Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38379720›Full record

ArticleMethodsX2024

A method to determine reactive oxygen species production in intestinal and liver cell cultures using the 2',7'-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate assay.

Ilzé Engelbrecht, Suranie Horn, John P Giesy, Rialet Pieters

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Article in MethodsX, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ilzé EngelbrechtUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
Suranie HornUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
John P GiesyToxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada.
Rialet PietersUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa.
North-West University · ZABaylor University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to xenobiotics can increase the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). When detoxification organs such as the intestines and liver cannot neutralise these xenobiotics, it can induce oxidative stress and cause damage to tissues. Therefore, cell-based bioassays that indicate intracellular ROS production are a useful screening tool to evaluate the effect of these chemicals. Although flow cytometry is commonly used to measure ROS in cells, many research laboratories in the Global South do not always have access to such specialised instrumentation. Therefore, we describe a sensitive but low-cost method that can easily be used to determine ROS production

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96-well microplateFluorescenceFluorogenic probeH2DCF-DA bioassay for cell culturesIn vitro bioassayMammalian cell linesOxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID38379720
PMCPMC10877935
OpenAlexW4391782955

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