Recent Advances and Future Perspectives on Genotoxicity of Toxins
A special issue of Toxins (ISSN 2072-6651).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 1009
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Natural toxins, such as mycotoxins, microcystins, phytochemicals, and colibactins, are well known for their acute cytotoxicity, but their genotoxic effects are still being elucidated. Understanding such genotoxic effects is particularly relevant considering the predicted increase in toxin exposure due to weather extremes. The purpose of this Special Issue is to explore the lesser-known genotoxic effects of natural toxins and subsequent carcinogenic, teratogenic, and developmental pathologies. While many toxins are genotoxic per se, others require metabolic activation to become potent genotoxins. The metabolic activation of such genotoxins, in turn, may be highly variable among human populations. Advances in high-throughput sequencing and DNA barcoding have facilitated the identification of genes that confer resistance to natural toxins. The cellular response to natural toxins has further been elucidated by multiple transcriptomic, proteomic, and metabolomic studies. Such studies have utilized model organisms, including yeast, zebra fish, and daphnia, as well as metabolically active mammalian cell lines. This Special Issue aims to serve as an excellent compilation of articles describing the diverse genotoxic effects of multiple toxins.
Dr. Michael Fasullo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- mycotoxins
- aristolochic acid
- psoralens
- genome profiling
- transcriptomics
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