Fishing for teratogens: A consortium effort for a harmonized zebrafish developmental toxicology assay

Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 210-219

  Ball, Jonathan S ^a   Stedman, Donald B ^b   Hillegass, Jedd M ^c   Zhang, Cindy X ^d   Panzica kelly, Julie ^b   Coburn, Aleasha ^e   Enright, Brian P ^e   Tornesi, Belen ^e   Amouzadeh, Hamid R ^f   Hetheridge, Malcolm ^a   Gustafson, Anne Lee ^g,h   Augustine rauch, Karen A ^d  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c Lampire Biological Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^d BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^e ABBVIE INC   (United States)

^f AMGEN INC   (United States)

^g ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^h Swedish Chemicals Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Developmental toxicity assay; Embryo; Interlaboratory assessment; Pharmaceutical compounds; Teratogenicity; Teratogenicity screen; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY; LETHALITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POND; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TERATOGENICITY; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH; ZEBRAFISH DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY ASSAY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; DRUG EFFECTS; EMBRYOLOGY; TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; TERATOGENS; TOXICITY TESTS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84899807526     PISSN: 10966080     EISSN: 10960929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfu017     Document Type: Article

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