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ArticleArchives of toxicology2015

International STakeholder NETwork (ISTNET): creating a developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) testing road map for regulatory purposes.

Anna Bal-Price, Kevin M Crofton, Marcel Leist, Sandra Allen, Michael Arand, Timo Buetler, Nathalie Delrue, Rex E FitzGerald, Thomas Hartung, Tuula Heinonen and 17 more

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Article in Archives of toxicology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

27 authors.

Anna Bal-PriceSystems Toxicology Unit, EURL-ECVAM, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, TP 580, Via Fermi 1, 21026, Ispra, VA, Italy, anna.price@jrc.ec.europa.eu.
Kevin M Crofton
Marcel Leist
Sandra Allen
Michael Arand
Timo Buetler
Nathalie Delrue
Rex E FitzGerald
Thomas Hartung
Tuula Heinonen
Helena Hogberg
Susanne Hougaard Bennekou
Walter Lichtensteiger
Daniela Oggier
Martin Paparella
Marta Axelstad
Aldert Piersma
Eva Rached
Benoît Schilter
Gabriele Schmuck
Luc Stoppini
Enrico Tongiorgi
Manuela Tiramani
Florianne Monnet-Tschudi
Martin F Wilks
Timo Ylikomi
Ellen Fritsche

Funding

A 3D Model of Human Brain Development for Studying Gene/Environment InteractionsU18TR000547 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HARTUNG, THOMAS · 2012 to 2013
$865k
Developmental neurotoxicity pathways for high throughput testing by metabolomicsU01FD004230 · FDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI HARTUNG, THOMAS · 2011 to 2012
$815k
FDA HHS U01 FD004230NCATS NIH HHS U18 TR000547
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major problem in developmental neurotoxicity (DNT) risk assessment is the lack of toxicological hazard information for most compounds. Therefore, new approaches are being considered to provide adequate experimental data that allow regulatory decisions. This process requires a matching of regulatory needs on the one hand and the opportunities provided by new test systems and methods on the other hand. Alignment of academically and industrially driven assay development with regulatory needs in the field of DNT is a core mission of the International STakeholder NETwork (ISTNET) in DNT testing. The first meeting of ISTNET was held in Zurich on 23-24 January 2014 in order to explore the concept of adverse outcome pathway (AOP) to practical DNT testing. AOPs were considered promising tools to promote test systems development according to regulatory needs. Moreover, the AOP concept was identified as an important guiding principle to assemble predictive integrated testing strategies (ITSs) for DNT. The recommendations on a road map towards AOP-based DNT testing is considered a stepwise approach, operating initially with incomplete AOPs for compound grouping, and focussing on key events of neurodevelopment. Next steps to be considered in follow-up activities are the use of case studies to further apply the AOP concept in regulatory DNT testing, making use of AOP intersections (common key events) for economic development of screening assays, and addressing the transition from qualitative descriptions to quantitative network modelling.

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BrainFetusGuidelines as TopicHumansNeurotoxicity SyndromesRisk AssessmentToxicity Tests

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PMID25618548
PMCPMC4309915

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