Comparative analysis of eight cytotoxicity assays evaluated within the ACuteTox Project

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1347-1356

  Clothier, R ^a   Gomez Lechon M J ^b   Kinsner Ovaskainen, A ^c   Kopp Schneider, A ^d   O'Connor, J E ^e   Prieto, P ^c   Stanzel, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Concentration response analysis; Correlation analysis; Cytotoxicity; Hierarchical Cluster Analysis; In vitro assays

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LITHIUM SULFATE; METHANOL; NEUROTOXIN; NEUTRAL RED; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOTOXINS; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; TOXICITY TESTS, ACUTE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876702225     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: 18793177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2012.08.015     Document Type: Article

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