γ-Rays-generated ROS induce apoptosis via mitochondrial and cell cycle alteration in smooth muscle cells.

abstract：PURPOSE:Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are effective in the prophylaxis of radiation-induced renal and lung injury. Studies were designed to determine whether blocking the angiotensin II (AII) receptor, rather than blocking AII synthesis with ACE inhibitors, would also be effective. MATERIALS AND METHO...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Moulder JE,Fish BL,Cohen EP

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the effect of gamma radiation-induced alterations in antioxidant defence of radioresistant Sf9 insect cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sf9 cells were irradiated at doses ranging from 0.5-200 Gy. Lipid peroxidation and protein carbonylation levels were observed at 4 h post-exposure along with reduced...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Suman S,Khan Z,Zarin M,Chandna S,Seth RK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To obtain compounds that will effectively reduce the fixation of uranium in its main target organs: bone and kidney. There is an urgent need for a chelating agent that is suitable and available for human use. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The efficacy of ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonate (EHBP), already in use as a ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Henge-Napoli MH,Ansoborlo E,Chazel V,Houpert P,Paquet F,Gourmelon P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To illustrate how probability-generating functions (PGFs) can be employed to derive a simple probabilistic model for clonogenic survival after exposure to ionizing irradiation. METHODS:Both repairable and irreparable radiation damage to DNA were assumed to occur by independent (Poisson) processes, at intensiti...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kendal WS

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation chemistry of the oligomer d(TpApCpG) X-irradiated in aqueous solution containing glutathione was studied. Four products were isolated by HPLC and characterized by NMR spectroscopy. Two of the major products are isomers of a 5-hydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymine modification of d(TpApCpG). A dihydrothymine modific...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Paul CR,Budzinski EE,Maccubbin A,Wallace JC,Box HC

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the possibility that extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields obstruct the damage repair process, the gene conversion frequency and cell cycle kinetics in a DNA repair-proficient and nucleotide excision repair (NER)-deficient strain of diploid yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MATERIALS AND METHOD...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Takashima Y,Ikehata M,Miyakoshi J,Koana T

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

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：PURPOSE:To investigate the consequence of continuous low dose-rate exposure to gamma-rays on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC EC 4.1.1.17) activity in organs of rat. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Young male Wistar rats were irradiated at 1.1, 2.1 and 12.9 cGy/day in the dose ranges of 9-165, 17-315 and 100-2000 cGy, respectively,...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Slozhenikina LV,Fialkovskaya LA,Kolomiytseva IK

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the effects of 12C-beam of 295 keV/microm (57.24 MeV) on M5 and Chinese hamster V79 cells by using cytogenetic assays like micronuclei (MN) induction, chromosomal aberrations (CA) and apoptosis. Additionally, the relative survival of these two cell lines was tested by the colony forming ability of the ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Pathak R,Sarma A,Sengupta B,Dey SK,Khuda-Bukhsh AR

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The mechanisms of radiation damage production are used to examine the following premises: (1) the number of DNA double-strand breaks per unit dose increases with dose; (2) cell type to cell type variations in yield of DNA dsb per dose occur. Two stages of damage production are identified as possible sources of damage ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Ward JF

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The present study was designed to reveal, whether the 30 min daily full body exposure of mice to an inhomogeneous static magnetic field (SMF) has a statistically significant effect on diabetic neuropathy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three different doses (100, 150, or 200 mg/kg) of streptozotocin (STZ) were administ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： László JF,Szilvási J,Fényi A,Szalai A,Gyires K,Pórszász R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) the involvement of Chinese hamster chromosomes 3, 4, 8, and 9, and their separate chromosome arms in X-ray-induced aberrations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male embryonic primary cells of Chinese hamster were used and metaphases were collected and scored at 20 h ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Xiao Y,Natarajan AT

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effects of radiation +/- hypogravity on immunologic function were investigated using the Partial Weight Suspension (PWS) model ( Wagner et al. 2010 ). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Mice were exposed to 0.5, 1, or 2 Gray (Gy) dose of gamma radiation and then placed in the PWS system for 4, 24, 48 hours, or 4 days. ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Sanzari JK,Wilson JM,Wagner EB,Kennedy AR

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PACE (programmable, autonomously controlled electrodes) pulsed field gel electrophoresis technology was used to develop a DNA double-strand break assay that simultaneously combined (1) resolution across a broad range of DNA sizes, (2) high sensitivity (in terms of detecting dsb at low doses) and (3) speed. A 48 h PACE...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Elia MC,Nichols WW

更新日期：1993-01-01 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 determine whether murine lymphoid cell lines can discriminate between high- and low-LET (linear energy transfer) radiation-induced DNA lesions. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Sensitivity to killing by DNA-incorporated 3H and 125I decays, accumulated during storage in the gas phase of a liquid nitrogen tank, was dete...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Radford IR

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yields of strand break formation (Gssb) in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) initiated by radiation-generated OH radicals have been determined using the method of low-angle laser light scattering (LALLS). The irradiations were carried out in aqueous, N2O-saturated solutions in the absence and presence of oxygen and at d...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Liphard M,Bothe E,Schulte-Frohlinde D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Abstract Purpose: Sensitizing cancer cells to irradiation is a major challenge in clinical oncology. We aimed to define the signal transduction pathways involved in poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor-induced radiosensitization in various mammalian cancer lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Clonogenic sur...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Hocsak E,Cseh A,Szabo A,Bellyei S,Pozsgai E,Kalai T,Hideg K,Sumegi B,Boronkai A

更新日期：2014-12-01 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:A key enzyme of polyamine catabolism, spermidine/spermine N(1)-acetyltransferase (SSAT), is responsive to antiproliferative agents. The role of SSAT in cellular responses to X-ray irradiation was examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Exponentially growing HeLa S3 cells were irradiated by X-rays, and mRNA levels for ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mita K,Fukuchi K,Hamana K,Ichimura S,Nenoi M

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:A radionuclide release assay for measuring the in vitro kinetics of cell death has been developed. CHO cells were labelled for 24 h with 3.0 hBq/ml of [125I] iododeoxyuridine (125IUdR) and the fate of the labelled cells and their progeny was monitored at daily intervals by measuring the rate of 125I release. Prelabell...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Schneiderman MH,Hofer KG,Schneiderman GS

更新日期：1991-02-01 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：:Chromosomes are located within the interphase nucleus in regions called domains. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization with whole chromosome paints, a pain of homologous chromosomes can be visualized as two discrete domains and their relative spatial location determined. This study examines the effects of an ionizi...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Dolling JA,Boreham DR,Brown DL,Raaphorst GP,Mitchel RE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The purpose of this work was to determine whether the cellular components of Hairless-rat skin are affected by a chronic local exposure to non-ionizing radiations of Global Mobile Phone System: GSM-900 or -1800 radiations at specific absorption rate (SAR) 2.5 and 5 W/kg. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A selected part o...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Sanchez S,Masuda H,Billaudel B,Haro E,Anane R,Lévêque P,Ruffie G,Lagroye I,Veyret B

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To illustrate the progress in normal tissue radiation biology over the last five decades and its impact on radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Major milestones over the last 50 years and their consequences for radiation oncology are described: The identification of clonogenic cell survival and the (target) ste...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Stewart FA,Dörr W

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the important temporal stages of radiation action in cellular systems is the chemical phase, where oxygen fixation reactions compete with chemical repair reactions involving reducing agents such as GSH. Using the gas explosion technique it is possible to follow the kinetics of these fast (greater than 1 ms) rea...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Prise KM,Davies S,Michael BD

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It has been proposed previously that the ratio of complete to incomplete translocations as seen by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the S value, can be a cytogenetic fingerprint of exposure to radiation of different qualities. Results from a previous study suggested that the S value is approximately 1...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nakano M,Kodama Y,Ohtaki K,Itoh M,Nakamura N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a siderophore analogue 3,4,3-LIHOPO has been investigated in rat after intramuscular injection of 238Pu, 239Pu and 241Am simulating puncture wounds. Various treatment regimens were used to remove the radioactivity from its injection site and to reduce its retention in body tissues. The local deposits cou...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Volf V,Burgada R,Raymond KN,Durbin PW

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00