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ArticlePloS one2014

Use of the zebrafish larvae as a model to study cigarette smoke condensate toxicity.

Lee D Ellis, Evelyn C Soo, John C Achenbach, Michael G Morash, Kelly H Soanes

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Effect of Water-Pipe Smoking on the Normal Development of Zebrafish.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lee D EllisNational Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3Z1, Canada.
Evelyn C SooScience Division, Office of Research and Surveillance, Controlled Substances and Tobacco Directorate, Health Canada, 150 Tunney's Pasture Driveway, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0K9, Canada, Locator: A.L. 0301A.
John C AchenbachNational Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3Z1, Canada.
Michael G MorashNational Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3Z1, Canada.
Kelly H SoanesNational Research Council of Canada, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3Z1, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The smoking of tobacco continues to be the leading cause of premature death worldwide and is linked to the development of a number of serious illnesses including heart disease, respiratory diseases, stroke and cancer. Currently, cell line based toxicity assays are typically used to gain information on the general toxicity of cigarettes and other tobacco products. However, they provide little information regarding the complex disease-related changes that have been linked to smoking. The ethical concerns and high cost associated with mammalian studies have limited their widespread use for in vivo toxicological studies of tobacco. The zebrafish has emerged as a low-cost, high-throughput, in vivo model in the study of toxicology. In this study, smoke condensates from 2 reference cigarettes and 6 Canadian brands of cigarettes with different design features were assessed for acute, developmental, cardiac, and behavioural toxicity (neurotoxicity) in zebrafish larvae. By making use of this multifaceted approach we have developed an in vivo model with which to compare the toxicity profiles of smoke condensates from cigarettes with different design features. This model system may provide insights into the development of smoking related disease and could provide a cost-effective, high-throughput platform for the future evaluation of tobacco products.

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Disease Models, AnimalAnimalsCanadaCardiotoxicityHumansLarvaMutagenicity TestsNeurotoxicity SyndromesSmokingTobacco Smoke PollutionToxicogeneticsZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsTobacco Smoke PollutionZebrafish Proteins

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PMID25526262
PMCPMC4272283

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