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  1. “In Litero” Screening: Retrospective Evaluation of Clinical Evidence to Establish a Reference List of Human Chemical Respiratory Sensitizers
  2. Mechanistic data linked to Alzheimer’s disease.
  3. The impact of chemicals on late-onset Alzheimer's can be assessed using specific biomarkers.
  4. iPSC-derived neurons as in vitro models to identify Alzheimer's and AD-related molecular mechanisms.
  5. Moving towards a probabilistic risk assessment approach without animal experimentation
  6. Environmental neurotoxicants push the aging brain towards late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
  7. Skin Sensitization Tests: The LLNA and the RhE IL-18 Potency
  8. An international validation study of the IL-2 Luc assay for evaluating the potential immunotoxic effects of chemicals on T cells and a proposal for reference data for immunotoxic chemicals
  9. COST Action ‘ImpARAS’: what have we learnt to improve food allergy risk assessment. A summary of a 4 year networking consortium
  10. In vitro RHE skin sensitisation assays: Applicability to challenging substances
  11. Validation of the GARD™skin Assay for Assessment of Chemical Skin Sensitizers: Ring Trial Results of Predictive Performance and Reproducibility
  12. Applying the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) for food sensitization to support in vitro testing strategies
  13. One science-driven approach for the regulatory implementation of alternative methods: A multi-sector perspective
  14. Evaluation of 3D skin model-based assays using difficult to test substances: an EPAA multi-sector project
  15. The validation of GARDskin
  16. Development of an In Vitro Method to Estimate the Sensitization Induction Level of Contact Allergens
  17. An alternative biomarker-based approach for the prediction of proteins known to sensitize the respiratory tract
  18. Activation of Stored Messenger Ribonucleoproteins: Identification and Function of the Proteins Associated with Nonpolysomal Poly(A)-Containing Messenger Ribonucleoproteins of Cryptobiotic Gastrulae of Artemia sp.
  19. Assessment of metal sensitizer potency with the reconstructed human epidermis IL-18 assay
  20. An adverse outcome pathway for respiratory sensitization by chemicals: The way forward?
  21. Advances in the development of in vitro airway models as innovative tools to identify chemical respiratory sensitizers
  22. Application of the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) concept to structure the available in vivo and in vitro mechanistic data for allergic sensitization to food proteins
  23. Development of an in vitro method to estimate the sensitization induction level of contact allergens
  24. Developing a framework for assessing chemical respiratory sensitization: A workshop report
  25. Preliminary performance data of the RHE/IL-18 assay performed on SkinEthic™RHE for the identification of contact sensitizers
  26. Non-animal models of epithelial barriers (skin, intestine and lung) in research, industrial applications and regulatory toxicology
  27. Treatment of both native and deamidated gluten peptides with an endo-peptidase from Aspergillus niger prevents stimulation of gut-derived gluten-reactive T cells from either children or adults with celiac disease
  28. IgE versus IgG4 epitopes of the peanut allergen Ara h 1 in patients with severe allergy
  29. In VitroApproaches for Detection of Chemical Sensitization
  30. Proceedings of the 17th ESTIV congress 2012
  31. State of the art on alternative methods to animal testing from an industrial point of view: ready for regulation?
  32. Allergic sensitization: screening methods
  33. International ring trial of the epidermal equivalent sensitizer potency assay: reproducibility and predictive capacity
  34. An epidermal equivalent assay for identification and ranking potency of contact sensitizers
  35. Sens-it-iv: A European Union project to develop novel tools for the identification of skin and respiratory sensitizers
  36. Application of the acquired knowledge and implementation of the Sens-it-iv toolbox for identification and classification of skin and respiratory sensitizers
  37. Potential of in vitro reconstituted 3D human airway epithelia (MucilAir™) to assess respiratory sensitizers
  38. Transfer of a two-tiered keratinocyte assay: IL-18 production by NCTC2544 to determine the skin sensitizing capacity and epidermal equivalent assay to determine sensitizer potency
  39. Advanced tests for skin and respiratory sensitization assessment
  40. IgE epitopes of intact and digested Ara h 1: A comparative study in humans and rats
  41. Implementation challenges for designing Integrated In Vitro Testing Strategies (ITS) aiming at reducing and replacing animal experimentation
  42. A roadmap for the development of alternative (non-animal) methods for systemic toxicity testing
  43. Respiratory sensitization: Advances in assessing the risk of respiratory inflammation and irritation
  44. Toxicology in the 21st century – Working our way towards a visionary reality
  45. In vitro Toxicity Testing in the Twenty-First Century
  46. An expert consortium review of the EC-commissioned report “Alternative (Non-Animal) Methods for Cosmetics Testing: Current Status and Future Prospects – 2010”
  47. Immunotoxicology: Opportunities for Non-animal Test Development
  48. Selection of Chemicals for the Development and Evaluation of In Vitro Methods for Skin Sensitisation Testing
  49. The Development of Novel Approaches to the Identification of Chemical and Protein Respiratory Allergens
  50. The carcinoGENOMICS project: Critical selection of model compounds for the development of omics-based in vitro carcinogenicity screening assays
  51. B-cell epitope engineering: A matter of recognizing protein features and motives
  52. Management of an Integrated Project (Sens-it-iv) to Develop In Vitro Tests to Assess Sensitisation
  53. Chemical Respiratory Allergy: Opportunities for Hazard Identification and Characterisation
  54. Skin Sensitisation and Epidermal Disposition: The Relevance of Epidermal Disposition for Sensitisation Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment
  55. Towards a consensus on datasets and evaluation metrics for developing B-cell epitope prediction tools
  56. Respiratory immunotoxicity: An in vitro assessment
  57. Investigation on possible allergenicity of 19 different commercial enzymes used in the food industry
  58. Interactions between dendritic cells and epithelial cells in allergic disease
  59. A novel approach for investigation of specific and cross-reactive IgE epitopes on Bet v 1 and homologous food allergens in individual patients
  60. Recent Developments with B-Cell Epitope Identification for Predictive Studies
  61. Individuals with occupational allergy to detergent enzymes display a differential transcriptional regulation and cellular immune response
  62. Vaccination for birch pollen allergy: comparison of the affinities of specific immunoglobulins E, G1 and G4 measured by surface plasmon resonance
  63. Anin silico method using an epitope motif database for predicting the location of antigenic determinants on proteins in a structural context
  64. CD27- CD4+ memory T cells define a differentiated memory population at both the functional and transcriptional levels
  65. Isolation of high-affinity human IgE and IgG antibodies recognising Bet v 1 and Humicola lanuginosa lipase from combinatorial phage libraries
  66. STDs in women attending family planning clinics: A case study in Addis Ababa
  67. In vitro stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from HIV- and HIV+ chancroid patients by Haemophilus ducreyi antigens
  68. Monoclonal antibodies againstHaemophilus ducreyi lipooligosaccharide and their diagnostic usefulness
  69. Localisation and immunological properties of a 24-kDa surface protein of Haemophilus ducreyi
  70. Seroepidemiological Studies of Haemophilus ducreyi Infection in Ethiopian Women
  71. Seroprevalence and Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in a Rural Ugandan Population
  72. A socioeconomic, clinical and serological study in an African City of prostitutes and women still married to their first husband
  73. Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection among Female Sex Workers in Peru
  74. Enzyme Immunoassays (ElAs) for the Detection of Anti-Haemophilus ducreyi Serum IgA, IgG, and IgM Antibodies
  75. Calmodulin-binding proteins in granule and plasma membranes from bovine chromaffin cells
  76. Isolation and characterization of cytoplasmic poly(A) polymerase from cryptobiotic gastrulae of Artemia salina
  77. Identification and properties of the 38000-M, poly(A)-binding protein of non-polysomal messenger ribonucleoproteins of cryptobiotic gastrulae of Artemia salina