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Levels from TR-521 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD)

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Target Organs and Levels of Evidence
NTP Technical Report Number 521

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CHEMICAL/ CAS NUMBER PEER REVIEW DATE PRIMARY USES ROUTE/EXPOSURE LEVELS STUDY LABORATORY
TEF EVALUATION (TCDD)
1746-01-6
02/17/04 ONE OF 5 DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS PLUS 2 MIXTURES BEING TESTED TO DETERMINE IF THE TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTORS (TEFS) FOR THESE CHEMICALS WOULD BE PREDICTIVE OF RODENT CARCINOGENICITY. Gavage FEMALE RATS ONLY: TCDD -- 0, 3, 10, 22, 46, OR 100 NG/KG; 100/DOSE Battelle Columbus Laboratory
LEVELS OF EVIDENCE OF CARCINOGENICITY--ORGAN/TISSUE (NEOPLASM):
FR: CLEAR EVIDENCE LIVER: ADENOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/53 1/53 13/53 2/50 OR CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 1/53 4/53 25/53 2/50
LUNG: CYSTIC KERATINIZING EPITHELIOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/52 0/53 9/52 0/50
ORAL MUCOSA: GINGIVAL SQAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA 1/53 2/54 1/53 0/53 4/53 10/53 5/50
UTERUS: SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/53 5/53 0/53 2/50
MAY HAVE BEEN RELATED: PANCREAS ACINAR CELL: ADENOMA OR CARCINOMA 0/51 0/54 0/52 0/53 0/52 3/51 1/49
LIVER: HEPATOCHOLANGIOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/53 0/53 2/53 0/50 OR CHOLANGIOMA 0/53 0/54 0/53 0/53 0/53 0/53 1/50
NON-NEOPLASTIC LESIONS: LIVER: HEPATOCYTE HYPERTROPHY; MULTINUCLEATED HEPATOCYTE; EOSINOPHILIC FOCUS; INFLAMMATION; PIGMENTATION; DIFFUSE FATTY CHANGE; NECROSIS; OVAL CELL HYPERPLASIA; BILE DUCT HYPERPLASIA; BILE DUCT CYST; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PORTAL FIBROSIS; TOXIC HEPATOPATHY; CHOLANGIOFIBROSIS
LUNG: ALVEOLAR EPITHELIUM, METAPLASIA, BRONCHIOLAR
ORAL MUCOSA: GINGIVAL SQUAMOUS HYPERPLASIA
PANCREAS: ACINAR CYTOPLASMIC VACUOLIZATION; CHRONIC ACTIVE INFLAMMATION; ACINAR ATROPHY; ARTERIAL CHRONIC ACTIVE INFLAMMATION
THYMUS: ATROPHY; SEVERITY OF ATROPHY
ADRENAL CORTEX: ATROPHY; HYPERPLASIA
HEART: CARDIOMYOPATHY
CLITORAL GLAND: CYSTIC DUCT
KIDNEY: NEPHROPATHY; SEVERITY OF NEPHROPATHY
FORESTOMACH: SQUAMOUS HYPERPLASIA
THYROID GLAND: FOLLICULAR CELL HYPERTROPHY