Publications

Gerlowski, L.E. & Jain, R.K. (1983). Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling: principles and applications. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 72, 1103-1127.

Nestorov, I. (2003). Whole body pharmacokinetic models. Clinical Pharmacokinetics 42, 883-908.

Rowland, M., Balant, L. & Peck, C. (2004). Physiologically based pharmacokinetics in drug development and regulatory science: A workshop report. AAPS PharmSci 6, 6-10.

Price, P.S., Conolly, R.B., Chaisson, C.F., Gross, E.A., Young, J.S., Mathis, E.T. & Tedder, D.T. (2003). Modeling inter-individual variation in physiological factors used in PBPK models of humans. Critical Reviews in Toxicology 33, 469-503.

Fiserova-Bergerova, V. (1995). Extrapolation of physiological parameters for physiologically based simulation models. Toxicology Letters 79, 77-86.

Blaauboer, B.J., Bayliss, M.K., Castell, J.V., Evelo, C.T.A., Frazier, J.M., Groen, K., Gülden, M., Guillouzo, A., Hissink, A.M., Houston, J.B., Johanson, G., de Jongh, J., Kedderis, G.L., Reinhardt, C.A., van de Sandt, J.J. & Semino, G. (1996). The use of biokinetics and in vitro methods in toxicological risk evaluation. The report and recommendations of ECVAM Workshop 15. ATLA 24, 473-497.

Blaauboer, B.J. (2002). The necessity of biokinetic information in the interpretation of in vitro toxicity data. ATLA 30 Suppl. 2, 85-91.

Boobis, A., Gundert-Remy, U., Kremers, P., Macheras, P. & Pelkonen, O. (2002). In silico prediction of ADME and pharmacokinetics. Report of an expert meeting organised by COST B15. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 17, 183-193.

De Jongh, J., Nordin-Andersson, M., Ploeger, B. & Forsby, A. (1999). Estimation of systemic toxicity of acrylamide by integration of in vitro toxicity data with kinetic simulations. Toxicology & Applied Pharmacology 158, 261-268.

Gubbels-van Hal, W.M., Blaauboer, B.J., Barentsen, H.M., Hoitink, M.A., Meerts, I.A. & van der Hoeven, J.C. (2005). An alternative approach for the safety evaluation of new and existing chemicals, an exercise in integrated testing. Regulatory Toxicology & Pharmacology 42, 284-295.

Blaauboer, B.J. (2003). The integration of data on physico-chemical properties, in vitro-derived toxicity data and physiologically based kinetic and dynamic as modelling a tool in hazard and risk assessment. A commentary. Toxicology Letters 138, 161-171.

Blaauboer, B.J. (2003). Biokinetic and toxicodynamic modelling and its role in toxicological research and risk assessment. ATLA 31, 277-281.

Verwei, M., van Burgsteden, J.A., Krul, C.A.M., van de Sandt, J.J.M. & Freidig, A.P. (2006). Prediction of in vivo embryotoxic effect levels with a combination of in vitro studies and PBPK modelling. Toxicology Letters 165, 79-87.

Haddad, S., Beliveau, M., Tardif, R. & Krishnan, K. (2001). A PBPK modeling-based approach to account for interactions in the health risk assessment of chemical mixtures. Toxicological Sciences 63, 125-131.

Jones, H.M., Parrott, N., Jorga, K. & Lavé, T. (2006). A novel strategy for physiologically based predictions of human pharmacokinetics. Clinical Pharmacokinetics 45, 511-542.

Nestorov, I.A., Aarons, L.J., Arundel, P.A. & Rowland, M. (1998). Lumping of whole-body physiologically based pharmacokinetic models. Journal of Pharmacokinetics & Biopharmaceutics 26, 21-46.

Rostami-Hodjegan, A. & Tucker, G.T. (2007). Simulation and prediction of in vivo drug metabolism in human populations from in vitro data. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 6, 140-148.

Tucker, G.T., Houston, J.B., & Huang, S.M. (2001). Optimizing drug development: strategies to assess drug metabolism/transporter interaction potential - towards a consensus. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 52, 107-117.

Barton, H.A., Chiu, W.A., Setzer, R.W., Andersen, M.E., Bailer, A.J., Bois, F.Y., DeWoskin, R.S., Hays, S., Johanson, G., Jones, N., Loizou, G., MacPhail, R.C., Portier, C.J., Spendiff, M. & Tan, Y-M. (2007). Characterizing uncertainty and variability in physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) models: State of the science and needs for research and implementation. Toxicological Sciences 99, 395-402.

International Workshop on the Development of Good Modelling Practice for PBPK Models. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, Crete, Greece. April 26-28, 2007. Available at: http://www.hsl.gov.uk/ news/news_pbpk.htm (Accessed 11.09.07).

COST Action B25 (2006). Physiologically-based Pharmaco-Toxicokinetics and Dynamics. Strasbourg, France: COST-ESF. Available at: http://www.cost.esf.org/index.php?id=383 (Accessed 11.09.07).

Pfaller, W., Balls, M., Clothier, R.D., Coecke, S., Dierickx, P., Ekwall, B., Hanley, B.A., Hartung, T., Prieto, P., Ryan, M.P., Schmuck, G., Sladowski, D., Vericat, J-A., Wendel, A., Wolf, A. & Zimmer, J. (2001). Novel advanced in vitro methods for long-term toxicity testing. The report and recommendations of ECVAM Workshop 45. ATLA 29, 393-426.

Clark, L.H., Setzer, R.W. & Barton, H.A. (2004). Framework for evaluation of physiologically based pharmacokinetic models for use in safety or risk assessment. Risk Analysis 24, 1697-1718.

US Environmental Protection Agency (2006). Approaches for the Application of Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Models and Supporting Data in Risk Assessment, EPA/600/R-05/043F, 123pp. Washington, DC, USA: EPA National Center for Environmental Assessment. Available at: http:// cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=157668 (Accessed 11.09.07).


Crespi, C.L. (1995). Xenobiotic-metabolizing human cells as tools for pharmacological and toxicological research. Advances in Drug Research 26, 179­235.

Phillips, I.R. & Shephard, E.A., eds (1998). Cytochrome P450 Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology 107, 439­468.

Castell, J.V. & Gómez-Lechón, M.J., eds (1997). In vitro Methods in Pharmaceutical Research. 467pp. London, UK: Academic Press.

Plant, N. (2003). Strategies for using in vitro screens in drug metabolism. Drug Discovery Today 9, 328­336.

Ekins, S. (2000). Present and future in vitro approaches for drug metabolism. Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods 44, 313­324.

Kim, R.B. (2002). Transporters and xenobiotic disposition. Toxicology 181­182, 291­297.

Bailey, M.J. & Dickinson, R.G. (2003). Acyl glucuronide reactivity in perspective: biological consequences. Chemico-Biological Interaction 145, 117­137.

Anders, M.W. (2004). Glutathione-dependent bioactivation of haloalkanes and haloalkenes. Drug Metabolism Reviews 36, 583­594.

Banoglu, E. (2000). Current status of the cytosolic sulfotransferases in the metabolic activation of promutagens and procarcinogens. Current Drug Metabolism 1, 1­30.

Morisseau, C. & Hammock, B.D. (2004). Epoxide hydrolases: mechanisms, inhibitor designs and biological roles. Annual Reviews of Pharmacology and Toxicology 45, 311­333.

Hotchkiss, S.A.M. (1992). Skin as a xenobiotic metabolizing organ. In Progress in Drug Metabolism, Vol. 13 (ed. G.G. Gibson), pp. 217­262. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.

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Ding, X. & KIaminsky, L.S. (2003). Human extrahepatic cytochromes P450: function in xenobiotic metabolism and tissue toxicity in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts. Annual Reviews of Pharmacology and Toxicology 43, 149­173.

Pelkonen, O. & Raunio, H. (1997). Metabolic activation of toxins: tissue-specific expression and metabolism in target organs. Environmental Health Perspectives 105, 767­774.

Evans, W.E. & Relling, M.V. (1999). Pharmacogenomics: translating functional genomics into rational therapeutics. Science, New York 286, 487­491.

Kalow, W. & Tyndale, R.F. (1992). Debrisoquine/ sparteine monoxygenase and other P450s in the brain. In Pharmacogenetics of Drug Metabolism (ed. W. Kalow), pp. 649­656. New York, NY, USA: Pergamon Press.

Strazielle, N., Khuth, S.T. & Ghersi-Egea, J.F. (2004). Detoxification systems, passive and specific transport for drugs at the blood-CSF barrier in normal and pathological situations. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 56, 1717­1740.

Henderson, C.J. & Wolf, C.R. (2003). Transgenic analysis of human drug-metabolizing enzymes: preclinical drug development and toxicology. Molecular Interventions 3, 331­343.

Bigger, C.A.H., Tomaszewski, J.E., Dipple, A. & Lake, R.S. (1980). Limitations of metabolic activation systems used with in vitro tests for carcinogens. Science, New York 209, 503­505.

Pacifici, G.M. & Pelkonen, O., eds (2001). Interindividual Variability in Human Drug Metabolism, pp. 358­394. London, UK: Taylor & Francis.

Pelkonen, O., Mäenpää, J., Taavitsainen, P., Rautio, A. & Raunio, H. (1998). Inhibition and induction of human cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes. Xenobiotica 28, 1203­1253.

Ingelman-Sundberg, M. (2004). Human drug metabolising cytochrome P450 enzymes: properties and polymorphisms. Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology 369, 89­104.

Rendic, S. (2002). Summary of information on human CYP enzymes: human P450 metabolism data. Drug Metabolism Reviews 34, 83­448.

Miller, M.S., Juchau M.R., Guengerich, F.P., Nebert, D.W. & Raucy, J.L. (1996) Drug metabolic enzymes in developmental toxicology. Fundamental and Applied Toxicology 34, 165­176.

Morgan, E.T. (2001). Regulation of cytochrome P450 by inflammatory mediators. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 29, 207­212.

Baillie, T.A., Cayen, M.N., Fouda, H., Gerson, R.J., Green, J.D., Grossman, S.J., Klunk, L.J., Le Blanc, B., Perkins D.G. & Shipley L.A. (2002). Contemporary issues in toxicology. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 182, 188­196.

Williams, D.P. & Park, B.K. (2003). Idiosyncratic toxicity: the role of toxicophores and bioactivation. Drug Discovery Today 8, 1044­1050.

Lin, J.H. & Lu, A.Y.H. (1997). Role of pharmacokinetics and metabolism in drug discovery and development. Pharmacological Reviews 49, 403­449.

Leahy, D.E., Duncan, R., Ahr, H.J., Bayliss, M.K., de Boer, A.G., Darvas, F., Fentem, J.H., Fry, J.R., Hopkins, R., Houston, J.B., Karlsson, J., Kedderis, G.L., Pratten, M.K., Prieto, P., Smith, D.A. & Straughan, D.W. (1997). Pharmacokinetics in early drug research. The report and recommendations of ECVAM Workshop 22. ATLA 25, 17­31.

Van de Waterbeemd, H. & Gifford, E. (2003). ADMET in silico modelling: towards prediction paradise? Nature Reviews -- Drug Discovery 2, 192­204.

Worth, A.P. & Balls, M., eds (2002). Alternative (non-animal) methods for chemicals testing: current status and future prospects. A report prepared by ECVAM and the ECVAM Working Group on Chemicals. ATLA 30, Suppl. 1, 1­125.

De Silva, O., Basketter, D.A., Barratt. M.D., Corsini, E., Cronin, M.T.D., Das, P.K., Degwert, J., Enk, A., Garrigue, J.L., Hauser, C., Kimber, I., Lepoittevin, J-P., Peguet, J. & Ponec, M. (1995). Alternative methods for skin sensitisation testing: the report and recommendations of ECVAM workshop 19. ATLA 24, 683­705.

Kimber, I. (2000). Skin sensitisation: immunological mechanisms and novel approaches to predictive testing. In Progress in the Reduction, Refinement and Replacement of Animal Experimentation (ed. M. Balls, A-M. van Zeller & M.E. Halder), pp. 613­622. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

Casati, S., Aeby, P., Basketter, D.A., Cavani, A., Gennari, A., Gerberick, G.F., Griem., P., Hartung, T., Kimber, I., Lepoittevin, J-P., Meade, B.J., Pallardy, M., Rougier, N., Rousset, F., Rubinstenn, G., Sallusto, F., Verheyen, G.R. & Zuang, V. (2005). Dendritic cells as a tool for the predictive identification of skin sensitisation hazard. The report and recommendations of ECVAM Workshop 51. ATLA 33, 47­62.

Coecke, S., Eskes, C., Gartlon, J., Kinsner, A., Price, A., van Vliet, E., Prieto, P., Boveri, M., Pellizzer, C., Wendel, A. & Hartung, T. (2005). The value of alternative testing for neurotoxicity in the context of regulatory needs. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology, in press.

Park, B.K., Kitteringham, N.R., Maggs, J.L., Pirmohamed, M. & Williams, D.P. (2005). The role of metabolic activation in drug-induced hepatotoxicity. Annual Reviews of Pharmacology and Toxicology 45, 177­202.

Zucco, F., De Angelis, I., Testai, E. & Stammati, A. (2003). Toxicology investigations with cell culture systems: 20 years after. Toxicology in Vitro 18, 15­163.

Lee, Y.C., Shlyankevich, M., Jeong, H.K., Douglas, J.S. & Surh, Y.J., (1995). Bioactivation of 5-hydroxylmethyl-2-furaldehyde to an electrophilic and mutagenic allylic sulfuric acid ester. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 209, 996­1002.

Bogni, A., Monshouwer, M., Moscone, A., Hidestrand, M., Ingelman-Sundberg, M., Hartung, T. & Coecke, S. (2005). Substrate specific metabolism by polymorphic cytochrome P450 2D6 alleles. Toxicology in Vitro 19, 621­629.

Coecke, S., Bogni, A., Langezaal, I., Worth, A., Hartung, T. & Monshouwer, M. (2001). The use of genetically engineered cells for assessing CYP2D6related polymorphic effects. Toxicology in Vitro 15, 553­556.

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Clarke, S.E. (1998). In vitro assessment of human cytochrome P450. Xenobiotica 28, 1167­1202.

Guengerich, F.P. (2000). Metabolism of chemical carcinogens. Carcinogenesis 21, 345­351.

Freyberger, A. & Scholz, G. (2004). Endocrine toxicology -- contributions of in vitro methods to the 3R concept. ALTEX 21, 20­27.

Anon. (2005). Guidance for Industry Safety Testing of Drug Metabolites. US Food and Drug Administration. Rockville, MD, USA: FDA. Website http://www.fda.gov/cder/guidance/6366dft.htm#_ Toc101751578 (Accessed 30.09.05).

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Pelkonen, O. & Raunio, H. (2005). In vitro screening of drug metabolism during drug development: Can we trust the predictions? Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology 1, 49­60.

Elliott, B.M., Combes, R.D., Elcombe, C., Gatehouse, D., Gibson, G.G. & Wolf, C.R. (1992). Alternatives to Aroclor 1254 for genotoxicity assays -- Report of the UKEMS Working Party on Enzyme Inducers. Mutagenesis 7, 175­177.

García Franco, S., Domínguez, G. & Pico, J.C. (1999). Alternatives in the induction and preparation of Phenobarbital/naphthoflavone-induced S9 and their activation profiles. Carcinogenesis 14, 323­326.

Judson, P.N., Marchant, C.A. & Vessey, J.D. (2003). Using argumentation for absolute reasoning about the potential toxicity of chemicals. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 43, 1364­1370.

Cervenková, K., Belejová, M., Veselý, J., Chmela, Z., Rypka, M., Ulrichová, J., Modrianský, M. & Maurel, P. (2001). Cell suspensions, cell cultures, and tissue slices important metabolic in vitro systems. Biomedical Papers 145, 57­60.

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Aninat, C., Piton, A., Glaise, D., Le Charpentier, T., Langouët, S., Morel, F., Guguen-Guillouzo, C. & Guillouzo, A. (2006). Expression of cytochromes P450, conjugating enzymes and nuclear receptors in human hepatoma Hepa RG cells. Drug Metabolism and Disposition 34, 75­83.

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Urani, C., Doldi, M., Crippa, S. & Camatini, M. (1998). Human-derived cell lines to study xenobiotic metabolism. Chemosphere 37, 2785­2795.

Gómez-Lechón, M.J., Donato, T., Jover, R., Rodriguez, C., Ponsoda, X., Glaise, D., Castell, J.V. & Gugen-Guillouzo, C. (2001). Expression and induction of a large set of drug-metabolizing enzymes by the highly differentiated human hepatoma cell line BC2. European Journal of Biochemistry 268, 1448­1459.

Fabre, N., Arrivet, E., Trancard, J., Bichet, N., Roome, N.O., Prenez, A. & Vericat, J-A. (2003). A new hepatoma cell line for toxicity testing at repeated doses. Cell Biology and Toxicology 19, 71­82.

Ringel, M., von Mach, M.A., Santos, R., Feilen, P.J., Brulport, M., Hermes, M., Bauer, A.W., Schormann, W., Tanner, B., Schon, M.R., Oesch, F. & Hengstler, J.G. (2005). Hepatocytes cultured in alginated microspheres: an optimized technique to study enzyme induction. Toxicology 206, 153­167.

Choi, S.H., Nishikawa, M., Sakoda, A. & Sakai, Y. (2004). Feasibility of a simple double-layered coculture system incorporating metabolic processes of the intestine and live tissue: application the analysis of benzo[a]pyrene toxicity. Toxicology in Vitro 18, 393­402.

Bruinink, A., Yu, D. & Maier, P. (2002). Short-term assay for the identification of neurotoxic compounds and their liver derived stable metabolites. Toxicology in Vitro 16, 717­724.

Coecke, S., Eskes, C., Gartlon, J., Vliet, E.V., Kinsner, A., Bogni, A., Raimondo, L., Parissis, N. & Langezaal, I. (2002). Metabolism and neurotoxicity: the significance of genetically engineered cell lines and new three-dimensional cell cultures. ATLA 30, Suppl. 2, 115­118.

Bremer, S., Pellizzer, C., Coecke, S., Paparella, M. & Catalani, P. (2002). Detection of the embryotoxic potential of cyclophosphamide by using a combined system of metabolic competent cells and embryonic stem cells. ATLA 30, 77­85.

Combes, R., Balls, M., Bansil, L., Barratt, M., Bell, D., Botham, P., Broadhead, C., Clothier, R., George, E., Fentem, J., Jackson, M., Indans, I., Laozou, G., Navaratnam, V., Pentreath, V., Phillips, B., Stemplewski, H. & Stewart, J. (2002). An assessment of progress in the use of alternatives in toxicity testing since the publication of the report of the Second FRAME Toxicity Committee (1991). ATLA 30, 365­406.

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Masimirembwa, C.M., Otter, C., Berg, M., Jonsson, M., Leidvik, B., Jonsson, E., Johansson, T., Backman, A., Edlund, A. & Andersson, T.B. (1999). Heterologous expression and kinetic characterization of human cytochromes P-450: validation of a pharmaceutical tool for drug metabolism research. Drug Metabolism Disposition 27, 1117­1122.

Combes, R., Barratt, M. & Balls, M. (2003). An overall strategy for the testing of chemicals for human hazard and risk assessment under the EU REACH system. ATLA 31, 7­19.

Payne, M.P. (2004). Computer-Based Methods for the Prediction of Chemical Metabolism and Biotrnasformation Within Biological Organisms. In Predicting Toxicity and Fate (eds M.T.D. Cronin & D.J. Livingstone) pp. 205­227. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press.

Soffers, A.E.M.F., Boersma, M.G., Vaes, W.H.J., Vervoort, J., Tyrakowska, B., Hermens, J.L.M. & Rietjens, I.M.C.M. (2001). Computer-modelingbased QSARs for analyzing experimental data on biotransformation and toxicity. Toxicology in Vitro 15, 539­551.

Pelkonen, O., Turpeinen., M., Uusitalo, J., Rautio, A. & Raunio, H. (2005). Prediction of drug metabolism and interactions on the basis of in vitro investigations. Basic and Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology 96, 167­175.

Raunio, H., Taavitsainen, P., Honkakoksi, P., Juvonen, R. & Pelkonene, O. (2004). In vitro methods in the prediction of kinetics of drugs: focus on drug metabolism. ATLA 32, 425­430.

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