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Administrative data

Endpoint:
additional toxicological information
Type of information:
other:
Adequacy of study:
supporting study
Reliability:
1 (reliable without restriction)

Data source

Reference
Reference Type:
publication
Title:
Unnamed
Year:
2004

Materials and methods

Results and discussion

Applicant's summary and conclusion

Conclusions:
Clara cells of mice are considered to have a specific sensitivity to lung toxicants, because they have a cytochrome P450 dependent oxidation potency, which is 1 to 2 magnitudes higher as of humans (see also Buckpitt A. et al., Relationship of cytochrome P450 activity to Clara cell cytotoxicity. IV. Metabolism of naphthalene and naphthalene oxide in microdissected airways from mice, rats, and hamsters. , http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7838135). This means, that effects on clara cells of mice are not transferable to man a priori.