Proposed key characteristics of neurotoxic chemicals

Lein PJ, Bowman AB, Cao Z, Carson M, Eskenazi B, Fritsche E, Harry GJ, Hartung T, Pessah IN, Slikker W Jr, Zeise L, Smith MT

NeuroToxicology Elsevier,  1 Jan 2026

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Tattoo ink induces inflammation in the draining lymph node and alters the immune response to vaccination

Arianna Capucetti, Juliana Falivene, Chiara Pizzichetti, Irene Latino, Luca Mazzucchelli, Vivien Schacht, Urs Hauri , Andrea Raimond, Tommaso Virgilio , Alain Pulfer, Simone Mosole, Llorenç Grau- Roma, Wolfgang Bäumlr, Martin Palus, Louis Renner, Daniel Ruzek, Gabrielle Goldman Levy , Milena Foerster, Kamil Chahine, and Santiago F. Gonzalez

PNAS,  25 Nov 2025

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Neurotoxicity of propylene glycol butyl ether: Multiomic evidence from human brainspheres

David Lopez-Rodriguez, David Pamies, Julien Boccard, Isabel Meister, Mathieu Galmiche, Tatjana Sajic, Estelle Maret, Noéline Héritier, Massimo Frangiamone, Aurélien Thomas, Nancy B. Hopf, Serge Rudaz, Marie-Gabrielle Zurich

Environment International,  22 Oct 2025

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Exploring experiences of the regulatory toxicology system: system‑level promoters and inhibitors of new approach methodologies

Bearth A, Kopainsky B, Jones LB, Vist, G., Husøy, T, Svendsen C, Whaley P, Hoffmann S,· Ames HM, Solstad G, Bloch D, Čavoški A, Chiu WA, Davenport D, Davies HG, Giusti A, Hartung T, Kwon S, Osborne OJ, Rooney AA, Rousselle C, Sass JB, Wright FA, Mathisen GH

Archives of Toxicology,  18 Aug 2025

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Editorial by Prof. Ellen Fritsche on PARCOPEDIA: "PARC plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of chemical risk assessment in Europe"

Ellen Fritsche

PARCOPEDIA,  25 Jul 2025

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The Cost Outcome Pathway framework: Integrating socio-economic impacts to Adverse Outcome Pathways for supporting policy makers

Coustillet T, Bearth, A, Coumoul X, Villégier, A-S, Bisson M, Fritsche, E, Brignon, J-M, Zeman F, Audouze, K

Toxicology,  22 Jun 2025

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Zebrafish as a model to assess the neurotoxic potential of propylene glycol ethers

Puligilla RD, Roos NJ, Bolten SJ, Hopf NB, Zurich M-G, Barulin N, Huwyler J

Environmental toxicology and pharmacology,  1 Jun 2025

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A comparative study of biostatistical pipelines for benchmark concentration modeling of in vitro screening assays [online ahead of print]

Carstens KE, Dönmez A, Hsieh J-H, Bartmann K, Friedman KP, Koch K, Scholze M, Fritsche E

Computational Toxicology,  30 May 2025

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Multi-behavioral phenotyping in early-life-stage zebrafish for identifying disruptors of non-associative learning [online ahead of print]

Leuthold D, Herold NK, Nerlich J, Bartmann K, Scharkin I, Hallermann SJ, Schweiger N, Fritsche E, Tal T

Environmental Health Perspectives,  30 May 2025

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Panel discussions on the global regulatory acceptance and harmonisation of non-animal NAMs

Courtot L, Fritsche E, Hobi N, Kleinstreuer N, Lee R, Parvatam S, Ritskes-Hoitinga M, Roper C, Westmoreland C, Gougeon E

NAM Journal,  24 May 2025