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ReviewEnvironmental toxicology and chemistry2019

Building and Applying Quantitative Adverse Outcome Pathway Models for Chemical Hazard and Risk Assessment.

Edward J Perkins, Roman Ashauer, Lyle Burgoon, Rory Conolly, Brigitte Landesmann, Cameron Mackay, Cheryl A Murphy, Nathan Pollesch, James R Wheeler, Anze Zupanic and 1 more

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Review in Environmental toxicology and chemistry, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

68 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Edward J PerkinsUS Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Roman AshauerEnvironment Department, University of York, Heslington, York, UK.
Lyle BurgoonUS Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA.
Rory ConollyIntegrated Systems Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.
Brigitte LandesmannJoint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy.
Cameron MackayUnilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Sharnbrook, Bedford, UK.
Cheryl A MurphyDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA.
Nathan PolleschMid-Continent Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, US Environmental Protection Agency, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.
James R WheelerDow AgroSciences, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK.
Anze ZupanicDepartment of Environmental Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute for Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Stefan ScholzDepartment of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6990-4716

Funding

American Cleaning InstituteChevron-EnvironmentalECETOC (European Center for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals)European Chemical Industry CouncilEuropean Commission Joint Research CentreEuropean Crop ProtectionExxonMobileHumane Society InternationalHuman Toxicology Project ConsortiumSociety of Environmental Toxicology and ChemistrySyngentaUnileverU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An important goal in toxicology is the development of new ways to increase the speed, accuracy, and applicability of chemical hazard and risk assessment approaches. A promising route is the integration of in vitro assays with biological pathway information. We examined how the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) framework can be used to develop pathway-based quantitative models useful for regulatory chemical safety assessment. By using AOPs as initial conceptual models and the AOP knowledge base as a source of data on key event relationships, different methods can be applied to develop computational quantitative AOP models (qAOPs) relevant for decision making. A qAOP model may not necessarily have the same structure as the AOP it is based on. Useful AOP modeling methods range from statistical, Bayesian networks, regression, and ordinary differential equations to individual-based models and should be chosen according to the questions being asked and the data available. We discuss the need for toxicokinetic models to provide linkages between exposure and qAOPs, to extrapolate from in vitro to in vivo, and to extrapolate across species. Finally, we identify best practices for modeling and model building and the necessity for transparent and comprehensive documentation to gain confidence in the use of qAOP models and ultimately their use in regulatory applications. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;38:1850-1865. © 2019 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of SETAC.

Indexed as

Models, TheoreticalAdverse Outcome PathwaysAnimalsBayes TheoremDecision MakingEcotoxicologyHazardous SubstancesHumansResearch DesignRisk AssessmentToxicokineticsHazardous SubstancesAlternatives to animal testingPredictive toxicologyPrioritization of chemicalsQuantitative adverse outcome pathwaysSpecies extrapolationToxicokinetic/toxicodynamic modeling

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PMID31127958
PMCPMC6771761

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