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An Integrated Chemical Environment to Support 21st-Century Toxicology.

Authors :
Bell SM
Phillips J
Sedykh A
Tandon A
Sprankle C
Morefield SQ
Shapiro A
Allen D
Shah R
Maull EA
Casey WM
Kleinstreuer NC
Source :
Environmental health perspectives [Environ Health Perspect] 2017 May 25; Vol. 125 (5), pp. 054501. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 25.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

SUMMARY : Access to high-quality reference data is essential for the development, validation, and implementation of in vitro and in silico approaches that reduce and replace the use of animals in toxicity testing. Currently, these data must often be pooled from a variety of disparate sources to efficiently link a set of assay responses and model predictions to an outcome or hazard classification. To provide a central access point for these purposes, the National Toxicology Program Interagency Center for the Evaluation of Alternative Toxicological Methods developed the Integrated Chemical Environment (ICE) web resource. The ICE data integrator allows users to retrieve and combine data sets and to develop hypotheses through data exploration. Open-source computational workflows and models will be available for download and application to local data. ICE currently includes curated in vivo test data, reference chemical information, in vitro assay data (including Tox21 <superscript>TM</superscript> /ToxCastâ„¢ high-throughput screening data), and in silico model predictions. Users can query these data collections focusing on end points of interest such as acute systemic toxicity, endocrine disruption, skin sensitization, and many others. ICE is publicly accessible at https://ice.ntp.niehs.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1759.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1552-9924
Volume :
125
Issue :
5
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Environmental health perspectives
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
28557712
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP1759