Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE21008: Linking toxicant physiological mode of action with induced gene expression changes in Caenorhabditis elegans: atrazine GSE21010: Linking toxicant physiological mode of action with induced gene expression changes in Caenorhabditis elegans: cadmium GSE21011: Linking toxicant physiological mode of action with induced gene expression changes in Caenorhabditis elegans: fluoranthene Refer to individual Series
Project description:Triclocarban (TCC) is a widely used antimicrobial agent that is routinely detected in surface waters. The present study was designed to examine TCC’s efficacy and mode of action as a reproductive toxicant in fish. Reproductively mature Pimephales promelas were continuously exposed to either 1 or 5 μg TCC/L, 0.5 μg 17β-trenbolone (TRB)/L or a mixture (MIX) of 5 μg TCC and 0.5 μg TRB/L for 22 d and a variety of reproductive and endocrine-related endpoints were examined. The data were evaluated to answer several key questions: first, whether exposure to TCC could be linked with an ecologically-relevant adverse outcome, i.e., impaired reproduction; second, whether the present study provided additional support for augmentation of androgen action as an endocrine-disrupting mode of action for TCC; and third, whether there were any novel and/or plausible linkages between changes in the ovarian transcriptome and the apical responses observed in females that could support adverse outcome pathway development and/or further hypothesis-driven testing.
Project description:12plex_vitis_2011-02 - 12plex_vitis_2011_02_24h - Biological question (15 lines max): Identification of grape genes regulated in response to resistance inducer treatments. This transcriptomic analysis should provide insight in the mode of action of the compounds under study and yield generic data relevant to grape defense reaction. - Identification of grape genes regulated in response to resistance inducer treatments. This transcriptomic analysis should provide insight in the mode of action of the compounds under study and yield generic data relevant to grape defense reaction.
Project description:In this paper, a nonlinear mathematical model is proposed and analyzed to study the
effect of environmental toxicant on the immune response of the body. Criteria for local
stability, instability and global stability are obtained. It is shown that the immune
response of the body decreases as the concentration of environmental toxicant increases,
and certain criteria are obtained under which it settles down at its equilibrium level.
In the absence of toxicant, an oscillatory behavior of immune system and pathogenic
growth is observed. However, in the presence of toxicant, oscillatory behavior is not
observed. These studies show that the toxicant may have a grave effect on our body’s
defense mechanism.
Keywords: Pathogen; Immune Response; Toxicant; Stability.
