ABSTRACT

Reductionism to cellular and molecular mechanisms is one of the cornerstones of modern toxicology, forming the basis for a better understanding of individual toxic effects, and providing an important tool for human risk assessment. Mechanistic Toxicology is a timely textbook that provides an introduction to this important, but often neglected, area

chapter 1|14 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|15 pages

Organ-selective toxicity

chapter 10|25 pages

Immune mechanisms

chapter 11|7 pages

Cytokine-mediated toxicity

chapter 13|24 pages

Nuclear receptor-mediated toxicity