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ReviewCell biology and toxicology2023

Mechanistic understanding of the toxic effects of arsenic and warfare arsenicals on human health and environment.

Suhail Muzaffar, Jasim Khan, Ritesh Srivastava, Marina S Gorbatyuk, Mohammad Athar

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Review in Cell biology and toxicology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
12.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 119 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Suhail MuzaffarUAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals and Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall - Room 509 1670 University Blvd. , Birmingham, AL, 35294-0019, USA.
Jasim KhanUAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals and Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall - Room 509 1670 University Blvd. , Birmingham, AL, 35294-0019, USA.
Ritesh SrivastavaUAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals and Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall - Room 509 1670 University Blvd. , Birmingham, AL, 35294-0019, USA.
Marina S GorbatyukDepartment of Optometry and Vision Science, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Optometry, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Mohammad AtharUAB Research Center of Excellence in Arsenicals and Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Volker Hall - Room 509 1670 University Blvd. , Birmingham, AL, 35294-0019, USA. mohammadathar@uabmc.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5829-7992
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB Research Center of Excellence in ArsenicalsU54ES030246 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ATHAR, MOHAMMAD · 2018 to 2022
$19.0M
Optimization of Novel Molecular Target-based Drugs for Arsenical Skin InjuryU01AR078544 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ATHAR, MOHAMMAD · 2020 to 2024
$3.9M
Blocking Arsenicals-induced Cutaneous InjuryU01NS095678 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ATHAR, MOHAMMAD · 2015 to 2019
$3.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS U01 AR078544NIEHS NIH HHS U54 ES030246NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS095678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Worldwide, more than 200 million people are estimated to be exposed to unsafe levels of arsenic. Chronic exposure to unsafe levels of groundwater arsenic is responsible for multiple human disorders, including dermal, cardiovascular, neurological, pulmonary, renal, and metabolic conditions. Consumption of rice and seafood (where high levels of arsenic are accumulated) is also responsible for human exposure to arsenic. The toxicity of arsenic compounds varies greatly and may depend on their chemical form, solubility, and concentration. Surprisingly, synthetic organoarsenicals are extremely toxic molecules which created interest in their development as chemical warfare agents (CWAs) during World War I (WWI). Among these CWAs, adamsite, Clark I, Clark II, and lewisite are of critical importance, as stockpiles of these agents still exist worldwide. In addition, unused WWII weaponized arsenicals discarded in water bodies or buried in many parts of the world continue to pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. Metabolic inhibition, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, and epigenetic alterations including micro-RNA-dependent regulation are some of the underlying mechanisms of arsenic toxicity. Mechanistic understanding of the toxicity of organoarsenicals is also critical for the development of effective therapeutic interventions. This review provides comprehensive details and a critical assessment of recently published data on various chemical forms of arsenic, their exposure, and implications on human and environmental health.

Indexed as

ArsenicArsenicalsChemical Warfare AgentsHumansOxidative StressArsenicArsenicalsChemical Warfare AgentsArsenicArsenic in foodChemical warfare agentsEnvironmentGroundwater arsenicHuman risk

Identifiers

PMID35362847
PMCPMC10042769
OpenAlexW4221098261

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