A toxin called Ochratoxin A might mess up the energy factories in liver and kidney cells of mice, which could lead to those organs not working properly.

When mice are exposed to a toxin called Ochratoxin A, the more they get and the longer they're exposed, the more their liver and kidney cells start to self-destruct in a controlled way — and this process seems to be a major reason the toxin harms these organs.

When mice are exposed to a toxin called Ochratoxin A, their liver and kidney cells show changes that suggest a specific kind of cell damage called ferroptosis might be happening — and the more toxin they get or the longer they're exposed, the stronger these changes become.

In mice, getting a certain amount of a toxin called Ochratoxin A every day for a week seems to trigger a specific kind of harmful cell death in the liver and kidneys.

When mice are given ochratoxin A by mouth, it harms their liver and kidneys more the higher the dose, and the damage includes two types of cell death — one sudden and messy, the other controlled and programmed.

When mice are given a toxin called ochratoxin A by mouth for up to a week, the higher the dose, the more damage we see in their liver and kidneys from oxidative stress — kind of like rust building up in the organs.