Heavy ion-induced DNA double-strand breaks in yeast.

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate within the framework of a multilaboratory study the suitability of FISH chromosome painting to measure so-called stable translocations in peripheral lymphocytes of Mayak nuclear-industrial workers (from the Southern Urals) and their use for retrospective biodosimetry. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chrom...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Bauchinger M,Braselmann H,Savage JR,Natarajan AT,Terzoudi GI,Pantelias GE,Darroudi F,Figgitt M,Griffin CS,Knehr S,Okladnikova ND,Santos S,Snigiryova G

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effect of boronophenylalanine (BPA)-mediated boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) on human oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) xenografts in nude mice was examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Tumor-bearing mice were given BPA at a dose of 250 mg/kg body weight. The tumor (10)B concentration 2 h after an injectio...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kamida A,Obayashi S,Kato I,Ono K,Suzuki M,Nagata K,Sakurai Y,Yura Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the p53 ionizing radiation-induced response, G1/S cell-cycle block and cytogenetic damage in Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) cells characterized by different haplotypes. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from three normals, five NBS and two ataxia telangiectasia (AT) indivi...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Antoccia A,Stumm M,Saar K,Ricordy R,Maraschio P,Tanzarella C

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare experimental yields of single strand breaks (SSB) and double strand breaks (DSB) induced in plasmid DNA in aqueous solution by alpha-particles and Al(K) ultrasoft X-rays (USX) with the corresponding yields, generated via computer simulations, for a range of mean diffusion distances of the hydroxyl ra...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Fulford J,Nikjoo H,Goodhead DT,O'Neill P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical formation in aqueous solutions of ubiquinone (coenzyme Qo) induced by ultrasound was studied by EPR and spin trapping with 3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosobenzene sulphonate. When aqueous solutions of ubiquinone were sonicated with 50-kHz ultrasound in the presence of argon or nitrogen, radicals formed by addition o...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kondo T,Riesz P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine whether the levels of micronuclei induction, as a marker for genomic instability in the progeny of X-irradiated cells, correlates with DNA repair function. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two repair deficient cell lines (X-ray repair cross-complementing 1 [XRCC1] deficient cell line [EM9] and X-ray repair cro...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kashino G,Suzuki K,Kodama S,Watanabe M,Prise KM

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recently, it was found that MK615 possessed an anti-proliferative ability on treated cancer cells as a consequence of triterpenoid compounds. It is well known that radiation affects cellular-mediated immunity in cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy. Similarly, the ability of triterpenoid compounds ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Al-Jahdari WS,Sakurai H,Yoshida Y,Mobaraki A,Suzuki Y,Nakano T

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ionizing radiation causes various types of DNA damage e.g. single strand breaks (SSB) and double strand breaks (DSB), whereby the SSB/DSB ratio is shifted toward the DSB with increasing LET. For the DNA-incorporated Auger electron emitter Iodine-125 a SSB/DSB ratio of 5.4:1 is calculated based on computer simul...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Unverricht-Yeboah M,Holtmann K,Kriehuber R

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test whether radiolysis-induced fragmentation in frozen aqueous protein solution is dependent on solvent access to the surface of the protein or to the molecular mass of the polypeptide chain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:60Co gamma-irradiation of three proteins at -78 degrees C: lysozyme, citrate synthase and alp...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Audette M,Chen X,Houée-Levin C,Potier M,Le Maire M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Caveolin-1 is a membrane protein highly expressed in many tumors and plays an important role in tumor progression and metastasis. This review describes the structure of the Caveolin-1 protein and its pre-clinical and clinical significance, demonstrating that Caveolin-1 is a novel biomarker for radioresistance w...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mahmood J,Zaveri SR,Murti SC,Alexander AA,Connors CQ,Shukla HD,Vujaskovic Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chinese hamster ovary cells were exposed to various heat treatments followed by X-irradiation, and the induction and repair of DNA strand breaks was studied using the alkaline unwinding technique. Heat treatments alone were found to cause DNA strand breakage only for temperatures greater than or equal to 43 degrees C,...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Dikomey E,Franzke J

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Despite proven antitumor activity of gemcitabine in chemoradiotherapy of advanced head and neck cancer, many authors refer to severe acute and late local and haematological toxicity. Fludarabine does imply nearly the same mechanisms of action as gemcitabine, inhibiting various enzymes involved in DNA replicatio...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nitsche M,Christiansen H,Hermann RM,Lucke EM,Peters K,Rave-Frank M,Schmidberger H,Pradier O

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induction of mutations to 6-thioguanine resistance (TGr) by gamma-rays at three different dose-rates and molecular changes in the HPRT gene were studied in human lymphoblastoid WIL2-NS cells. Mutant induction showed a curvilinear dose-response for acute irradiation (30 Gy/h). The total mutant frequency was lower after...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Furuno-Fukushi I,Tatsumi K,Takahagi M,Tachibana A

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanism of NFkappaB activation by X-rays in normal primary rat astrocytes. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Primary cultures of type I astrocytes generated from the cortex of neonatal rats were exposed to X-rays with and without various kinase inhibitors and a protease inhibitor. The nuclear or cytop...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Raju U,Gumin GJ,Noel F,Tofilon PJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Testicular seminoma cancer incidence has significantly increased over the last few decades, and although it is successfully treated by radiotherapy, long-term health risks are still unclear. The aim of the study was to show long-term genome damage in patients with seminoma after radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND MET...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Fucic A,Gamulin M,Katic J,Milic M,Druzhinin V,Grgić M

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative efficiencies of two types of densely ionizing particles were compared for the induction of mutations at two distinct genetic loci in human cells. Mutations to 6-thioguanine resistance (hgprt locus) or to trifluorothymidine resistance (tk) locus were scored in TK6 human lymphoblastoid cells exposed to grad...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kronenberg A,Little JB

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To calculate survival of human haemopoietic stem cells irradiated by alpha particles from 149Tb (initial energy 3.97 MeV) and 211At (average initial energy 6.87 MeV). METHODS:Following as closely as possible radiobiological data, Monte Carlo methods were used to calculate passages of alpha particles (originati...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Charlton DE,Utteridge TD,Allen BJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study cell damage and possible apoptosis in K562 human erythroleukemic cells exposed for 2 h to an extremely low frequency (ELF) 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field with a magnetic induction of either 1 or 5 mT using high resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Santini MT,Ferrante A,Romano R,Rainaldi G,Motta A,Donelli G,Vecchia P,Indovina PL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the cell-mediated (CMI) and humoral immune responses in four Beagle dogs five to six years after single inhalation exposures to different monodisperse 239PuO2 aerosols (0.72-1.4 microns activity median aerodynamic diameter). These exposures resulted in initial lung burdens ranging from 19 to 35 kB...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Galvin JB,Bice DE,Guilmette RA,Muggenburg BA,Haley PJ

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate physical and biophysical properties of proton tracks 1 keV-300 MeV using Monte Carlo track structure methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We present model calculations for cross sections and methods for simulations of full-slowing-down proton tracks. Protons and electrons were followed interaction-by-...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Liamsuwan T,Uehara S,Emfietzoglou D,Nikjoo H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To honour perhaps the most influential man in the radiation sciences, Henry S. Kaplan, by reviewing the field of tumour hypoxia, one of his many interests. RESULTS:It was postulated over 50 years ago by Thomlinson and Gray that human solid tumours would contain hypoxic cells and that they would exert a negativ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Brown M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Samples of human rib were collected at autopsy and 20 were selected for marrow fat cell measurement, representing an age range of 16-96 years. The mean diameter of fat cells in red bone marrow of human rib was found to increase from around 48 microns at ages 16-29 years to around 65 microns at ages 82-96 years. There ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Allen JE,Henshaw DL,Keitch PA,Fews AP,Eatough JP

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most estimates of the radiation dose lethal to 50 per cent of a human population are based on historical data taken from well-known experiences reflecting inadequately known physical and biological conditions, or from medical procedures where individual patients received advantages of modern clinical care. It has been...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Morris MD,Jones TD

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To seek the delayed appearance of chromosomal abnormalities in human fibroblasts exposed to the Auger electron emitter 125I. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Normal untransformed human fibroblasts, HF19, were exposed to a concentration of [I125]IUdR, which allowed the survival of 37% of clonogens. Chromosomal analysis us...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Griffin CS,Neshasateh-Riz A,Mairs RJ,Wright EG,Wheldon TE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Solar energy has a number of short- and long-term detrimental effects on skin that can result in several skin disorders. The aim of this review is to summarise current knowledge on endogenous systems within the skin for protection from solar radiation and present research findings to date, on the exogenous opti...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Svobodová A,Vostálová J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the role that alveolar macrophages (PAM) play in the pulmonary clearance of inhaled particles via mechanical transport and dissolution, understanding the uptake and dissolution of particles by these cells might provide insight into the mechanisms of particle dissolution in lungs of various species and hence...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Taya A,Carmack DB,Muggenburg BA,Mewhinney JA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An iodinated DNA ligand, iodo Hoechst 33258, which binds in the minor groove of DNA, enhances DNA strand breakage and cell killing by UV-A irradiation. The sites of UV-induced strand breaks reflect the known sequence specificity of the ligand. ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Martin RF,Murray V,D'Cunha G,Pardee M,Kampouris E,Haigh A,Kelly DP,Hodgson GS

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized in vitro the effects of gamma-radiation (12.5-100 cGy) on pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell (PMEC) morphology and F-actin organization. Cellular retraction was documented by phase-contrast microscopy and the organization of actin microfilaments was determined by immunofluorescence. Characteriza...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kantak SS,Diglio CA,Onoda JM

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambda-prophage induction in repair-deficient and wild-type E. coli strains by heavy ions and gamma-rays has been investigated. The dose dependence of the fraction of induced cells has been measured and its initial slope (lambda-induction potency) determined. The induction by gamma-rays was found to be more efficient ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Bonev MN,Kozubek S,Krasavin EA,Amirtajev KG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Static magnetic field (SMF) exposure was shown experimentally to beneficially affect the healing process. The aim of this randomized, controlled trial was to evaluate the pain-inhibitory effect of local exposure to SMF on temporomandibular disorders, on alveolitis and on aphta in the oral mucosa. MATERIALS AND...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： László JF,Farkas P,Reiczigel J,Vágó P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00