Projects / Programmes
Vloga ekotoksinov v patofiziologiji reprodukcije (Slovene)
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 4.04.01 |
Biotechnical sciences |
Veterinarian medicine |
Morphology, physiology and animal reproduction |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| B450 |
Biomedical sciences |
Development biology, teratology, ontogeny, embryology (human) |
ecotoxins, microcystins, embryonal development, embryotoxicity
Researchers (4)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
12449 |
PhD Robert Frangež |
Veterinarian medicine |
Head |
2000 - 2002 |
280 |
| 2. |
14881 |
PhD Igor Klobučar |
Veterinarian medicine |
Researcher |
2000 - 2002 |
72 |
| 3. |
07439 |
PhD Marjan Kosec |
Veterinarian medicine |
Researcher |
2000 - 2002 |
387 |
| 4. |
10253 |
PhD Janko Mrkun |
Veterinarian medicine |
Researcher |
2000 - 2002 |
270 |
Organisations (1)
Abstract
Reproduction is important for survive of each species. A special group of problems in reproduction represent genetic abnormalities of fetuses and abortions. Usually the problems are believed to be caused by infections, but this can not be proven in all cases. Recently there has been a groving interest in possible role of ecotoxins in health of man and animals, and ecotoxins can also be one of the reasons for abnormalities in reproduction. One of most widely spread ecotoxins that might be implicated in reproduction abnormalities are cyanobacterial toxins. After degradation of cyanobacteria the toxins are dissolved in water, and they represent a serious danger to all living organisms. Lately, several data on the influence of cyanobacterial toxins acting primarely on the liver in vivo and on liver cells in vitro have been published. However, nothing is known about their possible effects on reproduction. Since these toxins influence the microtubular cellular system through their protein phosphatase inhibitory activity, we can expect negative effects also on the the cytoskeleton of the reproductory cells. The aim of our study is to assess possible negative effects of ecotoxins on the reproductive capability of exposed subjects.
