[HTML][HTML] Establishment of a human cell-based in vitro battery to assess developmental neurotoxicity hazard of chemicals

J Blum, S Masjosthusmann, K Bartmann, F Bendt… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) is a major safety concern for all chemicals of the human
exposome. However, DNT data from animal studies are available for only a small …

Evaluation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) In Vitro Toxicity Testing for Developmental Neurotoxicity

KE Carstens, T Freudenrich, K Wallace… - Chemical research in …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse set of commercial chemicals
widely detected in humans and the environment. However, only a limited number of PFAS …

Identification of neurotoxicology (NT)/developmental neurotoxicology (DNT) adverse outcome pathways and key event linkages with in vitro DNT screening assays

EM Pitzer, TJ Shafer, DW Herr - Neurotoxicology, 2023 - Elsevier
There is a need to assess compounds reliably and quickly for neurotoxicity (NT) and
developmental neurotoxicity (DNT). Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) enable the mapping …

[HTML][HTML] The ToxCast pipeline: updates to curve-fitting approaches and database structure

M Feshuk, L Kolaczkowski, K Dunham… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: The US Environmental Protection Agency Toxicity Forecaster (ToxCast)
program makes in vitro medium-and high-throughput screening assay data publicly …

Interpretation of in vitro concentration‐response data for risk assessment and regulatory decision‐making: Report from the 2022 IWGT quantitative analysis expert …

MA Beal, G Chen, KL Dearfield, M Gi… - Environmental and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative risk assessments of chemicals are routinely performed using in vivo data from
rodents; however, there is growing recognition that non‐animal approaches can be human …

[HTML][HTML] Developmental neurotoxicity and behavioral screening in larval zebrafish with a comparison to other published results

KA Jarema, DL Hunter, BN Hill, JK Olin, KN Britton… - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the abundance of chemicals in the environment that could potentially cause
neurodevelopmental deficits, there is a need for rapid testing and chemical screening …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation of Viable Human Neurites for Neurobiological and Neurodegeneration Studies

M Brüll, N Geese, I Celardo, M Laumann, M Leist - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Few models allow the study of neurite damage in the human central nervous system. We
used here dopaminergic LUHMES neurons to establish a culture system that allows for (i) …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of neurotransmitter release in human iPSC-derived neuronal/glial cells: a missing in vitro assay for regulatory developmental neurotoxicity testing

C Cervetto, F Pistollato, S Amato… - Reproductive …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived neural stem cells (NSCs) and their
differentiated neuronal/glial derivatives have been recently considered suitable to assess in …

Prioritization of mycotoxins based on mutagenicity and carcinogenicity evaluation using combined in silico QSAR methods

P Lemée, V Fessard, D Habauzit - Environmental Pollution, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycotoxins and their metabolites are a family of compounds that contains a great diversity of
both structure and biological properties. Information on their toxicity is spread within several …

A human iPSC-based in vitro neural network formation assay to investigate neurodevelopmental toxicity of pesticides

K Bartmann, F Bendt, A Dönmez, D Haag, E Keßel… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Proper brain development is based on the orchestration of key neurodevelopmental
processes, including the formation and function of neural networks. If at least one key …