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Opposing effects of prednisolone treatment on T/NKT cell- and hepatotoxin-mediated hepatitis in mice [PDF]
, 2014 Prednisolone is a corticosteroid that has been used to treat inflammatory liver diseases such as autoimmune hepatitis and alcoholic hepatitis. However, the results have been controversial, and how prednisolone affects liver disease progression remains ...
H J Kwon +4 more
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Marine Drugs, 2019 Microcystins are cyclic heptapeptides from cyanobacteria that are potent inhibitors of protein phosphatases and are toxic to animals and humans. At present, more than 250 microcystin variants are known, with variants reported for all seven peptide ...
Vittoria Mallia +4 more
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Human Illnesses and Animal Deaths Associated with Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms—Kansas
Toxins, 2015 Freshwater harmful algal bloom (FHAB) toxins can cause morbidity and mortality in both humans and animals, and the incidence of FHABs in the United States and Kansas has increased. In 2010, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) developed
Ingrid Trevino-Garrison +8 more
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Rapid and Highly Sensitive Non-Competitive Immunoassay for Specific Detection of Nodularin
Microorganisms, 2017 Nodularin (NOD) is a cyclic penta-peptide hepatotoxin mainly produced by Nodularia spumigena, reported from the brackish water bodies of various parts of the world.
Sultana Akter +3 more
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Anti-cyanobacterial activity of Moringa oleifera seeds [PDF]
, 2009 Filtrates from crushed Moringa oleifera seeds were tested for their effects on growth and Photosystem II efficiency of the common bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa. M.
Wendy Beekman +3 more
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Marine Drugs, 2019 Microcystins are a family of chemically diverse hepatotoxins produced by distantly related cyanobacteria and are potent inhibitors of eukaryotic protein phosphatases 1 and 2A.
Tânia Keiko Shishido +7 more
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Toxins, 2013 Cyanobacteria (also called blue-green algae) are ubiquitous in aquatic environments. Some species produce potent toxins that can sicken or kill people, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Tegwin K. Taylor +4 more
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Cell Death and Disease, 2022 Liver cancer is one of the most frequent tumor entities worldwide, which is causally linked to viral infection, fatty liver disease, life-style factors and food-borne carcinogens, particularly aflatoxins.
Max J. Carlsson +14 more
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Hepatotoxin-induced hypertyrosinemia and its toxicological significance [PDF]
, 2007 A 1H Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic investigation of the effects of single doses of four model hepatotoxins on male Sprague-Dawley rats showed that hypertyrosinemia was induced by three of the treatments (ethionine 300 mg/kg ...
Clayton, T. Andrew +7 more
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Marked inhibition of testosterone biosynthesis by the hepatotoxin nodularin due to apoptosis of Leydig cells. [PDF]
, 2002 We previously observed that the serum testosterone level was greatly reduced in the course of diethylnitrosamine-nodularin-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in Fischer 344 male rats (Lim et al., Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis, 1999).
Sohn, SH, Lim, IK, Song, KY, Park, TJ
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