Can we use indoor fungi as bioindicators of indoor air quality? Historical perspectives and open questions

JPS Cabral - Science of the total environment, 2010 - Elsevier
Microbiological analysis of atmospheres witnessed substantial technical improvements in
the 1940s to 1960s. May's cascade impactor and Hirst's spore trap allowed the counting of …

Research update on aflatoxins toxicity, metabolism, distribution, and detection: A concise overview

V Jaćević, J Dumanović, SY Alomar, R Resanović… - Toxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
Serious health risks associated with the consumption of food products contaminated with
aflatoxins (AFs) are worldwide recognized and depend predominantly on consumed AF …

Review of the biological and health effects of aflatoxins on body organs and body systems

GS Bbosa, D Kitya, A Lubega… - … recent advances and …, 2013 - books.google.com
Aflatoxins are a group of naturally occurring carcinogens that are known to contaminate dif‐-
ferent human and animal food stuffs. Aflatoxins are poisonous by-products from soil-borne …

Sick building syndrome (SBS) and exposure to water-damaged buildings: time series study, clinical trial and mechanisms

RC Shoemaker, DE House - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2006 - Elsevier
Occupants of water-damaged buildings (WDBs) with evidence of microbial amplification
often describe a syndrome involving multiple organ systems, commonly referred to as “sick …

Exposure to mycotoxins increases the allergic immune response in a murine asthma model

N Schütze, I Lehmann, U Bönisch… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Epidemiological studies have shown that indoor molds are associated with
increased prevalence and exacerbation of respiratory symptoms and asthma. Mycotoxins …

Induction of competing apoptotic and survival signaling pathways in the macrophage by the ribotoxic trichothecene deoxynivalenol

HR Zhou, Z Islam, JJ Pestka - Toxicological Sciences, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Deoxynivalenol (DON) and other ribotoxic trichothecenes cause immune stimulation and
suppression in leukocytes by upregulating gene expression and apoptosis, respectively …

p38 Mitogen-activated protein kinase mediates IL-8 induction by the ribotoxin deoxynivalenol in human monocytes

Z Islam, JS Gray, JJ Pestka - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2006 - Elsevier
The effects of the ribotoxic trichothecene deoxynivalenol (DON) on mitogen-activated protein
kinase (MAPK)-mediated IL-8 expression were investigated in cloned human monocytes …

Effects of dietary inclusion of silymarin on performance, intestinal morphology and ileal bacterial count in aflatoxin‐challenged broiler chicks

E Jahanian, AH Mahdavi, S Asgary… - Journal of animal …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of silymarin on
performance, jejunal morphology and ileal bacterial population in broiler chicks intoxicated …

Toxopathological and cytogenetic effects of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) on pregnant rats

HA Fetaih, AA Dessouki, AAI Hassanin… - Pathology-Research and …, 2014 - Elsevier
The present study was carried out to evaluate the toxopathological effects and macro-DNA
damage of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) in pregnant rats at a dose of 1 mg/kg. body wt., given from …

A time-series study of sick building syndrome: chronic, biotoxin-associated illness from exposure to water-damaged buildings

RC Shoemaker, DE House - Neurotoxicology and teratology, 2005 - Elsevier
The human health risk for chronic illnesses involving multiple body systems following
inhalation exposure to the indoor environments of water-damaged buildings (WDBs) has …