Chromatin- and temperature-dependent modulation of radiation-induced double-strand breaks.

abstract：PURPOSE:The effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) on bacteria has attracted attention due to its potential for beneficial uses. This research aimed to determine the effect of ELF-EMF on bacterial membrane namely the membrane potential, surface potential, hydrophobicity, respiratory activity...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Oncul S,Cuce EM,Aksu B,Inhan Garip A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell death induced by various radiation doses in Molt-4 and L5178Y cells was studied. Molt-4 cells have a low threshold for induction of interphase death while L5178Y cells have a high threshold. Interphase death in Molt-4 cells at doses > 100 Gy and in L5178Y cells at doses > 300 Gy showed typical necrosis. In contra...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Akagi Y,Ito K,Sawada S

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:Bacterial infection of simple wounds was studied directly and quantitatively in adult mice given 6.5 Gy 60Co. Three days later, when neutropenia was evident, the skin and the medial gluteus muscle of anaesthetized mice were incised. A suspension of Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae or Stre...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Elliott TB,Brook I,Stiefel SM

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High doses of rHIL-1 protected C3H/HeN mice against lethal radiation damage. The optimum time of radioprotection was found when this cytokine was administered at 4 h and at 20 h before irradiation. The dose reduction factors when the IL-1 was administered at those times were about 1.30. The radioprotection at the opti...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Wu SG,Tuboi A,Miyamoto T

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dose-rate effect has been the topic of extensive radiobiological studies and has important implications in radiation therapy and in the field of radiation protection. Three examples will be discussed: two in radiation therapy and one in protection. First, continuous low dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy may be ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Hall EJ

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To construct a quantitative model of the radiation-induced bystander effect based on diffusion-type spreading of bystander signal communication between the hit and non-hit cells. Cell inactivation and induced oncogenic transformation by broad- and microbeam irradiation systems are considered. MATERIALS AND MET...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nikjoo H,Khvostunov IK

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To clarify the experimental conditions that might influence the release of cytokines in the culture medium and give some basic input for building a model for cytokine (e.g., Interleukin-6, IL-6) regulation in the case of 'sham irradiation' and after ionising radiation exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The influe...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Facoetti A,Mariotti L,Ballarini F,Bertolotti A,Nano R,Pasi F,Ranza E,Ottolenghi A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Although the significance of cell cycle checkpoints in overcoming low-dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) has been proposed, the underlying mechanism of HRS in human hepatocellular cells remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize HRS inhuman hepatocellular HepG2 cells and to explore the...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Xue J,Zong Y,Li PD,Wang LX,Li YQ,Niu YF

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of a correlation between experimental probabilities of cell inactivation by charged particles and calculated probabilities for K-vacancy production in heavy atoms (C, N, O, P) of the DNA of cell nuclei is established. Both phenomena display a similar dependence upon the linear energy transfer (LET) of in...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Chetioui A,Despiney I,Guiraud L,Adoui L,Sabatier L,Dutrillaux B

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of local stimulation on mitotic activity and radiation tolerance was studied in mouse tongue mucosa. Silver nitrate solution (0.5-20%) was used for local conditioning. The most effective protocol comprised three daily treatments (days 0-2), yielding a delayed increase in 24 h mitotic counts by about 30% on ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Dörr W,Kummermehr J

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gamma-irradiation leads to activation of p53 tumour suppressor gene and to p53-dependant stimulation of a large panel of cellular genes including proapoptotic genes involved in intrinsic and extrinsic pathways. Most in vivo published data referred to high (lethal) irradiation doses. The present study was perfor...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Alvarez S,Drané P,Meiller A,Bras M,Deguin-Chambon V,Bouvard V,May E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (dsbs) were measured in CHO-K1 cells by means of an experimental approach involving constant-field gel electrophoresis and densitometric scanning of ethidium bromide stained gels. For X-irradiation, an induction efficiency of 36 +/- 5 dsbs (Gy x cell)-1 was determined. With t...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Heilmann J,Taucher-Scholz G,Kraft G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The hemorrhagic syndrome is a major cause of morbidity and mortality associated with the acute radiation syndrome (ARS). We previously characterized the dose-response relationship for total body irradiation (TBI)-induced ARS in the New Zealand White (NZW) rabbit. Thrombocytopenia, hemorrhage, and anemia were st...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Jackson IL,Gurung G,Ayompe E,Fown ER,Triesler S,Mali B,Casildo A,Gibbs A,Poirier Y,Cohen EP,Newman D,Vujaskovic Z

更新日期：2020-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSES:To estimate the ratio of risks for exposure to radon progeny relative to low-LET radiation based on human lung cancer data, taking account of possible time and age variations in radiation-induced lung cancer risk. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Fitting two sorts of time- and age-adjusted relative risk models to a case...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Little MP

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To develop a reproducible single-cell gel electrophoresis assay for DNA damage and repair in buccal mucosa and sublingual exfoliated cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Buccal mucosa and sublingual cells and lymphocytes from six individuals (three males, three females, aged 34-45 years) were challenged with increasin...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Dhillon VS,Thomas P,Fenech M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse C3H 10T1/2 cells are most sensitive to radiation-induced neoplastic transformation in the G2/M-phase of the cell cycle. When synchronized 10T1/2 cells were exposed to phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (TPA) after irradiation, transformation of cells not in the transformation-sensitive window was enhanced, but tran...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Wells RL,Cao J,Xing Y,He L,Elkind MM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the cumulative gamma-radiation personal exposure by analysing lymphocyte chromosome translocations using FISH painting and to compare FISH-derived biodoses with those derived from retrospective physical dose reconstruction in residents receiving chronic low dose-rate gamma-irradiation while living i...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Hsieh WA,Lucas JN,Hwang JJ,Chan CC,Chang WP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High dose ionizing radiation exposure is associated with myelo-depression leading to pancytopenia and the expected clinical manifestations of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Herein, we evaluated the efficacy of sargramostim (Leukine®, yeast-derived rhu GM-CSF), with regimens delivered at 48, 72, 96, or 120 h...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Zhong Y,Pouliot M,Downey AM,Mockbee C,Roychowdhury D,Wierzbicki W,Authier S

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ionizing radiation induces DNA damage, some of which are present in clusters, defined as two or more lesions within one to two helical turns of DNA by passage of a single radiation track. These clusters are thought to contribute to the detrimental effects of radiation, in part due to the compromised repair of c...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Cunniffe S,Walker A,Stabler R,O'Neill P,Lomax ME

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Only a small percentage of the DNA damage set by ionizing radiation in the living cell manifests itself as lethal. It is now increasingly accepted that clustered lesions may constitute the kind of damage that the repair enzymes cannot adequately deal with. The question is raised as to whether damage amplification reac...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Von Sonntag C

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine how folate status influences chromosomal damage following X-ray irradiation. MATERIAL AND METHODS:In an animal study, mice were fed either a low, basal, or high folic acid diet (0, 2, or 40 mg/kg diet, respectively) for 4 weeks, and then given total body irradiation (TBI) at 0.5 Gy. In a human study...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Endoh K,Murakami M,Araki R,Maruyama C,Umegaki K

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Present study deals with the role of gamma irradiation in modulating lead (Pb) tolerance of Aspergillus niger van Tieghem. and Penicillium cyclopium Westling. Materials and methods: After being exposed to gamma absorbed doses those fungal strains were subjected to heavy metal uptake efficacies and anti-oxidat...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Das D,Chakraborty A,Santra SC

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BW12C, which was developed as an agent for the treatment of sickle cell anaemia, increases the binding of oxygen to haemoglobin and hence reduces the availability of oxygen to tissues. Due to these changes in oxygen availability BW12C could act as a protector against radiation-induced injury to normal tissues. In this...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： van den Aardweg GJ,Hopewell JW,Adams GE,Barnes DW,Sansom JM,Stratford IJ,Nethersell AB

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the potential of using the residual phosphorylation of histone H2AX (gammaH2AX) after irradiation as a marker of radiosensitivity in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Confluent cell cultures of FaDu and SKX human squamous cell carcinoma lines were irradiated with graded single doses. Twenty-four hours afte...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Menegakis A,Yaromina A,Eicheler W,Dörfler A,Beuthien-Baumann B,Thames HD,Baumann M,Krause M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Immune cells accumulate in and around cancers and cooperate with each other using specific cytokines to attack the cancer cells. The heavy-ion beams for cancer therapy may stimulate immune cells and affect on the immune system. However, it is still poorly understood how the immune cells are stimulated by ion-be...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mutou-Yoshihara Y,Funayama T,Yokota Y,Kobayashi Y

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the potential total and relative free-radical transfer from histones to DNA in X-irradiated chromatin, by analysing the relative contributions of individual radicals from protein and from DNA. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chromatin was isolated from calf thymus, freeze-dried and either used as such or ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Weiland B,Hüttermann J

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the heat sensitivity of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) activity in a variety of cultured mouse, hamster and human cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Eight cell lines, which have been routinely used in our laboratory, were examined. Cells were heated at 44.0 +/- 0.05 degrees C and DNA-PK activi...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Umeda N,Matsumoto Y,Yin HL,Tomita M,Enomoto A,Morita A,Mizukoshi T,Sakai K,Hosoi Y,Suzuki N

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron transfer to 5-bromouracil (5-BrU) from nucleobase (N) electron adducts (and their protonated forms) has been studied by product analysis and pulse radiolysis. When an electron is transferred to 5-BrU, the ensuing 5-BrU radical anion rapidly loses a bromide ion; the uracilyl radical thus formed reacts with add...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nese C,Yuan Z,Schuchmann MN,Von Sonntag C

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the induction of chromosomal aberrations in mouse m5S cells after exposure to power-line frequency magnetic fields (extremely low frequency magnetic fields; ELFMF) at high-flux densities. MATERIAL AND METHOD:m5S cells were either untreated or pretreated during the G1 phase with mitomycin C (MMC,...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Yaguchi H,Yoshida M,Ding GR,Shingu K,Miyakoshi J

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00