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ArticleArchives of toxicology2014

Lung tumors in mice induced by "whole-life" inorganic arsenic exposure at human-relevant doses.

Michael P Waalkes, Wei Qu, Erik J Tokar, Grace E Kissling, Darlene Dixon

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Article in Archives of toxicology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Paradoxical effects of arsenic in the lungs.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021
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  13. Prostate Cancer Incidence in U.S. Counties and Low Levels of Arsenic in Drinking Water.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  16. Impact of prenatal arsenic exposure on chronic adult diseases.Systems biology in reproductive medicine · 2018
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  19. Cellular and Molecular Effects of Prolonged Low-Level Sodium Arsenite Exposure on Human Hepatic HepaRG Cells.Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Michael P WaalkesInorganic Toxicology Group, National Toxicology Program Laboratory, Division of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 111 Alexander Drive, MD E1-07, P.O. Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA, waalkes@niehs.nih.gov.
Wei Qu
Erik J Tokar
Grace E Kissling
Darlene Dixon
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Pathobiology Of Uterine Leiomyomas (fibroids)ZIAES021196 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI DIXON, DARLENE · 2009 to 2025
$31.7M
Stem Cell ToxicologyZIAES102925 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TOKAR, ERIK · 2010 to 2021
$25.3M
Mechanisms of Inorganic CarcinogenesisZIABC005488 · NCI · DIVISION OF BASIC SCIENCES - NCI · PI WAALKES, MICHAEL · 2009 to 2010
$2.5M
NTP Database Summarization And EvaluationZIAES045004 · NIEHS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KISSLING, GRACE E · 2009 to 2017
$1.2M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA BC005488Intramural NIH HHS ZIA ES102925
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In mice, inorganic arsenic in the drinking water in the parts per million range via the dam during in utero life or with whole-life exposure is a multi-site carcinogen in the offspring. However, human arsenic exposure is typically in the parts per billion (ppb) range. Thus, we studied "whole-life" inorganic arsenic carcinogenesis in mice at levels more relevant to humans. Breeder male and female CD1 mice were exposed to 0, 50, 500 or 5,000 ppb arsenic (as sodium arsenite) in the drinking water for 3 weeks prior to breeding, during pregnancy and lactation, and after weaning (at week 3) groups of male and female offspring (initial n = 40) were exposed for up to 2 years. Tumors were assessed in these offspring. Arsenic exposure had no effect on pregnant dam weights or water consumption, litter size, offspring birthweight or weight at weaning compared to control. In male offspring mice, arsenic exposure increased (p < 0.05) bronchiolo-alveolar tumor (adenoma or carcinoma) incidence at 50-ppb group (51 %) and 500-ppb group (54 %), but not at 5,000-ppb group (28 %) compared to control (22 %). These arsenic-induced bronchiolo-alveolar tumors included increased (p < 0.05) carcinoma at 50-ppb group (27 %) compared to controls (8 %). An increase (p < 0.05) in lung adenoma (25 %) in the 50-ppb group compared to control (11 %) occurred in female offspring. Thus, in CD1 mice whole-life arsenic exposure induced lung tumors at human-relevant doses (i.e., 50 and 500 ppb).

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AgingAnimalsArsenitesCarcinogenicity TestsDose-Response Relationship, DrugEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleHumansKaplan-Meier EstimateLung NeoplasmsMaleMicePregnancyPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsSodium CompoundsSpecies SpecificityArsenitesEnvironmental Pollutantssodium arseniteSodium Compounds

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PMID25005685
PMCPMC4130362
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