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Toxicity and carcinogenicity of chromium compounds in humansMax Costa
Department of Environmental Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
Crit Rev Toxicol 36:155-63. 2006..The potential use of this animal model for future risk assessment is discussed...
Mechanisms of bacterial resistance to chromium compoundsMartha I Ramírez-Díaz
Instituto de Investigaciones Quimico Biologicas, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Edificio B 3, Ciudad Universitaria, Morelia, Michoacan 58030, Mexico
Biometals 21:321-32. 2008..Other mechanisms of bacterial resistance to chromate involve the expression of components of the machinery for repair of DNA damage, and systems related to the homeostasis of iron and sulfur...
Carrier-controlled ferromagnetism in transparent oxide semiconductorsJ Philip
Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
Nat Mater 5:298-304. 2006..Being optically transparent with the above optimal properties, Cr-doped In(2)O(3) emerges as a viable candidate for the development of spin electronics...
Study on catalytic incineration of methane using Cr2O3/gamma-Al2O3 as the catalystChing Huei Wang
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kao Yuan Institute of Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 39:1631-41. 2004..However, WHSV and inlet concentration of CH4 did affect CH4 conversion noticeably. For complete oxidation of CH4, the reaction temperature required increased with WHSV and inlet CH4 concentration...
Hydrocarbons in hydrothermal vent fluids: the role of chromium-bearing catalystsDionysis I Foustoukos
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Science 304:1002-5. 2004..This in turn could help to support microbial communities now recognized in the subsurface at deep-sea vents...
Structural and spectroscopic properties of trans-dichlorobis(2,2-dimethyl-1,3-diaminopropane)chromium(III) chlorideJong Ha Choi
Department of Chemistry, Andong National University, Andong, South Korea
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 68:796-801. 2007..It is confirmed that the nitrogen atoms of the Me(2)tn ligand have a strong sigma-donor character, but the chloro ligand has weak sigma- and pi-donor properties toward the chromium(III) ion...
Characterization of nonmutagenic Cr(III)-DNA interactionsSean A Blankert
Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University, P.O. Box 5698, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011-5698, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 16:847-54. 2003..This study provides the first structural evidence for Cr(III)-DNA adducts. A molecular understanding of Cr(III)-DNA interactions will be necessary before we can determine their relevance in Cr(VI)-induced cancers...
Effects of dietary chromium chloride supplementation on performance, some serum parameters, and immune response in broilersFatma Uyanik
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Erciyes, Kayseri, Turkey
Biol Trace Elem Res 90:99-115. 2002..All levels of Cr increased the cell-mediated response to phytohemagglutinin. No alterations in tissues were observed by histopathological examinations...
Synthesis of chromium-containing pigments from chromium recovered from leather wasteFrank J Berry
Department of Chemistry, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Waste Manag 22:761-72. 2002..Colour measurements were compared with those recorded from materials prepared from pure Cr2O3. The leaching of Cr(VI) from the materials was examined by UV spectroscopy...
Cytotoxicity and oxidative mechanisms of different forms of chromiumDebasis Bagchi
Department of Pharmacy Sciences, Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178, USA
Toxicology 180:5-22. 2002..The safety of chromium(III) is largely dependent on the ligand, and adequate clinical studies are warranted to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of chromium(III) for human consumption...
A new method for the treatment of chromite ore processing residuesTiangui Wang
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
J Hazard Mater 149:440-4. 2007..Effects of temperature, dosages of reductants and time on Cr(VI) reduction were investigated. Above 500 degrees C, Cr(VI) can be completely reduced to Cr(III)...
Ultrastructural damage in chromium picolinate-treated cells: a TEM study. Transmission electron microscopyKevin R Manygoats
Department of Chemistry, Northern Arizona University, PO Box 5698, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5698, USA
J Biol Inorg Chem 7:791-8. 2002..The coordination of Cr(III) by picolinate ligands may alter the cellular chemistry of Cr(III) to make chromium picolinate a toxic form of Cr(III)...
Stereoselective transformations of trihalomethylcarbinols induced by chromous chlorideRomain Bejot
, UMR 7514, , , 74 route du Rhin, BP 24, 67401 Illkirch, France
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 44:2008-11. 2005
Carcinogenic Cr(VI) and the nutritional supplement Cr(III) induce DNA deletions in yeast and miceZhanna Kirpnick-Sobol
Department of Pathology, Geffen School of Medicine and School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 650 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Cancer Res 66:3480-4. 2006..This study concludes that both the environmental contaminant Cr(VI) and the nutritional supplement Cr(III) increase DNA deletions in vitro and in vivo, when ingested via drinking water...
Bacterial Cr(VI) reduction concurrently improves sunflower (Helianthus Annuus L.) growthMuhammad Faisal
Department of Botany, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, 54590 Lahore, Pakistan
Biotechnol Lett 27:943-7. 2005..O. intermedium caused 30% decrease in chromium uptake in sunflower plant roots under Cr(VI) stress as compared to chromium-free control plants...
Structural and spectroscopic properties of trans-difluoro(1,4,8,12-tetraazacyclopentadecane)chromium(III) perchlorate hydrateJong Ha Choi
Department of Chemistry, Andong National University, Andong 760 749, South Korea
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc 65:1138-43. 2006..It is confirmed that the fluoride has strong sigma- and pi-donor properties toward the chromium(III) ion and the nitrogen atoms of the [15]aneN(4) ligand also have a strong sigma-donor character...
Synthesis, characterization and properties of chromium(III) complex [Cr(SA)(en)2]Cl.2H2OBin Liu
Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
J Inorg Biochem 100:1462-9. 2006..01M Hepes at pH 7.4. The results show that Cr(III) can be transferred from the complex to apoovotransferrin with the retention of the salicylate acted as a synergistic anion...
Cr(III) reactivity and foot dermatitis in Cr(VI) positive patientsMalene Barre Hansen
Department of Dermatology, The National Allergy Research Centre, University of Copenhagen, Gentofte Hospital, Denmark
Contact Dermatitis 54:140-4. 2006..However, Cr(VI) allergics having foot eczema and positive or doubtful Cr(III) reactions often had positive reactions to other shoe allergens. Thus, Cr(III) allergy is part of a multiple shoe allergy pattern...
Application of the Rietveld method to assess chromium(VI) speciation in chromite ore processing residueMaria Chrysochoou
W M Keck Geoenvironmental Laboratory, Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken NJ 07030, USA
J Hazard Mater 141:370-7. 2007..The correlation between the average CAC-bound Cr(6+) concentration and the total Cr(6+) for five samples (R(2)=0.94), extracted from different zones and soil borings, suggests that CACs are a primary sink for Cr(6+) in COPR...
Reactions of *NO2 with chromium(III) complexes with histamine and pyridoxamine ligands studied by the stopped-flow techniqueDagmara Jacewicz
Department of General Chemistry, , Sobieskiego 18/19, , Poland
Anal Biochem 350:256-62. 2006..52 to 9.11 for cis-[Cr(C2O4)(Hpm) (OH2)2]+ and from 6.03 to 8.15 for cis-[Cr(C2O4)(hm)(OH2)2] +. We also determined the thermodynamic activation parameter (E(a)) and the uptake mechanism for each of the coordination compounds studied...
Chromium activates glucose transporter 4 trafficking and enhances insulin-stimulated glucose transport in 3T3-L1 adipocytes via a cholesterol-dependent mechanismGuoli Chen
Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Center for Diabetes Research, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
Mol Endocrinol 20:857-70. 2006..Moreover, these findings at the level of the cell are consistent with in vivo observations of improved glucose tolerance and decreased circulating cholesterol levels after chromium supplementation...
Differential impact of ionic and coordinate covalent chromium (Cr)-DNA binding on DNA replicationJamie L Fornsaglio
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Mol Cell Biochem 279:149-55. 2005..Thus, these results suggest that treatment of living cells with Cr(VI) leads to two modes of Cr-binding, which may have conflicting effects on DNA replication...
Nucleotide excision repair functions in the removal of chromium-induced DNA damage in mammalian cellsTravis J O'Brien
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Mol Cell Biochem 279:85-95. 2005..Consequently, NER may represent an important mechanism for preventing Cr(VI)-induced mutagenesis and neoplastic transformation...
Chromium recovery from chrome shaving generated in tanning processMehmet Erdem
Department of Environmental Engineering, Firat University, 23279 Elazig, Turkey
J Hazard Mater 129:143-6. 2006..The chromate ions in this solution were reduced by using Na2SO3 and Cr(III) sulphate solution was obtained...
Combustion of chlorinated VOC on nanostructured chromia aerogel as catalyst and catalyst supportH Rotter
Chemical Engineering Department, The Blechner Center for Industrial Catalysis and Process Development, Ben - Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
Environ Sci Technol 39:6845-50. 2005..5%Pt/Al2O3, respectively. The effects of Pt, Au, Mn, and Ce additives on the performance of CrOOH aerogel in combustion of chlorinated VOC were analyzed related to the materials structure...
Effects of dengue virus infection on peripheral blood cells of mice exposed to hexavalent chromium with drinking waterRicha Shrivastava
Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, India
Indian J Med Res 122:111-9. 2005..Whether therapeutic doses of chromium (III) compounds may be able to prevent the DV-induced fall in platelet counts, needs to be investigated...
Safety of trivalent chromium complexes: no evidence for DNA damage in human HaCaT keratinocytesIsabelle Hininger
Laboratoire Nutrition, Vieillissement, Maladies Cardiovasculaires, EA 3746, J Fourier University, Domaine de la Merci, 38700 La Tronche, France
Free Radic Biol Med 42:1759-65. 2007..These data further support the low toxicity of trivalent Cr complexes used in nutrient supplements...
Analytical speciation of chromium in in-vitro cultures of chromate-resistant filamentous fungiFrancisco Javier Acevedo Aguilar
Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas, Universidad de Guanajuato, L de Retana N degrees 5, 36000, Guanajuato, Mexico
Anal Bioanal Chem 392:269-76. 2008....
Apoptosis of lymphocytes in the presence of Cr(V) complexes: role in Cr(VI)-induced toxicityC Vasant
Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600 020, India
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 285:1354-60. 2001..The intermediates of Cr(V) and radical species in the biotoxic pathways elicited by Cr(VI) seems feasible...
Chromium nanoparticle exhibits higher absorption efficiency than chromium picolinate and chromium chloride in Caco-2 cell monolayersL Y Zha
Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition of Ministry of Education, Feed Science Institute, College of Animal Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
J Anim Physiol Anim Nutr (Berl) 92:131-40. 2008..In addition, CrNano exhibited considerably higher absorption efficiency than both CrPic and CrCl(3) in Caco-2 cell monolayers...
Improvement of radioactive colloid binding by tumor cellsL J Anghileri
Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nancy, France
Tumori 76:217-9. 1990..Poly-lys M.W. 8,000 presents no significant increase, and for the other molecular weights the binding is intermediate...
Structural modification and aggregation of mucin by chromium(III) complexesH Yamini Shrivastava
Chemical Laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai 600 020, India
J Biomol Struct Dyn 20:575-87. 2003..Histochemical analysis supports the contention that complex 2 favors the oligomerisation of PGM and leads to the formation of aggregated mass of macromolecules...
Hard X-ray microprobe studies of chromium(VI)-treated V79 Chinese hamster lung cells: intracellular mapping of the biotransformation products of a chromium carcinogenCarolyn T Dillon
Centre for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
J Biol Inorg Chem 7:640-5. 2002..This is the first study that has enabled the determination of the localization of the biotransformation products of Cr(VI) carcinogens in a target lung cell...
Efficacy of chromium(III) supplementation on growth, body composition, serum parameters, and tissue chromium in ratsL Y Zha
Animal Science College of Zhejiang University, The Key Laboratory of Molecular Animal Nutrition, Ministry of Education, Qiutao North Road 164, Hangzhou 310029, China
Biol Trace Elem Res 119:42-50. 2007..The results indicate that chromium nanocomposite has higher efficacy on growth and body composition compared to the traditional chromium agents...
Alpha-Tris(2,4-pentanedionato-kappa2O,O')chromium(III) at 290 and 110 K: a new delta phase at 110 KLars S von Chrzanowski
Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
Acta Crystallogr C 63:m377-82. 2007..The space group remains P2(1)/c and the phase transition can therefore be considered as klassengleich. The unit-cell volume increases by a factor of six, resulting in six independent molecules in the asymmetric unit...
Embryotoxicity hazard assessment of methylmercury and chromium using embryonic stem cellsT C Stummann
European Centre for the Validation of Alternative Methods ECVAM, TP 580, IHCP, JRC, European Commission, Via Fermi 1, 21020 Ispra VA, Italy
Toxicology 242:130-43. 2007..In conclusion, our results imply that inclusion of additional target tissues and refinement of the current prediction model may enhance the predictive power of the EST...
Kinetics of an intratracheally administered chromium catalyst in ratsJ A J Vanoirbeek
Pneumology (Lung Toxicology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
J Toxicol Environ Health A 66:393-409. 2003..Exposure to chromium compounds could be monitored by measuring Cr concen-trations in urine (shortly after exposure) and in erythrocytes (..
Non-enzymatic phosphorylation of bovine serum albumin by Cr(V) complexes: role in Cr(VI)-induced phosphorylation and toxicityChellappa Vasant
Biochemistry Laboratory, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai 600020, India
Mol Cell Biochem 275:153-64. 2005..Based on the results, a possibility that 1, 2 and 3 mimic the function of tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases has been invoked...
Chromium yeast supplementation improves fasting plasma glucose and LDL-cholesterol in streptozotocin-induced diabetic ratsMing-Hoang Lai
Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Int J Vitam Nutr Res 76:391-7. 2006..This raises the possibility that Cr yeast supplementation can be considered to improve carbohydrate and lipid metabolism amongst human patients featuring type 2 diabetes mellitus...
Effects of neutral, cationic, and anionic chromium ascorbate complexes on isolated human mitochondrial and genomic DNAAhmet Nedim Ay
Department of Chemistry, Hacettepe University, Beytepe Campus 06532, Ankara, Turkey
J Biochem Mol Biol 36:403-8. 2003..No apparent effect was observed under the applied experimental conditions to facilitate or prevent damage through the ternary amino acid-Cr-DNA adduct formation or binary chromium-amino acid complex formation...
Subchronic inhalation toxicity of soluble hexavalent chromium trioxide in ratsHyeon Yeong Kim
Occupational Safety and Health Research Institute, Center for Occupational Toxicology, 108 4 Munji dong, Yusong Ku, 305 380, Daejeon, Korea
Arch Toxicol 78:363-8. 2004..In conclusion, the 13-week repeated exposure with soluble CrO3 demonstrated the injury in SD rats with the no observed adverse effect level (NOAEL) under 0.20 mg/m3...
Exposure determination and respirator selection under the OSHA Hexavalent Chromium StandardsPaul Puncochar
3M Occupational Health and Environmental Safety Division, USA
Occup Health Saf 75:134-9. 2006
Microbial stability evaluation of cement-based waste forms at different waste to cement ratioMichael A Idachaba
Cooperative Research Programs, Foster Hall, 904 Chestnut Street, Lincoln University, 65109, Jefferson City, MO, USA
J Hazard Mater 96:331-40. 2003..On the whole, the maximum percentage chromium leached from the different waste forms was substantially lower than those of the other metals...
Vitamins deficiency in developing chick during chromium intoxication and protection thereofRajendra Singh Chundawat
Laboratory of Neurobiology and Toxicology, Department of Biosciences, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat 360 005, India
Toxicology 211:124-31. 2005..Nevertheless, the recovery of vitamins was quick and significant during vitamins and glutathione therapy and in some cases control level was achieved...
The safety and efficacy of high-dose chromiumDavis W Lamson
Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA, USA
Altern Med Rev 7:218-35. 2002The data on the standards for chromium requirements and the safety of various chromium compounds and doses are reviewed...
The use of air fuel cell cathodes to remove contaminants from spent chromium plating solutionsK L Huang
Center of General Education, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 711, Taiwan
Environ Technol 25:39-49. 2004..g., Cr2O3) with minor amount of lead chromate (lead dichromate or lead trichromate) and other chromium solids (Cr black). As expected, the dominant deposit on the lead anode surface was PbO2...
Complexities of chromium carcinogenesis: role of cellular response, repair and recovery mechanismsSusan Ceryak
Department of Pharmacology and Molecular and Cellular Oncology Program, The George Washington University Medical Center, 2300 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Mutat Res 533:3-36. 2003..These pertinent issues must be considered in relation to the potential role that each plays in the induction of human respiratory tract cancer by particulate Cr(VI) compounds...
Incision of trivalent chromium [Cr(III)]-induced DNA damage by Bacillus caldotenax UvrABC endonucleaseTravis J O'Brien
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, United States
Mutat Res 610:85-92. 2006..Taken together, our data suggest that a sub-fraction of Cr(III)-DNA adducts is recognized and processed by the prokaryotic NER machinery and that ICLs are not necessarily the sole lesions generated by Cr(III) that are substrates for NER...
Cu, Cr and As distribution in soils adjacent to pressure-treated decks, fences and polesTait Chirenje
Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-0290, USA
Environ Pollut 124:407-17. 2003..These results are helpful for CCA-treated wood product users to determine the safe use of these structures...
Influence of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) on the interaction between sparfloxacin and calf thymus DNADong Sheng Guo
College of Environment and Resources, Shanxi University, Wucheng Road 580, Taiyuan 030006, China
J Inorg Biochem 101:644-8. 2007....
[Determination of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) in water using flow injection on-line preconcentration and separation with flame absorption spectrometric detection]Wei-jun Kang
College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China
Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi 23:572-5. 2003..L-1 level were 3.41% and 1.80%, and the corresponding detection limits (3 sigma) were 1.03 micrograms.L-1 and 0.54 microgram.L-1, respectively. The satisfactory recovery of 93.48%-107.5% could be obtained from water samples...
Genesis of hexavalent chromium from natural sources in soil and groundwaterChristopher Oze
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 2115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104:6544-9. 2007..Our results demonstrate that Cr(III) within ultramafic- and serpentinite-derived soils/sediments can be oxidized and dissolved through natural processes, leading to hazardous levels of aqueous Cr(VI) in surface and groundwater...
[Studies on the effects of chromium complexes]Liwei Shi
Institute for Environmental Hygiene and Health Related Product Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control, Beijing 100021, China
Wei Sheng Yan Jiu 32:410-2. 2003..The major damaging species responsible for the genotoxicity were Cr(V) or Cr(IV) complexes. However, the function of reactive organic intermediates could not be excluded...
Mechanisms of chromium toxicity, carcinogenicity and allergenicity: review of the literature from 1985 to 2000A D Dayan
IRG in Toxicology, King's College London, UK
Hum Exp Toxicol 20:439-51. 2001Laboratory and clinical reports about the pathogenesis of the carcinogenicity and allergenicity of chromium compounds published between 1985 and 2000 have been reviewed as a basis for consideration of the pathogenetic mechanisms involved...
In vivo assays for COX-2Chi-Chung Chan
Merck Frosst Centre for Therapeutic Research, Quebec, Canada
Methods Mol Biol 225:321-8. 2003
In vitro availability of ofloxacin in presence of metals essential to human bodyNajma Sultana
Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
Pak J Pharm Sci 20:42-7. 2007..4 and 9. The result showed that availability of ofloxacin slightly changed in presence of all metals in all these dissolution mediums...
Effect of chromium on apolipoprotein A-I expression in HepG2 cellsMichael J Haas
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Nutrition 19:353-7. 2003..Whether similar changes may occur in vivo remains to be shown. However, these observations do not support the use of pharmacologic amounts of chromium supplementation to enhance the cardioprotective lipid profile...
Epigenetic and gene expression changes related to transgenerational carcinogenesisRobert Y-S Cheng
Laboratory of Comparative Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
Mol Carcinog 40:1-11. 2004..These results also support the hypothesis of an epigenetic and/or gene expression-based mechanism for transgenerational carcinogenesis. Published 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc...
Autoxidation and toxicant-induced oxidation of lipid and DNA in monkey liver: reduction of molecular damage by melatoninJ Cabrer
Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229-3900, USA
Pharmacol Toxicol 89:225-30. 2001..The findings provide support for the use of melatonin as suitable agent to reduce damage inflicted by free radical species in primates...
Nephroprotective action of tocotrienol-rich fraction (TRF) from palm oil against potassium dichromate (K 2 Cr 2 O 7)-induced acute renal injury in ratsMohd Rashid Khan
Department of Biochemistry, Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard Hamdard University, New Delhi 110062, India
Chem Biol Interact 186:228-38. 2010Industrial and occupational exposure to chromium compounds, particularly hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI))-containing compounds are often known to cause acute renal injury (ARI) in humans and animals...
Workplace carcinogen and pesticide exposures in Costa RicaTimo Partanen
Instituto Regional de Estudios en Sustancias Tóxicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Tierra y el Mar, Universidad Nacional, Apartado Postal 86, 3000 Heredia, Costa Rica
Int J Occup Environ Health 9:104-11. 2003..333,000 workers), diesel engine exhaust (278,000), environmental tobacco smoke (71,000), hexavalent chromium compounds (55,000), benzene (52,000), wood dust (32,000), silica dust (27,000), lead and inorganic lead compounds (19,..
Threshold mechanisms and site specificity in chromium(VI) carcinogenesisS De Flora
Department of Health Sciences, Section of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Genoa, Via A Pastore 1, I 16132 Genoa, Italy
Carcinogenesis 21:533-41. 2000..since the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) evaluated the carcinogenicity of chromium and chromium compounds. Further studies performed during the last decade have provided further epidemiological, experimental and ..
Toxicity of sodium molybdate and sodium dichromate to Daphnia magna straus evaluated in acute, chronic, and acetylcholinesterase inhibition testsT C Diamantino
Instituto do Ambiente e Vida, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Coimbra, Largo Marques de Pombal, Coimbra, 3000, Portugal
Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 45:253-9. 2000..Molybdenum compounds have been studied as alternative to chromium compounds for some industrial applications...
Evaluation of sequential extraction procedures for soluble and insoluble hexavalent chromium compounds in workplace air samplesKevin Ashley
U S Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Mail Stop R 7, Cincinnati, OH 45226 1998, USA
J Environ Monit 11:318-25. 2009..The performance data obtained in this work support the Cr(VI) sequential extraction procedures described in the international standards...
[Urinary excretion of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxymandelic acid, 17-hydroxycorticosteroids and 17-ketosteroids in workers producing iron-manganese alloys]A Misiewicz
Med Pr 42:169-72. 1991..The subjects were exposed to manganese, iron , chromium compounds, thermal radiation, high temperature and noise...
Occupational exposures and pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysisI A Ojajärvi
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenk 41A, 00250 Helsinki, Finland
Occup Environ Med 57:316-24. 2000..Consolidation of epidemiological data on pancreatic cancer and worksite exposures...
Pycnogenol prevents potassium dichromate K2Cr2O7-induced oxidative damage and nephrotoxicity in ratsKehkashan Parveen
Department of Biochemistry, Lipid Metabolism Laboratory, Jamia Hamdard Hamdard University, New Delhi 110062, India
Chem Biol Interact 181:343-50. 2009Environmental and occupational exposure to chromium compounds, especially hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)], is widely recognized as a potential nephrotoxic in humans and animals...
Chromium determination by supercritical fluid chromatography with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric and flame ionization detectionJ M Carey
University of Cincinnati, Department of Chemistry, OH 45221-0172
J Chromatogr A 662:329-40. 1994Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) has been investigated for the separation of a pair of beta-ketonate chromium compounds and a thermally labile organochromium dimer...
Simultaneous analysis of the local and systemic immune responses in mice to study the occupational asthma mechanisms induced by chromium and platinumMasarin Ban
Institut National de Recherche et de Sécurité INRS, Département Polluants et Santé, rue du Morvan, CS 60027, 54019 Vandoeuvre Cedex, France
Toxicology 277:29-37. 2010As a result of industrial development, increased exposure to platinum and chromium compounds and the subsequent development of occupational asthma (OA) has been reported...
Cr(III) exerts stronger structural effects than Cr(VI) on the human erythrocyte membrane and molecular modelsM Suwalsky
Faculty of Chemical Sciences, University of Concepcion, Casilla 160 C, Concepcion, Chile
J Inorg Biochem 102:842-9. 2008..where they are reduced to Cr(III), there are practically no reports on the structural effects induced by chromium compounds on the erythrocyte membrane...
Hazardous air pollutants and asthmaGeorge D Leikauf
Center for Environmental Genetics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267 0056, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:505-26. 2002..monitoring suggest that aldehydes (especially acrolein and formaldehyde) and metals (especially nickel and chromium compounds) may have possible health risk indices sufficient for additional attention...
Occupational exposure to dyes, metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and other agents and K-ras activation in human exocrine pancreatic cancerJuan Alguacil
Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology of Cancer Unit, Institut Municipal d Investigacio Medica IMIM, Barcelona, Spain
Int J Cancer 107:635-41. 2003..The association with chromium compounds was stronger for G to T transversions, a finding compatible with experimental studies on mutation spectra ..
The European standard series in 9 European countries, 2002/2003 -- first results of the European Surveillance System on Contact AllergiesW Uter
Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Erlangen Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
Contact Dermatitis 53:136-45. 2005..8%) is coming close to the frequency found with the fragrance mix (6.4%). Regarding contact allergy to chromium compounds, different frequencies were noted in the 2 centres focused on occupational dermatitis (2...
Comparing metabolic effects of six different commercial trivalent chromium compoundsHarry G Preuss
Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Physiology, Washington, DC 20057, United States
J Inorg Biochem 102:1986-90. 2008..with insulin resistance and diabetes, it is not surprising that many different, commercial trivalent chromium compounds are available on the market...
Separation of chromium(III) and chromium(VI) by ion chromatography and an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer as element-selective detectorHarald Hagendorfer
Institute of Chemistry Analytical Chemistry, Karl Franzens University Graz, Universitaetsplatz 1, 8010 Graz, Austria
Talanta 76:656-61. 2008Due to its extensive use in industrial processes, large quantities of chromium compounds are discharged into the environment. Common approaches for the speciation of Cr employ the determination of Cr(VI) and total Cr...
Lung cancer mortality in nickel/chromium platers, 1946-95T Sorahan
Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
Occup Environ Med 55:236-42. 1998..To investigate mortality from lung cancer in nickel/chromium platers...
Vitamin C attenuates potassium dichromate-induced nephrotoxicity and alterations in renal brush border membrane enzymes and phosphate transport in ratsSabiha Fatima
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh 202002, U P, India
Clin Chim Acta 386:94-9. 2007Exposure to chromium compounds can result in nephrotoxicity. The administration of potassium dichromate (K(2)Cr(2)O(7)), a hexavalent chromium compound, results in impairment in functions of renal brush border membrane (BBM).
Particulate hexavalent chromium is cytotoxic and genotoxic to the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) lung and skin fibroblastsTânia Li Chen
Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, University of Southern Maine, Portland, Maine 04103, USA
Environ Mol Mutagen 50:387-93. 2009Hexavalent chromium compounds are present in the atmosphere and oceans and are established mutagens and carcinogens in human and terrestrial mammals. However, the adverse effects of these toxicants in marine mammals are uncertain...
Monitoring of cellular enzymes in the serum of electroplating workers at CoimbatoreC P Saraswathy
Department of Environmental Sciences, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 614 042, India
J Environ Biol 28:287-90. 2007b>Chromium compounds are potent toxic and carcinogenic substances. With respect to toxicity, hepatic and renal toxicity have been reported both in workers and in animals exposed to chromium (VI)...
A case-control study on occupational risk factors for sino-nasal cancerA d'Errico
Local Health Unit ASL TO3, Epidemiology Department Piedmont Region, Via Sabaudia 164, Grugliasco TO 10095, Italy
Occup Environ Med 66:448-55. 2009Sino-nasal cancer has been consistently associated with exposure to wood dust, leather dust, nickel and chromium compounds; for other occupational hazards, the findings are somewhat mixed...
[Exposure to metal compounds in occupational galvanic processes]Jolanta Surgiewicz
Z Zakładu Zagrozeń Chemicznych i Pyłowych, Centralnego Instytutu Ochrony Pracy Państwowego Instytutu Badawczego w Warszawie
Med Pr 57:123-31. 2006..Workers who deal with galvanic coating are exposed to heavy metal compounds: tin, silver, copper and zinc. Some of them are carcinogenic, for example, hexavalent chromium compounds, nickel and cadmium compounds.
[Occupational exposure to hexavalent chromium during aircraft painting]M Gherardi
Istituto Superiore per la Prevenzione e la Sicurezza del Lavoro, Dipartimento Igiene del Lavoro, Via Fontana Candida 1, 00040 Monte Porzio Catone, RM
G Ital Med Lav Ergon 29:553-5. 2007..the chromate are added to primer paint as a corrosion inhibitor of aircrafts surfaces: so hexavalent chromium compounds are available in many primers with a composition ranging from 10% to 13%...
Chromium oxidation state imaging in mammalian cells exposed in vitro to soluble or particulate chromate compoundsRichard Ortega
Laboratoire de Chimie Nucléaire Analytique et Bioenvironnementale, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Universite de Bordeaux 1, BP 120, Chemin du Solarium, 33175 Gradignan, France
Chem Res Toxicol 18:1512-9. 2005Hexavalent chromium compounds are known carcinogens for the respiratory tract in humans. The mechanism of cell transformation by hexavalent chromium compounds is not fully understood although a role for intracellular reduction is sought...
Comparative genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of four hexavalent chromium compounds in human bronchial cellsSandra S Wise
Wise Laboratory of Environmental and Genetic Toxicology, Maine Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health, Department of Applied Medical Science, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, Maine 04104 9300, USA
Chem Res Toxicol 23:365-72. 2010..The levels of DNA damage measured by gamma-H2A.X foci formation were similar for the three particulate chromium compounds. Corrected for chromium uptake differences, we found that zinc chromate and barium chromate were the most ..
Extraction of hexavalent chromium from chromated copper arsenate treated wood under alkaline conditionsSuzana Radivojevic
Faculty of Forestry University of Toronto, 33 Willcocks St M5S 3B3 Toronto, ON, Canada
Environ Sci Technol 42:3739-44. 2008..treated wood products because of differences in toxicity between trivalent [Cr(III)] and hexavalent [Cr(VI)] chromium compounds. Hypothetical Cr(VI) fixation products were investigated in CCA type C treated sawdust of aspen and red pine ..
Reductive activation with cysteine represents a chromium(III)-dependent pathway in the induction of genotoxicity by carcinogenic chromium(VI)Anatoly Zhitkovich
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Box G B511, Providence, RI 02912, USA
Environ Health Perspect 110:729-31. 2002Induction of DNA damage by carcinogenic hexavalent chromium compounds [Cr(VI)] results from its reduction to lower oxidation states...
Removal of chromium from aqueous solution using polyaniline--poly ethylene glycol compositeMajid Riahi Samani
Department of Environment and Energy, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
J Hazard Mater 184:248-54. 2010The adsorption of chromium compounds from solutions by a composite of polyaniline/poly ethylene glycol (PANi/PEG) was investigated in this study...
Killing of chromium-damaged cells by mismatch repair and its relevance to carcinogenesisAnatoly Zhitkovich
Brown University, Center for Genomics and Proteomics, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
Cell Cycle 4:1050-2. 2005Hexavalent chromium compounds are widespread environmental contaminants that are well recognized as human carcinogens and potent respiratory toxicants...
Occupational risk factors for renal cell carcinoma in MontrealM E Parent
INRS Institut Armand Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada
Am J Ind Med 38:609-18. 2000..Little is known about the role of workplace exposures on the risk of renal cell cancer...
The somatic white-ivory eye spot test does not detect the same spectrum of genotoxic events as the wing somatic mutation and recombination test in Drosophila melanogasterU Graf
Institute of Toxicology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland
Environ Mol Mutagen 27:219-26. 1996..of the genotoxic activity that is due to mitotic recombination was between 84% and 91% for the hexavalent chromium compounds CRO and POC and about 68% for 2,4-D...
Trivalent chromium induces oxidative stress in goldfish brainOleh V Lushchak
Department of Biochemistry, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str, Ivano Frankivsk, 76025, Ukraine
Chemosphere 75:56-62. 2009..Toxic effects of chromium compounds are partially associated with activation of redox processes...
Electronic structure and Jahn-Teller effect in GaN:Mn and ZnS:CrF Virot
Institut Matériaux Microélectronique Nanosciences de Provence, Faculté St Jérôme, Case 142, F 13397 Marseille CEDEX 20, France
J Phys Condens Matter 23:025503. 2011..The same is true for the complete set of crystal field parameters obtained from the phenomenological model which agrees well with previous optical measurements...
Removal of copper, chromium and arsenic from preservative-treated wood by chemical extraction-fungal bioleachingReyes Sierra-Alvarez
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 0011, USA
Waste Manag 29:1885-91. 2009..10) followed by a 28-day solid-state fermentation period removed 87% Cu, 80% Cr, and 100% As. These results indicate the potential of the two-stage process for the remediation of preservative-treated wood...
Molecular aspects of glucose dehydration by chromium chlorides in ionic liquidsYanmei Zhang
Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Schuit Institute of Catalysis, Eindhoven University of Technology, P O Box 513, NL 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Chemistry 17:5281-8. 2011..The mechanism involves ring opening of D-glucopyranose coordinated to a single Cr ion, followed by a transient self-organization of catalytic chromium complexes that promotes the rate-determining hydrogen-shift step...
Decomposition of Cr(V)-diols to Cr(III) complexes by Arthrobacter oxydansNelly Y Tsibakhashvili
Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi, 0177, Georgia
Microb Ecol 57:360-6. 2009..Additionally, atomic absorption spectrometry was also employed to examine the time course of total chromium in bacterial cells. This is the first time the kinetics of Cr(III) complexes formation in bacteria is evaluated...
Synthesis of C14,15-dihydro-C22,25-epi north unit of cephalostatin 1 via "red-ox" modifications of hecogenin acetateSeongmin Lee
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
Org Lett 11:5-8. 2009..The key transformations include (i) Cr(VI)-catalyzed E-ring opening, (ii) C17 hydroxylation, and (iii) a base-triggered cyclization cascade...
The effect of texturized vegetable protein containing soy carbohydrate on oroileal transit of chromic oxide in cannulated dogsR C Hill
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610, USA
J Anim Sci 78:2633-8. 2000..Mean Cr2O3 recovery was 93%. In conclusion, small intestinal transit of Cr2O3 was unaffected by increasing dietary TVP despite marked changes in carbohydrate digestibility...
Addition of DNA to Cr(VI) and cytochrome b5 containing proteoliposomes leads to generation of DNA strand breaks and Cr(III) complexesGriselda R Borthiry
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
Chem Biodivers 5:1545-57. 2008..It is concluded that EPR can detect specific Cr(III) complexes that depend on the presence of plasmid DNA and the manner in which the Cr(III) is formed...
The hazard of chromium exposure to neonates in Guiyu of ChinaYan Li
Central Laboratory and the Key Immunopathology Laboratory of Guangdong Province, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China
Sci Total Environ 403:99-104. 2008..Chromium pollution is threatening the health of neonates around the recycling sites...
Absorption of inorganic, trivalent and hexavalent chromium following oral and intrajejunal doses in ratsH Febel
Research Institute of Animal Breeding and Nutrition, H 2053 Herceghalom, Hungary
Acta Vet Hung 49:203-9. 2001..Total retention of chromium given orally ranged around 15 percent of the dose, regardless of the chromium compounds applied. The absorption rate of chromic oxide, which is considered a nonabsorbable compound, was 14...
Chromium behavior during cement-production processes: a clinkerization, hydration, and leaching studySuthatip Sinyoung
Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
J Hazard Mater 191:296-305. 2011..Chromium was found to be incorporated in the clinker phase. The formation of new chromium compounds such as Ca(6)Al(4)Cr(2)O(15), Ca(5)Cr(3)O(12), Ca(5)Cr(2)SiO(12), and CaCr(2)O(7), with chromium oxidation ..
Research Grants
- Chromium Genotoxicity: Response and Repair MechanismsSteven Patierno; Fiscal Year: 2007Certain chromium compounds are environmentally and occupationally important human respiratory carcinogens that are mutagenic and carcinogenic at exposure levels which induce some growth arrest and apoptotic cell death...
- PARTICULATE CHROMIUM TOXICITY AND CARCINOGENESISSteven Patierno; Fiscal Year: 2003..object of the proposed research is to investigate the interaction of particulate and soluble hexavalent chromium compounds with normal human small airway epithelial cells (HSAE) and fibroblasts (HLF), which are representative ..
- DNA CROSSLINKING IN CHROMIUM TOXICITY AND CARCINOGENESISSteven Patierno; Fiscal Year: 2002The objective of this continuation application is to investigate the interaction of particulate and soluble chromium compounds with normal human small airway epithelial cells (HSAE) and fibroblasts (HLF) which are representative target ..
- Ketosis, Vascular Inflammation and Its Therapy in Type 1 Diabetic PatientsSushil K Jain; Fiscal Year: 2010..The long-term goal is to understand the role of ketosis in CVD and to discover a relatively low-cost dietary supplement that could be used as an adjuvant therapy for CVD prevention in type 1 diabetes. ..
- Ketosis, Vascular Inflammation and Its Therapy in Type 1 Diabetic PatientsSushil K Jain; Fiscal Year: 2010..The long-term goal is to understand the role of ketosis in CVD and to discover a relatively low-cost dietary supplement that could be used as an adjuvant therapy for CVD prevention in type 1 diabetes. ..
- Ketosis, Vascular Inflammation and Its Therapy in Type 1 Diabetic PatientsSushil Jain; Fiscal Year: 2009..The long-term goal is to understand the role of ketosis in CVD and to discover a relatively low-cost dietary supplement that could be used as an adjuvant therapy for CVD prevention in type 1 diabetes. ..
- Ketosis, Vascular Inflammation and Its Therapy in Type 1 Diabetic PatientsSushil Jain; Fiscal Year: 2007..The long-term goal is to understand the role of ketosis in CVD and to discover a relatively low-cost dietary supplement that could be used as an adjuvant therapy for CVD prevention in type 1 diabetes. ..
- Adjuvant Therapy for Vascular Inflammation in DiabetesSushil Jain; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
- Metal Carcinogenesis: New ConceptsAnatoly Zhitkovich; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- Sensitivity Mechanisms in Chromium ToxicityAnatoly Zhitkovich; Fiscal Year: 2007..The results of this work are expected to advance molecular understanding of Cr(VI) injury in the major target cells and to identify damage processing proteins that enhance toxicity of Cr-DNA modifications. ..
- GENOTOXICITY OF CHROMIUM COMPOUNDSAnatoly Zhitkovich; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- GENOTOXICITY OF CHROMIUM COMPOUNDSAnatoly Zhitkovich; Fiscal Year: 2010..The completion of the proposed work can lead to the identification of biochemical factors that increase or decrease individual susceptibility to genetic damage by carcinogenic chromium. ..
- GENOTOXICITY OF CHROMIUM COMPOUNDSAnatoly Zhitkovich; Fiscal Year: 2001DESCRIPTION: Exposure to hexavalent chromium compounds has been established to present a significant cancer risk to human respiratory system...
- Silyl Migration-Mediated Tandem Bond FormationsWilliam Moser; Fiscal Year: 2003..On the basis of these results, a study of stereoselective silyl migration-mediated Baylis-Hillman reactions is proposed, along with the application of the method towards solid-phase synthesis. ..
- Human Subjects Protection: Fox Chase to the CommunityRobert Young; Fiscal Year: 2003..Provide these programs to Network IRBs. Appraise performance of IRB website. 6) Enhance efficiency of Fox Chase IRB office and staff to handle expanded responsibilities. ..
- Protecting Human Subjects at Fox Chase Cancer CenterRobert Young; Fiscal Year: 2002..These initiatives will accelerate creation of additional levels of protection and education for investigators and staff. Our objective has been and will continue to be to ensure the highest level of human subject's protection possible...
- LIPOCORTINS (ANNEXINS) AND METAL-INDUCED MUTAGENESISFusao Hirata; Fiscal Year: 2003..Our proposed research will provide further insights to understanding of the molecular mechanisms of carcinogenesis, genetic instability and pathological diseases associated with the formation of mutations by heavy metals. ..
