Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Jan 18, 2016
Current studies that evaluate toxicity based on metabolomics have primarily focused on the screening of biomarkers while largely neglecting further verification and biomarker applications. For this reason, we used drug-induced hepatotoxicity as an ex...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Jul 21, 2015
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a serine hydrolase vital for regulating the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in animals, has been used as a target for drugs and pesticides. With the increasing availability of AChE crystal structures, with or without ligan...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Jan 1, 2025
Plasma half-life is a crucial pharmacokinetic parameter for estimating extralabel withdrawal intervals of drugs to ensure the safety of food products derived from animals. This study focuses on developing a quantitative structure-activity relationshi...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Jan 1, 2025
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse class of anthropogenic chemicals; many are persistent, bioaccumulative, and mobile in the environment. Worldwide, PFAS bioaccumulation causes serious adverse health impacts, yet the physiochemi...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Nov 28, 2023
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is an inducible transcription factor whose ligands include the potent environmental contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Ligand-activated AhR binds to DNA at dioxin response elements (DREs) conta...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
May 12, 2023
We present a mechanistic machine-learning quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model to predict mammalian acute oral toxicity. We trained our model using a rat acute toxicity database compiled by the US National Toxicology Program. We ...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Jan 31, 2023
Physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models are useful tools in drug development and risk assessment of environmental chemicals. PBPK model development requires the collection of species-specific physiological, and chemical-specific absorptio...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Aug 25, 2022
Machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches have revolutionized multiple disciplines, including toxicology. This review summarizes representative recent applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches in different ...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Mar 28, 2022
Animal studies are a critical component in biomedical research, pharmaceutical product development, and regulatory submissions. There is a worldwide effort in toxicology toward "reducing, refining, and replacing" animal use. Here, we proposed a deep ...
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology
Aug 3, 2021
Detection of seizures as well as that of seizure auras is effective in improving the predictive accuracy of seizure liability of drugs. Whereas electroencephalography has been known to be effective for the detection of seizure liability, no establish...