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References
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Contents: Nerve regeneration, Stem cell research, Ecogenetics, vitamins/minerals/herbs anti oxidants, Selenium, Co-enzyme Q10, Magnesium, Guillain Barre syndrome / pesticides, Menieres Disease, Ecstasy, Oxidative stress, Nitric oxide, Immunology, Dioxins/PCBs, Aplastic anaemia and pesticides, Infrasound/acoustic diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, Asbestos/mineral fibre
 

Nerve regeneration
Ramon-Cueto A. Olfactory ensheathing glia transplantation into the injured spinal cord. Prog Brain Res. 2000;128:265-72. Review. No abstract available.
Ramon-Cueto A, Cordero MI, Santos-Benito FF, Avila J. Functional recovery of paraplegic rats and motor axon regeneration in their spinal cords by olfactory ensheathing glia. Neuron. 2000 Feb;25(2):425-35.
Ramon-Cueto A, Avila J. Two modes of microtubule-associated protein 1B phosphorylation are differentially regulated during peripheral nerve regeneration. Brain Res. 1999 Jan 9;815(2):213-26.
Ramon-Cueto A, Avila J. Olfactory ensheathing glia: properties and function.
Brain Res Bull. 1998 Jun;46(3):175-87. Review.
Ramon-Cueto A, Valverde F. Olfactory bulb ensheathing glia: a unique cell type with axonal growth-promoting properties. Glia. 1995 Jul;14(3):163-73. Review.
Ramon-Cueto A, Nieto-Sampedro M. Regeneration into the spinal cord of transected dorsal root axons is promoted by ensheathing glia transplants. Exp Neurol. 1994 Jun;127(2):232-44.

Stem Cell Research

Abuljadayel IS. Induction of stem cell-like plasticity in mononuclear cells derived from unmobilised adult human peripheral blood. Curr Med Res Opin. 2003;19(5):355-75.
Abuljadayel IS, Afghan RK, McCaffrey TA, Lundergan C, Hawley TS, Hawley RG, Dhoot GJ. SCID repopulating cells derived from unmobilised adult human peripheral blood.
Curr Med Res Opin. 2004 Jan;20(1):87-100.


Ecogenetics

Costa LG. The emerging field of ecogenetics. Neurotoxicology. 2000 Feb-Apr;21(1-2):85-9. Review
Rupa DS, Rita P, Reddy PP, Reddi OS. Screening of chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges in peripheral lymphocytes of vegetable garden workers. Hum Toxicol. 1988 Jul;7(4):333-6.
Kelsey KT, Smith TJ, Hammond SK, Letz R, Little JB . Sister-chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes from styrene-exposed boat builders. Mutat Res. 1990 Jun;241(2):215-21.
Horvath E, Pongracz K, Rappaport S, Bodell WJ. 32P-post-labeling detection of DNA adducts in mononuclear cells of workers occupationally exposed to styrene. Carcinogenesis. 1994 Jul;15(7):1309-15.
Schempp W, Krone W. Deficiency of arginine and lysine causes increase in the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges. Hum Genet. 1979 Oct 2;51(3):315-8.
Czene K, Osterman-Golkar S, Yun X, Li G, Zhao F, Perez HL, Li M, Natarajan AT, Segerback D. Analysis of DNA and hemoglobin adducts and sister chromatid exchanges in a human population occupationally exposed to propylene oxide: a pilot study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Mar;11(3):315-8.
Kelsey KT, Wiencke JK, Eisen EA, Lynch DW, Lewis TR, Little JB. Persistently elevated sister chromatid exchanges in ethylene oxide-exposed primates: the role of a subpopulation of high frequency cells.
Cancer Res. 1988 Sep 1;48(17):5045-50.
Sarto F, Clonfero E, Bartolucci GB, Franceschi C, Chiricolo M, Levis AG. Sister chromatid exchanges and DNA repair capability in sanitary workers exposed to ethylene oxide: evaluation of the dose-effect relationship.Am J Ind Med. 1987;12(5):625-37.
Shaham J, Bomstein Y, Melzer A, Ribak J. DNA-Protein Crosslinks and Sister Chromatid Exchanges as Biomarkers of Exposure to Formaldehyde. Int J Occup Environ Health. 1997 Apr;3(2):95-104.
Sinha AK, Linscombe VA, Gollapudi BB, Jersey GC, Park CN. Analysis of sister chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes cultured from 71 healthy men. Cell Biol Toxicol. 1985 Oct;1(4):333-42.
Kudriashova OV, Zhloba AA. [Regularities in formation of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in three generations after irradiation] Tsitologiia. 2000;42(4):392-8. Russian.
Haglund U, Lundberg I, Zech L. Chromosome aberrations and sister chromatid exchanges in Swedish paint industry workers. Scand J Work Environ Health. 1980 Dec;6(4):291-8.
Andersson HC, Tranberg EA, Uggla AH, Zetterberg G. Chromosomal aberrations and sister-chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes of men occupationally exposed to styrene in a plastic-boat factory. Mutat Res. 1980 Dec;73(2):387-401.
Lerda D, Rizzi R. Cytogenetic study of persons occupationally exposed to ethylene oxide. Mutat Res. 1992 Jan;281(1):31-7.
Donmez H, Dursun N, Ozkul Y, Demirtas H. Increased sister chromatid exchanges in workers exposed to occupational lead and zinc. Biol Trace Elem Res. 1998 Jan;61(1):105-9

Vitamins, minerals, herbs and anti oxidants in therapy

von Moltke LL, Weemhoff JL, Bedir E, Khan IA, Harmatz JS, Goldman P, Greenblatt DJ. Inhibition of human cytochromes P450 by components of Ginkgo biloba.
J Pharm Pharmacol. 2004 Aug;56(8):1039-44.
Slade N, Storga-Tomic D, Birkmayer GD, Pavelic K, Pavelic J. Effect of extracellular NADH on human tumor cell proliferation.
Anticancer Res. 1999 Nov-Dec;19(6B):5355-60.
Forsyth LM, Preuss HG, MacDowell AL, Chiazze L Jr, Birkmayer GD, Bellanti JA. Therapeutic effects of oral NADH on the symptoms of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1999 Feb;82(2):185-91.
Birkmayer W, Birkmayer GJ. Nicotinamidadenindinucleotide (NADH): the new approach in the therapy of Parkinson's disease.
Ann Clin Lab Sci. 1989 Jan-Feb;19(1):38-43.
Birkmayer GJ, Birkmayer W. Stimulation of endogenous L-dopa biosynthesis--a new principle for the therapy of Parkinson's disease. The clinical effect of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotidephosphate (NADPH). Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 1989;126:183-7.
Birkmayer W, Birkmayer GJ, Vrecko K, Mlekusch W, Paletta B, Ott E. The coenzyme nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) improves the disability of parkinsonian patients. J Neural Transm Park Dis Dement Sect. 1989;1(4):297-302.
National Parkinson foundation - good general site for vitamins and Parkinson's
Circuminoids - research
Rinaldi AL, Morse MA, Fields HW, Rothas DA, Pei P, Rodrigo KA, Renner RJ, Mallery SR. Curcumin activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor yet significantly inhibits (-)-benzo(a)pyrene-7R-trans-7,8-dihydrodiol bioactivation in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and oral mucosa. Cancer Res. 2002 Oct 1;62(19):5451-6.
Rinaldi AL, Morse MA, Fields HW, Rothas DA, Pei P, Rodrigo KA, Renner RJ, Mallery SR. Curcumin activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor yet significantly inhibits (-)-benzo(a)pyrene-7R-trans-7,8-dihydrodiol bioactivation in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and oral mucosa. Cancer Res. 2002 Oct 1;62(19):5451-6.
Latchoumycandane C, Mathur PP. Effects of vitamin E on reactive oxygen species-mediated 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodi-benzo-p-dioxin toxicity in rat testis. J Appl Toxicol. 2002 Sep-Oct;22(5):345-51.
Shon YH, Park IK, Moon IS, Chang HW, Park IK, Nam KS. Effect of chitosan oligosaccharide on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced oxidative stress in mice. Biol Pharm Bull. 2002 Sep;25(9):1161-4. Vojdani A, Bazargan M, Vojdani E, Wright J. New evidence for antioxidant properties of vitamin C.
Cancer Detect Prev. 2000;24(6):508-23.
Kurl S, Tuomainen TP, Laukkanen JA, Nyyssonen K, Lakka T, Sivenius J, Salonen JT. Plasma vitamin C modifies the association between hypertension and risk of stroke. Stroke. 2002 Jun;33(6):1568-73.
Heuser G, Vojdani A. Enhancement of natural killer cell activity and T and B cell function by buffered vitamin C in patients exposed to toxic chemicals: the role of protein kinase-C. Immunopharmacol Immunotoxicol. 1997 Aug;19(3):291-312.
Bagchi D, Garg A, Krohn RL, Bagchi M, Tran MX, Stohs SJ. Oxygen free radical scavenging abilities of vitamins C and E, and a grape seed proanthocyanidin extract in vitro.Res Commun Mol Pathol Pharmacol. 1997 Feb;95(2):179-89.
Bagchi D, Bagchi M, Stohs SJ. Comparative in vitro oxygen radical scavenging ability of zinc methionine and selected zinc salts and antioxidants. Gen Pharmacol. 1997 Jan;28(1):85-91.
Bagchi D, Bagchi M, Stohs SJ, Ray SD, Sen CK, Preuss HG. Cellular Protection with Proanthocyanidins Derived from Grape Seeds. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 May;957:260-270.
Preuss HG, Bagchi D, Bagchi M. Protective Effects of a Novel Niacin-Bound Chromium Complex and a Grape Seed Proanthocyanidin Extract on Advancing Age and Various Aspects of Syndrome X.
Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 May;957:250-259.
Sen CK, Khanna S, Gordillo G, Bagchi D, Bagchi M, Roy S. Oxygen, Oxidants, and Antioxidants in Wound Healing: An Emerging Paradigm. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2002 May;957:239-249.
Spence JD, Howard VJ, Chambless LE, Malinow MR, Pettigrew LC, Stampfer M, Toole JF. Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) trial: rationale and design. Neuroepidemiology. 2001 Feb;20(1):16-25.
Rath M, Pauling L. Hypothesis: lipoprotein(a) is a surrogate for ascorbate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Aug;87(16):6204-7.
Schoenthaler SJ, Bier ID. The effect of vitamin-mineral supplementation on juvenile delinquency among American schoolchildren: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2000 Feb;6(1):7-17.
Spence JD, Howard VJ, Chambless LE, Malinow MR, Pettigrew LC, Stampfer M, Toole JF Vitamin Intervention for Stroke Prevention (VISP) trial: rationale and design. Neuroepidemiology. 2001 Feb;20(1):16-25.
Ubbink JB, Vermaak WJ, van der Merwe A, Becker PJ, Delport R, Potgieter HC. Vitamin requirements for the treatment of hyperhomocysteinemia in humans. J Nutr. 1994 Oct;124(10):1927-33.
Ubbink JB, Vermaak WJ, van der Merwe A, Becker PJ. Vitamin B-12, vitamin B-6, and folate nutritional status in men with hyperhomocysteinemia. Am J Clin Nutr. 1993 Jan;57(1):47-53.
Malinow MR. Homocyst(e)ine, vitamins and genetic interactions in vascular disease. Can J Cardiol. 1999 Apr;15 Suppl B:31B-34B.
Ubbink JB. Vitamin nutrition status and homocysteine: an atherogenic risk factor. Nutr Rev. 1994 Nov;52(11):383-7. Review.
Herbert V. Vitamin B-12 and folic acid supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997 Dec;66(6):1479-80. No abstract available.
Lobo A, Naso A, Arheart K, Kruger WD, Abou-Ghazala T, Alsous F, Nahlawi M, Gupta A, Moustapha A, van Lente F, Jacobsen DW, Robinson K. Reduction of homocysteine levels in coronary artery disease by low-dose folic acid combined with vitamins B6 and B12. Am J Cardiol. 1999 Mar 15;83(6):821-5.
Warren CJ. What is homocysteine? Am J Nurs. 1999 Oct;99(10):39-41. Review. No abstract available.
Clarke R, Armitage J. Vitamin supplements and cardiovascular risk: review of the randomized trials of homocysteine-lowering vitamin supplements. Semin Thromb Hemost. 2000;26(3):341-8. Review.
Naurath HJ, Joosten E, Riezler R, Stabler SP, Allen RH, Lindenbaum J. Effects of vitamin B12, folate, and vitamin B6 supplements in elderly people with normal serum vitamin concentrations. Lancet. 1995 Jul 8;346(8967):85-9.
Bronstrup A, Hages M, Prinz-Langenohl R, Pietrzik K. Effects of folic acid and combinations of folic acid and vitamin B-12 on plasma homocysteine concentrations in healthy, young women. Am J Clin Nutr. 1998 Nov;68(5):1104-10.
Borner E. [Hepatitis course with and without vitamin B12--folic acid therapy] Med Welt. 1970 Jun 13;24:1107-12. German. No abstract available.
Dierkes J, Domrose U, Bosselmann KP, Neumann KH, Luley C. Homocysteine lowering effect of different multivitamin preparations in patients with end-stage renal disease. J Ren Nutr. 2001 Apr;11(2):67-72.
Dierkes J, Westphal S, Kunstmann S, Banditt P, Lossner A, Luley C. Vitamin supplementation can markedly reduce the homocysteine elevation induced by fenofibrate. Atherosclerosis. 2001 Sep;158(1):161-4.
Hockly E, Brown MJ. Homocysteine, vitamins and sex. Eur Heart J. 1999 Sep;20(17):1222-3. No abstract available.
Verhoef P, Stampfer MJ, Buring JE, Gaziano JM, Allen RH, Stabler SP, Reynolds RD, Kok FJ, Hennekens CH, Willett WC. Homocysteine metabolism and risk of myocardial infarction: relation with vitamins B6, B12, and folate. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 May 1;143(9):845-59.


Selenium

Whanger PD.Selenocompounds in plants and animals and their biological significance. J Am Coll Nutr. 2002 Jun;21(3):223-32.
Amantana A, Santana-Rios G, Butler JA, Xu M, Whanger PD, Dashwood RH. Antimutagenic activity of selenium-enriched green tea toward the heterocyclic amine 2-amino-3-methylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2002 May;86(2):177-91.
Whanger PD. Selenium and the brain: a review. Nutr Neurosci. 2001;4(2):81-97. Review.
Finley JW, Ip C, Lisk DJ, Davis CD, Hintze KJ, Whanger PD. Cancer-protective properties of high-selenium broccoli. J Agric Food Chem. 2001 May;49(5):2679-83.
Whanger PD. Selenoprotein W: a review. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2000 Dec;57(13-14):1846-52. Review.
Moore MA, Wandera RC, Xia Y, Du S, Butler JA, Whanger PD. Selenium supplementation of Chinese women with habitually low selenium intake increases plasma selenium, plasma glutathione peroxidase activity, and milk selenium, but not milk glutathione peroxidase activity(1). J Nutr Biochem. 2000 Jun 1;11(6):341-347.
Janghorbani M, Xia Y, Ha P, Whanger PD, Butler JA, Olesik JW, Daniels L. Metabolism of selenite in men with widely varying selenium status. J Am Coll Nutr. 1999 Oct;18(5):462-9.
Ueda Y, Whanger PD, Forsberg NE. The effects of selenium deficiency on differentiation, degradation, and cell lysis of L8 rat skeletal muscle cells. Biol Trace Elem Res. 1999 Jul;69(1):1-13
Salonen JT, Alfthan G, Huttunen JK, Puska P Association between serum selenium and the risk of cancer.
Am J Epidemiol. 1984 Sep;120(3):342-9.
Duffield-Lillico AJ, Reid ME, Turnbull BW, Combs GF Jr, Slate EH, Fischbach LA, Marshall JR, Clark LC. Baseline characteristics and the effect of selenium supplementation on cancer incidence in a randomized clinical trial: a summary report of the nutritional prevention of cancer trial. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Jul;11(7):630-9.
Combs GF Jr, Clark LC, Turnbull BW. An analysis of cancer prevention by selenium.
Biofactors. 2001;14(1-4):153-9. Review.
Nelson MA, Porterfield BW, Jacobs ET, Clark LC. Selenium and prostate cancer prevention.
Semin Urol Oncol. 1999 May;17(2):91-6. Review.
Clark LC, Jacobs ET. Environmental selenium and cancer: risk or protection?
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1998 Oct;7(10):847-8; discussion 851-2. Review. No abstract available.
C
lark LC, Dalkin B, Krongrad A, Combs GF Jr, Turnbull BW, Slate EH, Witherington R, Herlong JH, Janosko E, Carpenter D, Borosso C, Falk S, Rounder J. Decreased incidence of prostate cancer with selenium supplementation: results of a double-blind cancer prevention trial.
Br J Urol. 1998 May;81(5):730-4.
Combs GF Jr, Clark LC, Turnbull BW. Reduction of cancer mortality and incidence by selenium supplementation. Med Klin. 1997 Sep 15;92 Suppl 3:42-5.
Combs GF Jr, Clark LC, Turnbull BW. Reduction of cancer risk with an oral supplement of selenium.
Biomed Environ Sci. 1997 Sep;10(2-3):227-34.
Redman C, Xu MJ, Peng YM, Scott JA, Payne C, Clark LC, Nelson MA. Involvement of polyamines in selenomethionine induced apoptosis and mitotic alterations in human tumor cells.
Carcinogenesis. 1997 Jun;18(6):1195-202.

 

Co-Enzyme Q10

Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen AM. Overview of the use of CoQ10 in cardiovascular disease.
Biofactors. 1999;9(2-4):273-84. Review.
Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen A, Willis R, Folkers K. Treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with coenzyme Q10.
Mol Aspects Med. 1997;18 Suppl:S145-51.
Langsjoen P, Langsjoen P, Willis R, Folkers K. Treatment of essential hypertension with coenzyme Q10.
Mol Aspects Med. 1994;15 Suppl:S265-72.
Langsjoen H, Langsjoen P, Langsjoen P, Willis R, Folkers K. Usefulness of coenzyme Q10 in clinical cardiology: a long-term study. Mol Aspects Med. 1994;15 Suppl:s165-75.
Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen PH, Folkers K. Isolated diastolic dysfunction of the myocardium and its response to CoQ10 treatment. Clin Investig. 1993;71(8 Suppl):S140-4.
Folkers K, Langsjoen P, Langsjoen PH. Therapy with coenzyme Q10 of patients in heart failure who are eligible or ineligible for a transplant. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1992 Jan 15;182(1):247-53.
Folkers K, Hanioka T, Xia LJ, McRee JT Jr, Langsjoen P. Coenzyme Q10 increases T4/T8 ratios of lymphocytes in ordinary subjects and relevance to patients having the AIDS related complex.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1991 Apr 30;176(2):786-91.
Folkers K, Langsjoen P, Willis R, Richardson P, Xia LJ, Ye CQ, Tamagawa H. Lovastatin decreases coenzyme Q levels in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1990 Nov;87(22):8931-4.
Langsjoen PH, Langsjoen PH, Folkers K. A six-year clinical study of therapy of cardiomyopathy with coenzyme Q10.
Int J Tissue React. 1990;12(3):169-71.

Magnesium

magnesium site

Gordin A, Goldenberg D, Golz A, Netzer A, Joachims HZ. Magnesium: a new therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss. Otol Neurotol. 2002 Jul;23(4):447-51.
Bigal ME, Bordini CA, Speciali JG.[Efficacy of three drugs in the treatment of migrainous aura: a randomized, placebo-controlled study] Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2002 Jun;60(2-B):406-9. Portuguese.
Bigal ME, Bordini CA, Tepper SJ, Speciali JG. Intravenous magnesium sulphate in the acute treatment of migraine without aura and migraine with aura. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Cephalalgia. 2002 Jun;22(5):345-53.
Lin JY, Chung SY, Lin MC, Cheng FC. Effects of magnesium sulfate on energy metabolites and glutamate in the cortex during focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion in the gerbil monitored by a dual-probe microdialysis technique. Life Sci. 2002 Jul 5;71(7):803-11.
Malcova R, Gryndler M, Vosatka M. Magnesium ions alleviate the negative effect of manganese on Glomus claroideum BEG23. Mycorrhiza. 2002 Jun;12(3):125-9.
Attygalle D, Rodrigo N. Magnesium as first line therapy in the management of tetanus: a prospective study of 40 patients.
Anaesthesia. 2002 Aug;57(8):811-7.
Silverman RA, Osborn H, Runge J, Gallagher EJ, Chiang W, Feldman J, Gaeta T, Freeman K, Levin B, Mancherje N, Scharf S. IV magnesium sulfate in the treatment of acute severe asthma: a multicenter randomized controlled trial. Chest. 2002 Aug;122(2):489-97.

Guillain Barre Syndrome/pesticides

Gagandeep, Avasthi G. PAM responsive Gullian Barre like syndrome with low serum cholinesterase.
J Assoc Physicians India. 1998 Feb;46(2):244-5. No abstract available.
Altenkirch H, Hopmann D, Brockmeier B, Walter G Neurological investigations in 23 cases of pyrethroid intoxication reported to the German Federal Health Office. Neurotoxicology. 1996 Fall-Winter;17(3-4):645-51.
Zhang Z, Zhang X, Wang J, Min B, Tang X. [Risk factors for Guillain-Barre syndrome in northern China: a case-control study] Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao. 1995 Aug;17(4):291-5. Chinese.
Hart DE, Rojas LA, Rosario JA, Recalde H, Roman GC. Childhood Guillain-Barre syndrome in Paraguay, 1990 to 1991. Ann Neurol. 1994 Dec;36(6):859-63.
Zhang C. [The report of organophosphorus pesticides cause delayed nervous system diseases (143 cases)]
Zhonghua Shen Jing Jing Shen Ke Za Zhi. 1991 Dec;24(6):336-8, 383. Chinese.
Mishra VN, Raman PG. Guillain Barre syndrome as a sequela of organophosphorus poisoning.
J Assoc Physicians India. 1988 May;36(5):347. No abstract available.
Fisher JR. Guillain-Barre syndrome following organophosphate poisoning. JAMA. 1977 Oct 31;238(18):1950-1. No abstract available.

 

Menieres Disease

Derebery MJ. Prevalence of heat shock protein in patients with Meniere's disease and allergy.
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2002 Jun;126(6):677-82.
Rauch SD, Zurakowski D, Bloch DB, Bloch KJ. Anti-heat shock protein 70 antibodies in Meniere's disease.
Laryngoscope. 2000 Sep;110(9):1516-21.
Derebery MJ, Berliner KI. Prevalence of allergy in Meniere's disease. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Jul;123(1 Pt 1):69-75.
Rauch SD, San Martin JE, Moscicki RA, Bloch KJ. Serum antibodies against heat shock protein 70 in Meniere's disease.
Am J Otol. 1995 Sep;16(5):648-52.
Shin SO, Billings PB, Keithley EM, Harris JP. Comparison of anti-heat shock protein 70 (anti-hsp70) and anti-68-kDa inner ear protein in the sera of patients with Meniere's disease. Laryngoscope. 1997 Feb;107(2):222-7.

http://www.tchain.com/otoneurology/disorders/autoimmune/otoblot.html

http://www.houseearclinic.com/mjd.htm

http://www.nashvilleent.com/cont_menier.shtml

'Ecstasy'

Callahan BT, Cord BJ, Yuan J, McCann UD, Ricaurte GA. Inhibitors of Na(+)/H(+) and Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchange potentiate methamphetamine-induced dopamine neurotoxicity: possible role of ionic dysregulation in methamphetamine neurotoxicity.J Neurochem. 2001 Jun;77(5):1348-62.
McCann UD, Eligulashvili V, Ricaurte GA. (+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('Ecstasy')-induced serotonin neurotoxicity: clinical studies. Neuropsychobiology. 2000;42(1):11-6. Review.
Ricaurte GA, Yuan J, McCann UD. (+/-)3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine ('Ecstasy')-induced serotonin neurotoxicity: studies in animals. Neuropsychobiology. 2000;42(1):5-10. Review.Yuan J, Cord BJ, McCann UD, Callahan BT, Ricaurte GA. Effect of depleting vesicular and cytoplasmic dopamine on methylenedioxymethamphetamine neurotoxicity. J Neurochem. 2002 Mar;80(6):960-9.
Hatzidimitriou G, Tsai EH, McCann UD, Ricaurte GA. Altered prolactin response to M-chlorophenylpiperazine in monkeys previously treated with 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) or fenfluramine. Synapse. 2002 Apr;44(1):51-7.

Oxidative stress

Malis CD, Bonventre JV Susceptibility of mitochondrial membranes to calcium and reactive oxygen species: implications for ischemic and toxic tissue damage. Prog Clin Biol Res. 1988;282:235-59. Review.
Thomas CE, Aust SD. Free radicals and environmental toxins. Ann Emerg Med. 1986 Sep;15(9):1075-83. Review.
Valentine WN, Paglia DE. Syndromes with increased red cell glutathione (GSH). Hemoglobin. 1980;4(5-6):799-804.
Kondo T. [Impaired glutathione metabolism in hemolytic anemia] Rinsho Byori. 1990 Apr;38(4):355-9. Review. Japanese.
Spooren AA, Evelo CT. Hydroxylamine treatment increases glutathione-protein and protein-protein binding in human erythrocytes. Blood Cells Mol Dis. 1997 Dec;23(3):323-36.

Nitric Oxide

Saenz DA, Cymeryng CB, De Nichilo A, Sacca GB, Keller Sarmiento MI, Rosenstein RE. Photic regulation of L-arginine uptake in the golden hamster retina. J Neurochem. 2002 Feb;80(3):512-9.
Cymeryng CB, Lotito SP, Colonna C, Finkielstein C, Pomeraniec Y, Grion N, Gadda L, Maloberti P, Podesta EJ. Expression of nitric oxide synthases in rat adrenal zona fasciculata cells.
Endocrinology. 2002 Apr;143(4):1235-42.
Cymeryng CB, Lotito SP, Colonna C, Cornejo MF, Podesta EJ. Induction of nitric oxide synthase activity in adrenal cells. Endocr Res. 2000 Nov;26(4):589-95.
Cymeryng CB, Dada LA, Colonna C, Mendez CF, Podesta EJ. Effects of L-arginine in rat adrenal cells: involvement of nitric oxide synthase. Endocrinology. 1999 Jul;140(7):2962-7.
Cymeryng CB, Dada LA, Podesta EJ. Effect of nitric oxide on rat adrenal zona fasciculata steroidogenesis. J Endocrinol. 1998 Aug;158(2):197-203.
Mele PG, Dada LA, Paz C, Cymeryng CB, Cornejo Maciel MF, Neuman MI, Finkielstein CV, Mendez CF, Podesta EJ. Site of action of proteinases in the activation of steroidogenesis in rat adrenal gland.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 1996 Feb 29;1310(3):260-8.
Cymeryng CB, Paz C, Dada L, Cornejo Maciel F, Neuman MI, Mele PG, Finkielstein C, Solano AR, Mendez CF, Park M, et al. ACTH-dependent proteolytic activity of a novel phosphoprotein (p43) intermediary in the activation of phospholipase A2 and steroidogenesis.
Endocr Res. 1995 Feb-May;21(1-2):281-8.
Paz C, Dada LA, Cornejo Maciel MF, Mele PG, Cymeryng CB, Neuman I, Mendez CF, Finkielstein CV, Solano AR, Park M, et al. Purification of a novel 43-kDa protein (p43) intermediary in the activation of steroidogenesis from rat adrenal gland.
Eur J Biochem. 1994 Sep 1;224(2):709-16.

Nitric oxide research

Nitric oxide /Il beta / TNF a
Goodstone NJ, Hardingham TE. Tumour necrosis factor alpha stimulates nitric oxide production more potently than interleukin-1beta in porcine articular chondrocytes. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2002 Aug;41(8):883-91.Rediske JJ, Koehne CF, Zhang B, Lotz M. The inducible production of nitric oxide by articular cell types.
Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 1994 Sep;2(3):199-206.
Zulueta JJ, Sawhney R, Kayyali U, Fogel M, Donaldson C, Huang H, Lanzillo JJ, Hassoun PM. Modulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase by hypoxia in pulmonary artery endothelial cells.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2002 Jan;26(1):22-30.
Ribeiro RA, Freitas HC, Campos MC, Santos CC, Figueiredo FC, Brito GA, Cunha FQ. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta mediate the production of nitric oxide involved in the pathogenesis of ifosfamide induced hemorrhagic cystitis in mice. J Urol. 2002 May;167(5):2229-34.
Schroeder RA, Gu JS, Kuo PC. Interleukin 1beta-stimulated production of nitric oxide in rat hepatocytes is mediated through endogenous synthesis of interferon gamma. Hepatology. 1998 Mar;27(3):711-9.
Caughey GE, Pouliot M, Cleland LG, James MJ. Regulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and IL-1 beta synthesis by thromboxane A2 in nonadherent human monocytes. J Immunol. 1997 Jan 1;158(1):351-8.
Tang X, Zhou D, Kang G. [Induction and kinetic characterization of nitric oxide synthase in hepatocytes]
Zhonghua Gan Zang Bing Za Zhi. 2001 Jun;9(3):169-71. Chinese.
Kan H, Xie Z, Finkel MS. TNF-alpha enhances cardiac myocyte NO production through MAP kinase-mediated NF-kappaB activation. Am J Physiol. 1999 Oct;277(4 Pt 2):H1641-6.
Suzuki N, Sakamoto A, Ogawa R. Effect of L-canavanine, an Inhibitor of inducible nitric oxide synthase, on myocardial dysfunction during septic shock. J Nippon Med Sch. 2002 Feb;69(1):13-8.

Wang Z, Wang M, Carr BI. The inhibitory effect of interleukin 1beta on rat hepatocyte DNA synthesis is mediated by nitric oxide. Hepatology. 1998 Aug;28(2):430-5.

Henrotin YE, Zheng SX, Deby GP, Labasse AH, Crielaard JM, Reginster JY. Nitric oxide downregulates interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) stimulated IL-6, IL-8, and prostaglandin E2 production by human chondrocytes. J Rheumatol. 1998 Aug;25(8):1595-601.

Morales J, Dunbar JC, Ram JL. Effect of aldose reductase inhibition on interleukin-1beta-induced nitric oxide (NO) synthesis in vascular tissue. Int J Exp Diabetes Res. 2002;3(1):11-20.

Wang CH, Kuo HP. Nitric oxide modulates interleukin-1beta and tumour necrosis factor-alpha synthesis, and disease regression by alveolar macrophages in pulmonary tuberculosis.
Respirology. 2001 Mar;6(1):79-84.

Fukuda K, Kumano F, Takayama M, Saito M, Otani K, Tanaka S. Zonal differences in nitric oxide synthesis by bovine chondrocytes exposed to interleukin-1. Inflamm Res. 1995 Oct;44(10):434-7.
Kanematsu M, Ikeda K, Yamada Y. Interaction between nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase pathways in osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells. J Bone Miner Res. 1997 Nov;12(11):1789-96.

Eigler A, Sinha B, Endres S. Nitric oxide-releasing agents enhance cytokine-induced tumor necrosis factor synthesis in human mononuclear cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1993 Oct 15;196(1):494-501.

Gupta RC, Milatovic D, Dettbarn WD. Nitric oxide modulates high-energy phosphates in brain regions of rats intoxicated with diisopropylphosphorofluoridate or carbofuran: prevention by N-tert-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone or vitamin E. Arch Toxicol. 2001 Aug;75(6):346-56.

Isobe H, Okajima K, Uchiba M, Mizutani A, Harada N, Nagasaki A, Okabe K. Activated protein C prevents endotoxin-induced hypotension in rats by inhibiting excessive production of nitric oxide.
Circulation. 2001 Sep 4;104(10):1171-5.

Immunology (mainly relevant to CFS)

Burrell R. Human immune toxicity. Mol Aspects Med. 1993;14(1):1-81. Review
Dame JB, Chegini N, Christensen RD, Juul SE The effect of interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) production by neuronal precursor cells. Eur Cytokine Netw. 2002 Jan;13(1):128-33.
Lavie G, Zucker-Franklin D. Cell surface-associated proteinases in NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity: enhancement of enzyme expression is unique to activation with interferon-alpha. Cell Immunol. 1989 Dec;124(2):202-11.
Young JD, Leong LG, Liu CC, Damiano A, Wall DA, Cohn ZA. Isolation and characterization of a serine esterase from cytolytic T cell granules. Cell. 1986 Oct 24;47(2):183-94.
Lavie G, Leib Z, Servadio C. The mechanism of human NK cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Mode of action of surface-associated proteases in the early stages of the lytic reaction. J Immunol. 1985 Aug;135(2):1470-6.
Petty HR, Hermann W, Dereski W, Frey T, McConnell HM. Activatable esterase activity of murine natural killer cell--YAC tumour cell conjugates. J Cell Sci. 1984 Dec;72:1-13.
Hudig D, Redelman D, Minning LL. The requirement for proteinase activity for human lymphocyte-mediated natural cytotoxicity (NK): evidence that the proteinase is serine dependent and has aromatic amino acid specificity of cleavage. J Immunol. 1984 Nov;133(5):2647-54.
Zucker-Franklin D, Yang J, Fuks A. Different enzyme classes associated with human natural killer cells may mediate disparate functions. J Immunol. 1984 Mar;132(3):1451-5.


Dioxins and PCBs

Schantz SL, Widholm JJ, Rice DC.Effects of PCB exposure on neuropsychological function in children.
Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Mar;111(3):357-576. Review.
Shon YH, Park IK, Moon IS, Chang HW, Park IK, Nam KS. Effect of chitosan oligosaccharide on 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin-induced oxidative stress in mice. Biol Pharm Bull. 2002 Sep;25(9):1161-4.
Vreugdenhil HJ, Slijper FM, Mulder PG, Weisglas-Kuperus N. Effects of Perinatal Exposure to PCBs and Dioxins on Play Behavior in Dutch Children at School Age. Environ Health Perspect. 2002 Oct;110(10):A593-8.
Rinaldi AL, Morse MA, Fields HW, Rothas DA, Pei P, Rodrigo KA, Renner RJ, Mallery SR. Curcumin activates the aryl hydrocarbon receptor yet significantly inhibits (-)-benzo(a)pyrene-7R-trans-7,8-dihydrodiol bioactivation in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells and oral mucosa. Cancer Res. 2002 Oct 1;62(19):5451-6.
Latchoumycandane C, Mathur PP. Effects of vitamin E on reactive oxygen species-mediated 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodi-benzo-p-dioxin toxicity in rat testis. J Appl Toxicol. 2002 Sep-Oct;22(5):345-51.

Aplastic anaemia, anaemia /pesticides

Reeves JD. Household insecticide-associated blood dyscrasias in children. Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 1982 Winter;4(4):438-9. No abstract available.
Reeves JD, Driggers DA, Kiley VA. Household insecticide associated aplastic anaemia and acute leukaemia in children.
Lancet. 1981 Aug 8;2(8241):300-1. No abstract available.

Infra sound

http://www.umea.irf.se/ume/ Concorde
Spreng M.[Specific features of military low-altitude flight noise: criteria for risk of damage and physiological effects. Schriftenr Ver Wasser Boden Lufthyg. 1993;88:271-87. Review.
Gomes LM, Martinho Pimenta AJ, Castelo Branco NA.Effects of occupational exposure to low frequency noise on cognition. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A115-8.
Sova SH. [Peripheral autonomic insufficiency in workers who sustain the chronic effect of an occupational vibration-noise factor] Lik Sprava. 1999 Jun;(4):165-8. Ukrainian.
Gordeladze AS, Glinchikov VV, Usenko VR. [Experimental myocardial ischemia caused by infrasound]
Gig Tr Prof Zabol. 1986 Jun;(6):30-3. Russian. No abstract available.
Shvaiko II, Koairin IP, Mikhaliuk IA, Motuzkov IN. [Effect of infrasound on the metabolism of microelements in the body] Gig Sanit. 1984 Sep;(9):91-2. Russian. No abstract available.
Nekhoroshev AS. [Study of mechanisms underlying the effects of low-frequency acoustic vibrations]
Med Tr Prom Ekol. 1998;(5):26-30. Russian.
Syromiatnikov IuP. [Evaluation of preclinical signs due to exposure of workers to static magnetic fields]
Gig Sanit. 1998 Jan-Feb;(1):14-5. Russian. No abstract available.
Nekhoroshev AS, Glinchikov VV. [Morphological research on the liver structures of experimental animals under the action of infrasound] Aviakosm Ekolog Med. 1992 May-Jun;26(3):56-9. Russian.
Krivolesova SA, Svidovyi VI, Lobov GI, Dadali VA. [Effects of infrasound and noise on contractility of lymphatic vessels (an experimental study)] Med Tr Prom Ekol. 2001;(2):16-20. Russian.  
Svidovyi VI. [Mechanism of perception and effect of infrasound on the bodies of experimental animals and man] Gig Sanit. 1987 Mar;(3):88-9. Russian. No abstract available.  
Svidovyi VI, Kitaeva LV. [Evaluation of cytogenetic activity in bone marrow cells exposed to infrasound (experimental data)] Med Tr Prom Ekol. 1998;(5):42-4. Russian. No abstract available.
Kuralesin NA. [Hygienic and biomedical aspects of the effects of infrasound]
Med Tr Prom Ekol. 1997;(5):8-14. Russian.  
Balunov VD, Barsukov AF, Artamonova VG. [Clinical and functional evaluation of health status of workers exposed to infrasound, noise and general vibration] Med Tr Prom Ekol. 1998;(5):22-6. Russian.
Batanov GV. [Characteristics of etiology of immediate hypersensitivity in conditions of exposure to infrasound]
Radiats Biol Radioecol. 1995 Jan-Feb;35(1):78-82. Russian.
Izmerov NF, Suvorov GA, Kuralesin NA, Ovakimov VG. [Infrasound: body's effects and hygienic regulation]
Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk. 1997;(7):39-46. Review. Russian.
Pawlaczyk-Luszczynska M. Infrasound in the occupational and general environment: a three-element microphone measuring method for locating distant sources of infrasound. Int J Occup Med Environ Health. 1996;9(1):17-27.  
Bento Coelho JL, Ferreira A, Serrano J, Castelo Branco NA. Noise assessment during aircraft run-up procedures. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A22-6.
Harris CS, Sommer HC, Johnson DL. Review of the effects of infrasound on man. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1976 Apr;47(4):430-4. Bento Coelho JL, Ferreira A, Serrano J, Castelo Branco NA. Noise assessment during aircraft run-up procedures.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A22-6.
Castelo Branco NA, Rodriguez E. The vibroacoustic disease--an emerging pathology.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A1-6. Review.
Silva MJ, Carothers A, Castelo Branco NA, Dias A, Boavida MG. Sister chromatid exchange analysis in workers exposed to noise and vibration. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A40-5.
Castro AP, Aguas AP, Grande NR, Monteiro E, Castelo Branco NA. Increase in CD8+ and CD4+ T lymphocytes in patients with vibroacoustic disease. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A141-4.
Alves-Pereira M. Noise-induced extra-aural pathology: a review and commentary.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A7-21. Review.
Castelo Branco NA, Rodriguez E, Alves-Pereira M, Jones DR. Vibroacoustic disease: some forensic aspects.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A145-51.
Castelo Branco NA. The clinical stages of vibroacoustic disease. Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A32-9.
Castelo Branco NA. A unique case of vibroacoustic disease: a tribute to an extraordinary patient.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A27-31.
Marciniak W, Rodriguez E, Olszowska K, Atkov O, Botvin I, Araujo A, Pais F, Soares Ribeiro C, Bordalo A, Loureiro J, Prazeres De Sa E, Ferreira D, Castelo Branco MS, Castelo Branco NA Echocardiographic evaluation in 485 aeronautical workers exposed to different noise environments.
Aviat Space Environ Med. 1999 Mar;70(3 Pt 2):A46-53.
Takahashi Y, Yonekawa Y, Kanada K. A new approach to assess low frequency noise in the working environment. Ind Health. 2001 Jul;39(3):281-6.

Multiple sclerosis

Vojdani A, Vojdani E, Cooper E. Antibodies to myelin basic protein, myelin oligodendrocytes peptides, alpha-beta-crystallin, lymphocyte activation and cytokine production in patients with multiple sclerosis.
J Intern Med. 2003 Oct;254(4):363-74.
Purdey M. Chronic barium intoxication disrupts sulphated proteoglycan synthesis: a hypothesis for the origins of multiple sclerosis. Med Hypotheses. 2004;62(5):746-54.
Hoffman RE, Zack MM, Davis LE, Burchfiel CM. Increased incidence and prevalence of multiple sclerosis in Los Alamos County, New Mexico. Neurology. 1981 Nov;31(11):1489-92.
Schiffer RB, Weitkamp LR, Ford C, Hall WJ. A genetic marker and family history study of the upstate New York multiple sclerosis cluster. Neurology. 1994 Feb;44(2):329-3.
Potemkowski A. [An epidemiologic survey of multiple sclerosis in the Szczecin province in Poland.]
Przegl Epidemiol. 2001;55(3):331-41. Polish.
Schiffer RB, McDermott MP, Copley C. A multiple sclerosis cluster associated with a small, north-central Illinois community. Arch Environ Health. 2001 Sep-Oct;56(5):389-95.
Hopkins RS, Indian RW, Pinnow E, Conomy J Multiple sclerosis in Galion, Ohio: prevalence and results of a case-control study.Neuroepidemiology. 1991;10(4):192-9.
Kurtzke JF, Heltberg A. Multiple sclerosis in the Faroe Islands: an epitome. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001 Jan;54(1):1-22.
Poskanzer DC, Walker AM, Prenney LB, Sheridan JL.The etiology of multiple sclerosis: temporal-spatial clustering indicating two environmental exposures before onset. Neurology. 1981 Jun;31(6):708-13.
Flodin U, Landtblom AM, Axelson O. Multiple sclerosis in nurse anaesthetists. Occup Environ Med. 2003 Jan;60(1):66-8.
Riise T, Gronning M, Klauber MR, Barrett-Connor E, Nyland H, Albrektsen G. Clustering of residence of multiple sclerosis patients at age 13 to 20 years in Hordaland, Norway. Am J Epidemiol. 1991 May 1;133(9):932-9. Berr C, Puel J, Clanet M, Ruidavets JB, Mas JL, Alperovitch A. Risk factors in multiple sclerosis: a population-based case-control study in Hautes-Pyrenees, France.
Acta Neurol Scand. 1989 Jul;80(1):46-50.
Brosseau L, Philippe P, Methot G, Duquette P, Haraoui B. Drug abuse as a risk factor of multiple sclerosis: case-control analysis and a study of heterogeneity. Neuroepidemiology. 1993;12(1):6-14.
Stein EC, Schiffer RB, Hall WJ, Young N Multiple sclerosis and the workplace: report of an industry-based cluster.
Neurology. 1987 Oct;37(10):1672-7.
Flodin U, Soderfeldt B, Noorlind-Brage H, Fredriksson M, Axelson O. Multiple sclerosis, solvents, and pets. A case-referent study. Arch Neurol. 1988 Jun;45(6):620-3.
Krebs JM, Park RM, Boal WL.A neurological disease cluster at a manufacturing plant. Arch Environ Health. 1995 May-Jun;50(3):190-5.

Asbestos/mineral, vitreous fibre

Tan RJ, Fattman CL, Watkins SC, Oury TD.Redistribution of pulmonary EC-SOD after exposure to asbestos.
J Appl Physiol. 2004 Aug 6 [Epub ahead of print]
Cavallo D, Campopiano A, Cardinali G, Casciardi S, Simone PD, Kovacs D, Perniconi B, Spagnoli G, Ursini CL, Fanizza C. Cytotoxic and oxidative effects induced by man-made vitreous fibers (MMVFs) in a human mesothelial cell line. Toxicology. 2004 Sep 1;201(1-3):219-29.
Tulinska J, Jahnova E, Dusinska M, Kuricova M, Liskova A, Ilavska S, Horvathova M, Wsolova L, Kyrtopoulos SA, Collins A, Harrington V, Fuortes L. Immunomodulatory effects of mineral fibres in occupationally exposed workers. Mutat Res. 2004 Sep 3;553(1-2):111-24.
Dusinska M, Collins A, Kazimirova A, Barancokova M, Harrington V, Volkovova K, Staruchova M, Horska A, Wsolova L, Kocan A, Petrik J, Machata M, Ratcliffe B, Kyrtopoulos S. Genotoxic effects of asbestos in humans.
Mutat Res. 2004 Sep 3;553(1-2):91-102.