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Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology

Volume 1: Molecular Toxicology

Birkhäuser

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  • Presents milestones and recent achievements of toxicology
  • Explains mechanisms of toxicity at the molecular level
  • Discusses toxicogenomics and individual variability

Part of the book series: Experientia Supplementum (EXS, volume 99)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Historical milestones and discoveries that shaped the toxicology sciences

    • Antoinette N. Hayes, Steven G. Gilbert
    Pages 1-35
  3. Genotoxicity: damage to DNA and its consequences

    • David H. Phillips, Volker M. Arlt
    Pages 87-110
  4. Role of DNA repair in the protection against genotoxic stress

    • Ulrike Camenisch, Hanspeter Naegeli
    Pages 111-150
  5. Chemical induced alterations in p53 signaling

    • Johan Högberg, Ilona Silins, Ulla Stenius
    Pages 181-208
  6. Molecular pathways involved in cell death after chemically induced DNA damage

    • Roberto Sánchez-Olea, Mónica R. Calera, Alexei Degterev
    Pages 209-230
  7. The aryl hydrocarbon receptor at the crossroads of multiple signaling pathways

    • Ci Ma, Jennifer L. Marlowe, Alvaro Puga
    Pages 231-257
  8. Mapping the epigenome — impact for toxicology

    • Jennifer Marlowe, Soon-Siong Teo, Salah-Dine Chibout, François Pognan, Jonathan Moggs
    Pages 259-288
  9. Receptors mediating toxicity and their involvement in endocrine disruption

    • Joëlle Rüegg, Pauliina Penttinen-Damdimopoulou, Sari Mäkelä, Ingemar Pongratz, Jan-Åke Gustafsson
    Pages 289-323
  10. Toxicogenomics: transcription profiling for toxicology assessment

    • Tong Zhou, Jeff Chou, Paul B. Watkins, William K. Kaufmann
    Pages 325-366
  11. The role of toxicoproteomics in assessing organ specific toxicity

    • B. Alex Merrick, Frank A. Witzmann
    Pages 367-400
  12. High-throughput screening for analysis of in vitro toxicity

    • Willem G. E. J. Schoonen, Walter M. A. Westerink, G. Jean Horbach
    Pages 401-452
  13. Back Matter

    Pages 453-470

About this book

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, this work covers the entire range of modern toxicology with special emphasis on recent developments and achievements. It is written for students and professionals in medicine, science, public health and engineering who are demanding reliable information on toxic or potentially harmful agents and their adverse effects on the human body.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany

    Andreas Luch

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Molecular, Clinical and Environmental Toxicology

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1: Molecular Toxicology

  • Editors: Andreas Luch

  • Series Title: Experientia Supplementum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8336-7

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Basel 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-8335-0Published: 10 December 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7643-8336-7Published: 03 April 2009

  • Series ISSN: 1664-431X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3692

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 470

  • Number of Illustrations: 90 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Pharmacology/Toxicology, Mathematical Physics

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eBook USD 169.00
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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