Vesicants Reference Library
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2022. Impaired energy metabolism and altered functional activity of alveolar type II epithelial cells following exposure of rats to nitrogen mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 456:116257
,2022. Sulfur mustard corneal injury is associated with alterations in the epithelial basement membrane and stromal extracellular matrix.  Exp Mol Pathol 128:104807
,2022. Nitrogen Mustard Alkylates and Cross-Links p53 in Human Keratinocytes.  Chem Res Toxicol 35(4):636-650
,2022. Farnesoid X receptor regulates lung macrophage activation and injury following nitrogen mustard exposure.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 454:116208
,2021. Pulmonary injury and oxidative stress in rats induced by inhaled sulfur mustard is ameliorated by anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 428:115677
,2021. Characterization of the rabbit conjunctiva: Effects of sulfur mustard.  Exp Mol Pathol 121:104656
,2021. Systematic Development and Characterization of Novel, High Drug-Loaded, Photostable, Curcumin Solid Lipid Nanoparticle Hydrogel for Wound Healing.  Antioxidants (Basel) 10.
,2021. Macrophage activation in the lung during the progression of nitrogen mustard induced injury is associated with histone modifications and altered miRNA expression.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 423:115569
,2021. SM1997 downregulates mustard-induced enzymes that disrupt corneal epithelial attachment.  Anat Rec (Hoboken) 304(9):1974-1983
,2020. A type IV collagenase inhibitor, N-hydroxy-3-phenyl-2-(4-phenylbenzenesulfonamido) propanamide (BiPS), suppresses skin injury induced by sulfur mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 401:115078
,2020. Lung injury, oxidative stress and fibrosis in mice following exposure to nitrogen mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 387:114798
,2020. Long-term Respiratory Effects of Mustard Vesicants.  Toxicol Lett 319:168-174
,2020. Antioxidant/stress response in mouse epidermis following exposure to nitrogen mustard.  Exp Mol Pathol 114:104410
,2020. DNA damage signaling in the cellular responses to mustard vesicants.  Toxicol Lett 326:78-82
,2020. Skin remodeling and wound healing in the Gottingen minipig following exposure to sulfur mustard.  Exp Mol Pathol 115:104470
,2020. Expression of Laminin γ2 Proteolytic Fragments in Murine Skin Following Exposure to Sulfur Mustard.  Anat Rec (Hoboken) 303(6):1642-1652
,2020. Nutraceuticals as potential therapeutics for vesicant-induced pulmonary fibrosis.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1480(1):5-13
,2020. Transcriptional profiling of lung macrophages during pulmonary injury induced by nitrogen mustard.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1480(1):146-154
,2020. Chemical warfare agent research in precision-cut tissue slices-a useful alternative approach.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1480(1):44-53
,2020. Progressive Lung Injury, Inflammation, and Fibrosis in Rats Following Inhalation of Sulfur Mustard.  Toxicol Sci 178(2):358-374
,2020. Pulmonary toxicants and fibrosis: innate and adaptive immune mechanisms.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 409:115272
,2020. Assessment of mustard vesicant lung injury and anti-TNF-α efficacy in rodents using live-animal imaging.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1480(1):246-256
,2020. Disease-modifying treatment of chemical threat agent-induced acute lung injury.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1480(1):14-29
,2019. Regulation of Macrophage Foam Cell Formation During Nitrogen Mustard (NM)-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis by Lung Lipids.  Toxicol Sci 172(2):344-358
,2019. Sulfur Mustard Analog Mechlorethamine (Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine) Modulates Cell Cycle Progression via the DNA Damage Response in Human Lung Epithelial A549 Cells.  Chem Res Toxicol 32(6):1123-1133
,2019. Role of Macrophages in Acute Lung Injury and Chronic Fibrosis Induced by Pulmonary Toxicants.  Toxicol Sci 168(2):287-301
,2018. Expression of cytokines and chemokines in mouse skin treated with sulfur mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 355:52-59
,2018. Sulfur mustard induced mast cell degranulation in mouse skin is inhibited by a novel anti-inflammatory and anticholinergic bifunctional prodrug.  Toxicol Lett 293:77-81
,2018. An Engineered Human Fibroblast Growth Factor-1 Derivative, TTHX1114, Ameliorates Short-term Corneal Nitrogen Mustard Injury in Rabbit Organ Cultures.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 59(11):4720-4730
,2018. Expression of Laminin 332 in Vesicant Skin Injury and Wound Repair.  Clin Dermatol (Wilmington) 2.
,2018. Protective Role of Surfactant Protein-D Against Lung Injury and Oxidative Stress Induced by Nitrogen Mustard.  Toxicol Sci 166(1):108-122
,2017. Regulation of Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Lung Macrophage Activation by Valproic Acid, a Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor.  Toxicol Sci 157(1):222-234
,2016. Characterization of Distinct Macrophage Subpopulations during Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Lung Injury and Fibrosis.  Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 54(3):436-46
,2016. Nrf2 Regulates the Sensitivity of Mouse Keratinocytes to Nitrogen Mustard via Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 1 (Mrp1).  Toxicol Sci 149(1):202-12
,2016. Inflammatory mechanisms of pulmonary injury induced by mustards.  Toxicol Lett 244:2-7
,2016. ADAM17 Inhibitors Attenuate Corneal Epithelial Detachment Induced by Mustard Exposure.  Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 57(4):1687-98
,2016. Mitigation of nitrogen mustard mediated skin injury by a novel indomethacin bifunctional prodrug.  Exp Mol Pathol 100(3):522-31
,2016. Mustard vesicants alter expression of the endocannabinoid system in mouse skin.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 303:30-44
,2016. Macrophages and inflammatory mediators in pulmonary injury induced by mustard vesicants.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1374(1):168-75
,2016. Multi-inhibitor prodrug constructs for simultaneous delivery of anti-inflammatory agents to mustard-induced skin injury.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1378(1):174-179
,2016. The molecules in the corneal basement membrane zone affected by mustard exposure suggest potential therapies.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1378(1):158-165
,2016. Mustard vesicant-induced lung injury: Advances in therapy.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 305:1-11
,2015. Protective role of spleen-derived macrophages in lung inflammation, injury, and fibrosis induced by nitrogen mustard.  Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 309(12):L1487-98
,2015. Thioredoxin Cross-Linking by Nitrogen Mustard in Lung Epithelial Cells: Formation of Multimeric Thioredoxin/Thioredoxin Reductase Complexes and Inhibition of Disulfide Reduction.  Chem Res Toxicol 28(11):2091-103
,2015. Attenuation of Nitrogen Mustard-Induced Pulmonary Injury and Fibrosis by Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Antibody.  Toxicol Sci 148(1):71-88
,2014. Cross-linking of thioredoxin reductase by the sulfur mustard analogue mechlorethamine (methylbis(2-chloroethyl)amine) in human lung epithelial cells and rat lung: selective inhibition of disulfide reduction but not redox cycling.  Chem Res Toxicol 27(1):61-75
,2014. Pentoxifylline attenuates nitrogen mustard-induced acute lung injury, oxidative stress and inflammation.  Exp Mol Pathol 97(1):89-98
,2014. Structural changes in hair follicles and sebaceous glands of hairless mice following exposure to sulfur mustard.  Exp Mol Pathol 96(3):316-27
,2014. Therapeutic potential of a non-steroidal bifunctional anti-inflammatory and anti-cholinergic agent against skin injury induced by sulfur mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 280(2):236-44
,2013. The generation of 4-hydroxynonenal, an electrophilic lipid peroxidation end product, in rabbit cornea organ cultures treated with UVB light and nitrogen mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 272(2):345-55
,2013. Sulfur mustard induces an endoplasmic reticulum stress response in the mouse ear vesicant model.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 268(2):178-87
,2012. Attenuation of acute nitrogen mustard-induced lung injury, inflammation and fibrogenesis by a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 265(3):279-91
,2012. Role of reactive nitrogen species generated via inducible nitric oxide synthase in vesicant-induced lung injury, inflammation and altered lung functioning.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 261(1):22-30
,2012. Investigation of anticholinergic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory prodrugs which reduce chemically induced skin inflammation.  J Appl Toxicol 32(2):135-41
,2011. Functional and inflammatory alterations in the lung following exposure of rats to nitrogen mustard.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 250(1):10-8
,2011. Sulfur mustard-induced pulmonary injury: therapeutic approaches to mitigating toxicity.  Pulm Pharmacol Ther 24(1):92-9
,2011. Regulation of Hsp27 and Hsp70 expression in human and mouse skin construct models by caveolae following exposure to the model sulfur mustard vesicant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 253(2):112-20
,2011. Doxycycline hydrogels with reversible disulfide crosslinks for dermal wound healing of mustard injuries.  Biomaterials 32(4):1204-17
,2011. Role of TNFR1 in lung injury and altered lung function induced by the model sulfur mustard vesicant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 250(3):245-55
,2011. Structural changes in the skin of hairless mice following exposure to sulfur mustard correlate with inflammation and DNA damage.  Exp Mol Pathol 91(2):515-27
,2010. Doxycycline hydrogels as a potential therapy for ocular vesicant injury.  J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 26(5):407-19
,2010. Expression of proliferative and inflammatory markers in a full-thickness human skin equivalent following exposure to the model sulfur mustard vesicant, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 249(2):178-87
,2010. Oxidants and antioxidants in sulfur mustard-induced injury.  Ann N Y Acad Sci 1203:92-100
,2010. Inflammatory effects of inhaled sulfur mustard in rat lung.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 248(2):89-99
,2010. Inhibition of NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase by the model sulfur mustard vesicant 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide is associated with increased production of reactive oxygen species.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 247(2):76-82
,2010. Role of MAP kinases in regulating expression of antioxidants and inflammatory mediators in mouse keratinocytes following exposure to the half mustard, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 245(3):352-60
,2010. Selective targeting of selenocysteine in thioredoxin reductase by the half mustard 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide in lung epithelial cells.  Chem Res Toxicol 23(6):1045-53
,2010. Doxycycline loaded poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels for healing vesicant-induced ocular wounds.  Biomaterials 31(5):964-74
,2010. Mechanisms mediating the vesicant actions of sulfur mustard after cutaneous exposure.  Toxicol Sci 114(1):5-19
,2009. Upregulation of gamma-2 laminin-332 in the mouse ear vesicant wound model.  J Biochem Mol Toxicol 23(3):172-84
,2009. Differential gene expression profiling of mouse skin after sulfur mustard exposure: Extended time response and inhibitor effect.  Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 234(2):156-65
,2006. Preferential expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in mouse skin after sulfur mustard exposure.  J Appl Toxicol 26(3):239-46
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