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ArticleRegulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP2021

Progress towards an OECD reporting framework for transcriptomics and metabolomics in regulatory toxicology.

Joshua A Harrill, Mark R Viant, Carole L Yauk, Magdalini Sachana, Timothy W Gant, Scott S Auerbach, Richard D Beger, Mounir Bouhifd, Jason O'Brien, Lyle Burgoon and 32 more

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Article in Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

42 authors.

Joshua A HarrillCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, United States. Electronic address: harrill.joshua@epa.gov.
Mark R ViantSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Michabo Health Science, University of Birmingham Enterprise, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom. Electronic address: m.viant@bham.ac.uk.
Carole L YaukDepartment of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5, Canada. Electronic address: carole.yauk@uottawa.ca.
Magdalini SachanaOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Environment Health and Safety Division, Paris, France.
Timothy W GantCentre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE), Public Health England (PHE), Harwell Science Campus, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
Scott S AuerbachDivision of the National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
Richard D BegerNational Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States.
Mounir BouhifdEuropean Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Helsinki, Finland.
Jason O'BrienEcotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3, Canada.
Lyle BurgoonUS Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd, Vicksburg, MS, 39180, USA.
Florian CaimentDepartment of Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University, Universiteitssingel 50, 6229, ER, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Donatella CarpiEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027, Ispra, Italy.
Tao ChenNational Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States.
Brian N ChorleyCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, United States.
John ColbourneSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Michabo Health Science, University of Birmingham Enterprise, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom.
Raffaella CorviEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027, Ispra, Italy.
Laurent DebrauwerToxalim (Research Centre in Food Toxicology), INRAE UMR 1331, ENVT, INP-Purpan, Paul Sabatier University (UPS), Toulouse, France; MetaToul-AXIOM Platform, MetaboHUB, National Infrastructure for Metabolomics and Fluxomics, Toulouse, France.
Claire O'DonovanEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom.
Timothy M D EbbelsDivision of Systems Medicine, Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Drew R EkmanCenter for Environmental Measurement and Modeling, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, 30605, United States.
Frank FaulhammerBASF SE, Toxicology and Ecology, 67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Laura GribaldoEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027, Ispra, Italy.
Gina M HiltonPETA Science Consortium International e.V., Friolzheimer Str. 3, 70499, Stuttgart, Germany.
Stephanie P JonesEcotoxicology and Wildlife Health Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3, Canada.
Aniko KendeSyngenta Jealott's Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, RG42 6EY, United Kingdom.
Thomas N LawsonMichabo Health Science, University of Birmingham Enterprise, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom.
Sofia B LeiteEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027, Ispra, Italy.
Pim E G LeonardsDepartment of Environment and Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Mirjam LuijtenCentre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Alberto MartinEuropean Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Helsinki, Finland.
Laura MoussaUS Food and Drug Administration, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD, United States.
Serge RudazSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Western Switzerland, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Swiss Centre for Applied Human Toxicology (SCAHT), Switzerland.
Oliver SchmitzBASF Metabolome Solutions, Metabolome Data Science, Tegeler Weg 33, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
Tomasz SobanskiEuropean Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Helsinki, Finland.
Volker StraussBASF SE, Toxicology and Ecology, 67056, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Monica VaccariCenter for Environmental Health and Prevention, Regional Agency for Prevention, Environment and Energy of Emilia-Romagna, Bologna, Italy.
Vikrant VijayNational Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, United States.
Ralf J M WeberSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom; Michabo Health Science, University of Birmingham Enterprise, Birmingham Research Park, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, B15 2SQ, United Kingdom.
Antony J WilliamsCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, United States.
Andrew WilliamsEnvironmental Health Science and Research Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0K9, Canada.
Russell S ThomasCenter for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27711, United States.
Maurice WhelanEuropean Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), 21027, Ispra, Italy.

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999Medical Research Council MR/S019669/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Omics methodologies are widely used in toxicological research to understand modes and mechanisms of toxicity. Increasingly, these methodologies are being applied to questions of regulatory interest such as molecular point-of-departure derivation and chemical grouping/read-across. Despite its value, widespread regulatory acceptance of omics data has not yet occurred. Barriers to the routine application of omics data in regulatory decision making have been: 1) lack of transparency for data processing methods used to convert raw data into an interpretable list of observations; and 2) lack of standardization in reporting to ensure that omics data, associated metadata and the methodologies used to generate results are available for review by stakeholders, including regulators. Thus, in 2017, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Extended Advisory Group on Molecular Screening and Toxicogenomics (EAGMST) launched a project to develop guidance for the reporting of omics data aimed at fostering further regulatory use. Here, we report on the ongoing development of the first formal reporting framework describing the processing and analysis of both transcriptomic and metabolomic data for regulatory toxicology. We introduce the modular structure, content, harmonization and strategy for trialling this reporting framework prior to its publication by the OECD.

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DocumentationHumansMetabolomicsOrganisation for Economic Co-Operation and DevelopmentToxicogeneticsToxicologyTranscriptomeMetabolomicsMetabolomics reporting frameworkMRFOECDQA/QCRegulatoryToxicologyTranscriptomicsTranscriptomics reporting frameworkTRF

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PMCPMC8808338

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