Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology Volume 1: Molecular Toxicology

Molecular Toxicology is the first volume of a three-volume set Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology that offers a comprehensive and in-depth response to the increasing importance and abundance of chemicals in daily life. By providing intriguing insights far down to the molecular level, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Luch, Andreas (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basel Birkhäuser 2009, 2009
Edition:1st ed. 2009
Series:Experientia Supplementum
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Historical milestones and discoveries that shaped the toxicology sciences
  • Physiologically based toxicokinetic models and their application in human exposure and internal dose assessment
  • The role of biotransformation and bioactivation in toxicity
  • Genotoxicity: damage to DNA and its consequences
  • Role of DNA repair in the protection against genotoxic stress
  • On the impact of the molecule structure in chemical carcinogenesis
  • Chemical induced alterations in p53 signaling
  • Molecular pathways involved in cell death after chemically induced DNA damage
  • The aryl hydrocarbon receptor at the crossroads of multiple signaling pathways
  • Mapping the epigenome — impact for toxicology
  • Receptors mediating toxicity and their involvement in endocrine disruption
  • Toxicogenomics: transcription profiling for toxicology assessment
  • The role of toxicoproteomics in assessing organ specific toxicity
  • High-throughput screening for analysis of in vitro toxicity