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ReviewToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology2011

Application of the U.S. EPA mode of action Framework for purposes of guiding future research: a case study involving the oral carcinogenicity of hexavalent chromium.

Chad M Thompson, Laurie C Haws, Mark A Harris, Nicole M Gatto, Deborah M Proctor

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Review in Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
20citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Crypt and Villus Transcriptomic Responses in Mouse Small Intestine Following Oral Exposure to Hexavalent Chromium.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2022
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  6. Mechanisms of Chromium-Induced Toxicity.Current opinion in toxicology · 2019
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  10. Oral Chromium Exposure and Toxicity.Current environmental health reports · 2015
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  16. Chromium and genomic stability.Mutation research · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chad M ThompsonToxStrategies, Inc., Katy, Texas 77494, USA. cthompson@toxstrategies.com
Laurie C Haws
Mark A Harris
Nicole M Gatto
Deborah M Proctor
BioStrategies (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mode of action (MOA) analysis provides a systematic description of key events leading to adverse health effects in animal bioassays for the purpose of informing human health risk assessment. Uncertainties and data gaps identified in the MOA analysis may also be used to guide future research to improve understanding of the MOAs underlying a specific toxic response and foster development of toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic models. An MOA analysis, consistent with approaches outlined in the MOA Framework as described in the Guidelines for Carcinogen Risk Assessment, was conducted to evaluate small intestinal tumors observed in mice chronically exposed to relatively high concentrations of hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) in drinking water. Based on review of the literature, key events in the MOA are hypothesized to include saturation of the reductive capacity of the upper gastrointestinal tract, absorption of Cr(VI) into the intestinal epithelium, oxidative stress and inflammation, cell proliferation, direct and/or indirect DNA modification, and mutagenesis. Although available data generally support the plausibility of these key events, several unresolved questions and data gaps were identified, highlighting the need for obtaining critical toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic data in the target tissue and in the low-dose range. Experimental assays that can address these data gaps are discussed along with strategies for comparisons between responsive and nonresponsive tissues and species. This analysis provides a practical application of MOA Framework guidance and is instructive for the design of studies to improve upon the information available for quantitative risk assessment.

Indexed as

Models, TheoreticalResearch DesignAdministration, OralAnimalsCarcinogens, EnvironmentalChromiumGuidelines as TopicHumansIntestinal NeoplasmsMiceRisk AssessmentUnited StatesUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyCarcinogens, EnvironmentalChromiumchromium hexavalent ion

Identifiers

PMID20947717
PMCPMC3003834
OpenAlexW2162023820

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