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hormetic

(hɔːˈmɛtɪk)
adj
of or relating to hormesis
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Hormetic effects of hormones, antihormones, and antidepressants on cancer cell growth in culture: in vivo correlates.
A threshold, sublinear, or hormetic model for bladder cancer and inorganic arsenic exposure has been proposed from toxicologic studies, based on a number of modes of action (Snow et al.
In many cases, nonmonotonic dose-response curves are called hormetic responses even in the absence of any mechanistic characterization of that response.
When data are generated only at high concentrations/doses, it is difficult to determine whether the dose-response curve in question is best described by a linear (no threshold), supralinear, threshold, or hormetic model (Figure 7).
However, a recent review of toxicologic studies designed to identify hormetic responses (defined as low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition) revealed that low-dose responses (below NOAEL) were "frequently encountered and [are] broadly represented according to agent, model and end point" (Calabrese and Baldwin 2001).
2002); again, the response was hormetic and disappeared once the dose was raised above the toxicity threshold.
Identification of metabolic pathways in Daphnia magna explaining hormetic effects of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and 4-nonylphenol using transcriptomic and phenotypic responses.
Cellular stress responses, hormetic phytochemicals and vitagenes in aging and longevity.
Mimetics of hormetic agents: stress-resistance triggers.