Graduate Course Descriptions

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6475. Mechanistic Toxicology I

2.00 credits

Prerequisites: None.

Grading Basis: Graded

Mechanistic toxicology describes the processes of how chemicals exert their toxic effects in biological systems. Therefore, understanding of the underlying mechanisms of toxicity, together with exposure estimates, provides key information that links the toxic hazard of a chemical with the actual human health risk. This first course explores some fundamental cellular and molecular mechanisms of toxicity and integrates them into a larger picture; reactive intermediates, oxidative and nitrative stress, and mitochondria-mediated toxicity will be covered. The basic concepts will be illustrated with specific examples (drugs and environmental chemicals).

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