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A detailed mechanistic understanding in molecular terms of how living cells and tissues respond to acute and/or chronic chemical injury has always been of great interest. Today, in a world that becomes increasingly aware of and concerned with toxic hazards in our environment such knowledge becomes indispensable. The real and/or alleged dangers to human health from a wide variety of pollutants have to be assessed on an intelligent and rational basis. Exploring in depth how selected toxic agents produce changes in living organisms and the elucidation of the detailed mechanisms of toxicity hopefully will help us towards achieving this goal. The study of the experimental toxicology of beryllium (Be), especially of Be-induced liver cell injury, offers some definite advantages which justify its choice as a model system.
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Witschi, H.P. (1971). Liver Cell Injury by Beryllium. In: Aldridge, W.N. (eds) A Symposium on Mechanisms of Toxicity. Biological Council. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-01085-1_9
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