Home Testing Information Study Results and Research Projects Public Health About the NTP Help
NICEATM-ICCVAM Home >> Test Method Evaluations >> Pyrogenicity

In Vitro Pyrogen Test Methods

Site Map
Site Map
Background Review
Documents
Overview and
Recommendations
Peer Review
Panel
Presentations and References

Presentations and References

Presentations

2007

R McFarland, E Lipscomb, D Allen, J Truax, R Tice, and W Stokes. NICEATM and ICCVAM evaluation of five in vitro test methods for assessing potential pyrogenicity of pharmaceuticals and other products. Sixth World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences. View Poster.

References

G Duff, E Atkins. 1982. The detection of endotoxin by in vitro production of endogenous pyrogen: comparison with amebocyte lysate gelation. J Immunol Methods 52: 323-331.

E Hansen, J Christensen. 1990. Comparison of cultured human mononuclear cells, Limulus amebocyte lysate and rabbits in the detection of pyrogens. J Clin Pharm Ther. 15: 425-433.

T Hartung, I Aaberge, S Berthold et al. 2001. Novel pyrogen tests based on the human fever reaction. Altern Lab Anim 29: 99-123.

S Hoffmann, A Pertbauer, S Schindler et al. 2005. International validation of novel pyrogen tests based on human monocytoid cell lines. J Immunol Meth 298:161-173.

M Jahnke, M Weigand, H-G Sonntag. 2000. Comparative testing for pyrogens in parenteral drugs using the human whole blood pyrogen test, the rabbit in vivo pyrogen test and the LAL test. European Journal of Parenteral Science 5(2):39-44.

E Pool, G Johaar, S James, I Petersen, P Bouic. 1999. Differentiation between endotoxin and non-endotoxin pyrogens in human albumin solutions using an ex vivo whole blood culture assay. J Immunoassay 20:79-89.

I Spreitzer, M Fischer, K Hartzsch, U Luederitz-Pueschel, T Montag. 2000. Comparative study of rabbit pyrogen test and human whole blood assay on human serum albumin. ALTEX 19. Suppl. 1:73-75.












  Back to Top NICEATM-ICCVAM:
Advancing Public Health and Animal Welfare
 
NTP Home | Testing Information | Study Results & Research Projects | Public Health | About the NTP | Help Back to Top
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
National Toxicology Program (NTP), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is an interagency program headquartered at the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) located in Research Triangle Park, NC.
Department of Health and Human Services
NIEHS | NIH | HHS
Disclaimers & Copyrights | Site Map | For queries, comments, and suggestions: Contact NTP