Newswise — The November 2018 issue of Toxicological Sciences includes editor's highlights on gas extraction and amphibian health; SeqAPASS for cross-species prediction; screening for astrocyte senescence; and androgen receptor high-throughput screening. It also features a contemporary review on inflammasomes and Parkinson’s disease.
Highlights of Toxicological Sciences Volume 166, Issue 1 include:
- Contemporary Review: Inflammasomes: An Emerging Mechanism Translating Environmental Toxicant Exposure into Neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s Disease (Free to Read)
- Editor’s Highlight: Screening Method for Identifying Toxicants Capable of Inducing Astrocyte Senescence
- Editor’s Highlight: Identification of Androgen Receptor Modulators in a Prostate Cancer Cell Line Microarray Compendium
- Editor’s Highlight: In Silico Site-Directed Mutagenesis Informs Species-Specific Predictions of Chemical Susceptibility Derived from the Sequence Alignment to Predict Across Species Susceptibility (SeqAPASS) Tool
- Editor’s Highlight: Water Contaminants Associated with Unconventional Oil and Gas Extraction Cause Immunotoxicity to Amphibian Tadpoles
Toxicological Sciences is the official journal of the Society of Toxicology (SOT), a professional and scholarly organization of more than 8,000 scientists from academic institutions, government, and industry representing the great variety of individuals who practice toxicology in the United States and abroad.
Journal Link: Toxicological Sciences, Volume 166 Issue 1, November 2018