Environmental Impact on Vascular Development Predicted by High-Throughput Screening
Author(s) -
Nicole Kleinstreuer,
Richard Judson,
David M. Reif,
Nisha S. Sipes,
Amar V. Singh,
Kelly J. Chandler,
Rob DeWoskin,
David J. Dix,
Robert J. Kavlock,
Thomas B. Knudsen
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1103412
Subject(s) - high throughput screening , biology , computational biology , in vitro toxicology , in vivo , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics
Understanding health risks to embryonic development from exposure to environmental chemicals is a significant challenge given the diverse chemical landscape and paucity of data for most of these compounds. High-throughput screening (HTS) in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ToxCast™ project provides vast data on an expanding chemical library currently consisting of > 1,000 unique compounds across > 500 in vitro assays in phase I (complete) and Phase II (under way). This public data set can be used to evaluate concentration-dependent effects on many diverse biological targets and build predictive models of prototypical toxicity pathways that can aid decision making for assessments of human developmental health and disease.
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