The Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor and member of the basic helix-loop-helix Per/ARNT/Sim (bHLH/PAS) family of chemosensors and developmental regulators. As a member of the PAS ...
The Cottage Grove Reservoir has been impacted by a point source (Black Butte
Mine), where mercury mining and processing has occurred within its watershed
from the 1890's to the late 1960's. Total mercury concentrations ...
The pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) and ergot alkaloids are known natural
toxicants found in livestock forage. These alkaloids contribute to large
economic losses in livestock throughout the world. An understanding of th ...
There is plenty of evidence from epidemiology studies
supporting a link between certain components in the human
diet and cancer incidence. It is estimated that 3-4 million
annual cases of cancer could be prevented wor ...
Hydrocarbon solvents are widely used in the production of paints,
adhesives, dyes, polymers, plastics, textiles, printing inks, agricultural products and
pharmaceuticals. While the neuropathic potential of aliphatic so ...
Pollutant body burdens, ability to tolerate supplementary stressors, and
biomarkers of physiological stress were investigated in the ground beetle,
Pterostichus oblongopunctatus (Coleoptera: Carabidae), inhabiting a gr ...
Two Oregon reservoirs contaminated by different mercury
sources were compared for mercury distribution in sediment and
bioaccumulation by fish. The average mercury concentration in
the sediment of Cottage Grove reserv ...
Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), a member of the thioredoxin superfamily,
contains two domains with significant sequence homology to the active sites
in thioredoxin. PDI facilitates the folding of nascent proteins in ...
Concentrations of selenium (Se), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), lead
(Pb) and arsenic (As) were measured in the water column, sediment and biota, in conjunction
with selected physicochemical data, from repres ...
The objective of this study was to further determine the distribution of
selenoprotein W (SeW) in tissues from rats and sheep fed different selenium levels and to
search for the possible functions of this protein. In t ...