel U, Khalil S, Lingk W, Mantovani A, Moxon M, Müller S, Parkinson M, Paul M, Paumgartten F, Pfeil R, Platzek T, Rauch-Ernst M, Scheevelenbos A, Seed J, Talsness CE, Yasuda M, Younes M, Chahoud I. Harmonisation of rat fetal skeletal terminology and classification. Report of the Third Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology. Berlin, 14-16 September 2000. Reprod Toxicol 2001; 15:713-21. [PMID: 11738525 DOI: 10.1016/s0890-6238(01)00179-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The initial efforts of the Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine (BgVV) and the Free University of Berlin to standardise terminology in the field of developmental toxicology began in 1995. Procedures were undertaken to harmonise the terminology used by the International Federation of Teratology Societies (IFTS) and the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS). This article reflects these activities and is a report on the Third Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology held in September 2000. This Workshop served as a forum to discuss the results of a survey on the classification of skeletal anomalies that had been previously sent to scientists active in the field. Although high agreement was reached among the evaluators for several terms, the use of a number of terms was rather variable. Therefore, the discussions at the workshop among the experts from research institutions, regulatory agencies, and industry were mainly focussed on those terms for which there was disagreement and/or uncertainties and the possible reasons. Pictures provided by the participants for the illustration of "grey zone" anomalies constituted the basis for detailed discussions. In many of the cases with lower agreement, decisions were facilitated by the provision of the corresponding picture. The main reasons for lower agreement were imprecise terms, insufficient knowledge on postnatal consequences, theoretical terms that are unlikely to occur in isolation, and the possibility of observing a range of severity that might be decisive for the classification of either a malformation or variation. The attendees concluded that "grey-zone" anomalies will never disappear completely and that for the assessment, the grade of severity and/or the frequency of the observation can be decisive for the terminology chosen. A Joint IPCS/IFTS Project was proposed to further consensus of terminology and classification and to link these anomalies to pictures at different skeletal sites. In order to support the harmonisation of regulatory decisions, it was proposed to establish a "Clearinghouse" System under the umbrella of the IPCS. The Clearinghouse could be contacted either by the regulatory authorities or by any company to clarify their queries, particularly with regard to registration or authorisation processes. Finally, it was recommended to also carry out a similar survey on "soft tissue anomalies" and "external findings." The results of this survey will be discussed at a Joint IPCS/IFTS Workshop in Berlin in 2002.
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- R Solecki
- Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
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Mocny G, Richter P, Solecki R, Zajac A. [Neurofibroma of the small intestine as a cause of massive bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract]. Przegl Lek 2001; 58:107-10. [PMID: 11475842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Two cases of neoplastic tumors of small intestine, operated on because of acute abdominal signs, were described. In both cases, before ultimate surgical treatment, chronic gastro-intestinal bleeding and ileus were observed. None of routine diagnostic procedures (endoscopy and angiography) diagnosed the disease. It was the radiological contrast examination of small bowel, that solved the problem. For the reason, that neoplastic tumors of small intestine are extremely rare and symptoms are not specific, results of treatment were described. Also the mistakes in diagnostic process were analysed. Malignant lesions are very rare and they are not symptomatic, those are the reasons of delayed surgical treatment. Moreover, they are more common in older age (over 60), that makes the invasive diagnostics even more difficult because of general condition and additional loads, e.g. atherosclerosis or circulatory and respiratory failure. Literature survey underlines the fact, that difficulties in the diagnostics process lead to developing of advanced stages of neoplastics disease, which are treated because of massive bleeding ileus. Often patients are hospitalized many times before the ultimate surgery, but are discharged without right diagnosis. Therefore the retrospective analysis of our cases can be useful in future for the proper interpretation of clinical signs.
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- G Mocny
- I Katedra Chirurgii Ogólnej i Klinika Chirurgii Gastroenterologicznej Collegium Medicum Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie
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Solecki R, Czupryna A. [Hemangiopericytoma localized in the peritoneum]. Przegl Lek 2000; 57:52-3. [PMID: 10907372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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The authors present a rare case of intraperitoneal haemangiopericytoma. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures were discussed based on current literature.
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- R Solecki
- I Katedra Chirurgii Ogólnej i Klinika Chirurgii Gastroenterologicznej Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie
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Faqi AS, Hilbig V, Pfeil R, Solecki R. Dietary TBTO exposure to the Japanese quail: relation between exposure period and appearance of reproductive effects. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 1999; 63:415-422. [PMID: 10501716 DOI: 10.1007/s001289900996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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- A S Faqi
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Thielallee 88-92, 14165 Berlin, Germany
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Szczepanik M, Gryglewski A, Solecki R. [Defense mechanisms in the peritoneum]. Przegl Lek 1999; 56:227-30. [PMID: 10442014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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There are many specialised defence mechanisms connected with immunity of peritoneal cavity. These are absorbtion of bacteria and their toxins from peritoneum, phagocytosis, opsonization, activation of the complement and separation of infection in the peritoneal cavity. A very important role in defence mechanisms of peritoneal cavity play GALT and PALT. Among many cells of the immune system mastocytes and gamma delta T cells have important role in induction and regulation of immune mechanisms in the peritoneal cavity. Lymphocytes T gamma delta release many cytokines and chemokines what allows them to play their protecting role during peritonitis. Released cytokines (especially IFN-gamma) activate macrophages to produce and secret many proinflammatory cytokines and factors. On the other hand mast cells play their role in defence of peritoneal cavity via TNF-alpha and histamine release and inhibition of fibrynolysis.
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- M Szczepanik
- Katedry Immunologii, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie
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Chahoud I, Buschmann J, Clark R, Druga A, Falke H, Faqi A, Hansen E, Heinrich-Hirsch B, Hellwig J, Lingk W, Parkinson M, Paumgartten FJ, Pfeil R, Platzek T, Scialli AR, Seed J, Stahlmann R, Ulbrich B, Wu X, Yasuda M, Younes M, Solecki R. Classification terms in developmental toxicology: need for harmonisation. Report of the Second Workshop on the Terminology in Developmental Toxicology Berlin, 27-28 August 1998. Reprod Toxicol 1999; 13:77-82. [PMID: 10080303 DOI: 10.1016/s0890-6238(98)00060-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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- I Chahoud
- Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Toxicology, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany.
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Faqi AS, Solecki R, Pfeil R, Hilbig V. Standard values for reproductive and clinical chemistry parameters of Japanese quail. Dtsch Tierarztl Wochenschr 1997; 104:167-9. [PMID: 9200886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Historical control data of Japanese quail collected from reproduction studies conducted at the Federal Institute for Health Protection of Consumers and Veterinary Medicine between 1988 and 1994 are presented in this paper. Reproductive and clinical chemistry data from control animals of 10 ecotoxicological studies are summarized and discussed to develop a normal data base of this species. The data obtained were compared to the control reproductive parameters of bob-white quail and mallard ducks available in the literature. For a long time these two species have been most used in avian reproductive toxicology studies. In summary, the data obtained indicate that Japanese quail appears to be more appropriate to be used for the determination of reproductive effects of pesticides on birds.
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- A S Faqi
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Berlin
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- R Solecki
- Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin, Thielallee 88-92, 14165 Berlin, Germany
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Solecki R, Hothorn L, Holzweissig M, Heinrich V. Computerised analysis of pathological findings in longterm trials with phenylmercuric acetate in rats. Arch Toxicol Suppl 1991; 14:100-3. [PMID: 1805715 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74936-0_21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- R Solecki
- Institute of Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Biological Research Centre Berlin, Kleinmachnow
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Moeller T, Solecki R. [Pathomorphologic and hematologic studies of the immunotoxicity of the phenoxyalkane acid mecoprop in rats]. Z Gesamte Hyg 1989; 35:258-60. [PMID: 2750229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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For a first estimation of the influence of the as herbicide used phenoxy acid Mecoprop on the immune system pathomorphological and haematological investigations were carried out. Histological results are completed by results of morphometrical--stereological investigations. Mecoprop causes structural changes in spleen and thymus and changes of the number of blood lymphocytes and granulocytes. The possibility, that the effects are induced by chemical stress, is discussed.
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Buschmann J, Solecki R, Clausing P. [New aspects in the evaluation of acute toxicity]. Z Gesamte Hyg 1984; 30:573-6. [PMID: 6516475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Clausing P, Solecki R, Mahro U, Rienäcker S. [Effect of nitrate on erythrocytes in the rat in subchronic experiments]. Z Gesamte Hyg 1983; 29:711-4. [PMID: 6670322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Solecki R, von Zglinicki T, Müller HM, Clausing P. Iron overload of spleen, liver and kidney as a consequence of hemolytic anaemia. Exp Pathol 1983; 23:227-35. [PMID: 6683665 DOI: 10.1016/s0232-1513(83)80062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Iron overload in spleen, liver and kidney induced by hemolytic anaemia due to a 90-day oral exposure of rats to diuron (N-3,4-dichlorphenyl-N,N-dimethylurea), an urea herbicide, was studied by histochemistry, transmission electronmicroscopy, morphometry and energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis. Increasing dosages of diuron provoked a hemosiderosis in the spleen followed by erythrocytic sequestration and the formation of haemopoietic foci coinciding with Kupffer cell siderosis of the liver. A strong enlargement of the spleen red pulp on the one hand faces an unchanged total white pulp volume as well as no alterations of the white pulp microscopic structure on the other. The electron dense bodies of the endothelial cells did not contain iron whereas hepatocytes possess two types of lysosomes, homogeneous iron containing ones at the sinusoidal site and complex structured ones without detectable iron at the biliary site. The formation of the homogeneous lysosomes is suggested to be due to the hepatocytic reception of hemoglobin-haptoglobin-complexes after intravascular hemolysis. The lysosomes of the biliary site seem to be engaged in hemoglobin degradation. A partial nephrohydrosis due to hemosiderotic events in succession of intravascular hemolysis including hemoglobin reabsorption from the primary urine could be observed. It is assumed that exocytosis might play a major role in hemosiderin removal from kidney tubule cells.
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Sterba G, Hoffmann E, Solecki R, Naumann W, Hoheisel G, Schober F. The neurosecretory hypothalamo-hindbrain pathway and its possible significance for the regulation of blood pressure and the milk-ejection reflex. Cell Tissue Res 1979; 196:321-36. [PMID: 421259 DOI: 10.1007/bf00240105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Solecki R. Dating Man and the Pleistocene. Science 1963; 139:638-40. [PMID: 17788326 DOI: 10.1126/science.139.3555.638-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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