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ArticleToxicology reports2017

Acute aflatoxin B1 - Induced hepatotoxicity alters gene expression and disrupts lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in rats.

Oluwakemi Anuoluwapo Rotimi, Solomon Oladapo Rotimi, Chibueze Uchechukwu Duru, Ogheneworo Joel Ebebeinwe, Anthonia Obhio Abiodun, Boluwaji Oluwamayowa Oyeniyi, Francis Adedayo Faduyile

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Article in Toxicology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 94 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Oluwakemi Anuoluwapo RotimiBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Solomon Oladapo RotimiBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Chibueze Uchechukwu DuruBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Ogheneworo Joel EbebeinweBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Anthonia Obhio AbiodunBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Boluwaji Oluwamayowa OyeniyiBiochemistry Unit and Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria.
Francis Adedayo FaduyileDepartment of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Covenant University · NGLagos State University Teaching Hospital · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, alterations in lipid metabolism associated with acute aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) induced hepatotoxicity and gene expression changes underlying these effects were investigated. Rats were orally administered three doses (0.25 mg/kg, 0.5 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg) of AFB1 for seven days; after which blood was collected and liver excised. Lipid profiles of plasma and liver were determined spectrophotometrically while the expression of genes associated with lipid and lipoprotein metabolism was assayed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Acute exposure to AFB1 increased the levels of plasma and liver cholesterol, triglycerides and phospholipids. AFB1 at 0.5 mg/kg and 1.0 mg/kg resulted in a dose-dependent (1.2 and 1.5 fold, respectively) downregulation of hepatic

Indexed as

Aflatoxin B1Ahr, aryl hydrocarbon receptorCpt1a, carnitine palmitoyl transferase 1AGene expressionLcat, lecithin – cholesterol acyltransferaseLipc, hepatic lipoprotein lipaseLipidLipoproteinLiverScarb1, scavenger receptor class B member 1

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PMID28959666
PMCPMC5615163
OpenAlexW2737987144

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