Precision of scoring radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei by unexperienced scorers.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the increases in SSB and DSB yields after post gamma-irradiation incubation of plasmid DNA with the Escherichia coli base excision repair endonucleases formamidopyrimidine-DNA N-glycosylase (FPG) and endonuclease III (endo III). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Aqueous solutions of plasmid DNA were irradiate...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Milligan JR,Aguilera JA,Nguyen TT,Paglinawan RA,Ward JF

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose To investigate the effect of increasing the overall treatment time as well as delivering the compensating doses on the Balb/c breast adenocarcinoma (4T1) tumor. Materials and methods A total of 72 mice were divided into two aliquots (classes A and B) based on the initial size of their induced tumor. Each class...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nikzad S,Hashemi B,Hasan ZS,Mozdarani H,Baradaran-Ghahfarokhi M,Amini P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tikvah Alper's interest in science was broad, from scrapie to mammalian cells and cancer. Much of her own work focused on cell lethality, like that of many other radiobiologists, but this was natural because of the simplicity of the endpoint cell survival and its relevance to cancer therapy. Tikvah had broader interes...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Elkind MM

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the radiomodulatory influence of a leaf extract of Mentha piperita (Linn) on hepatic antioxidant status and lipid peroxidation in Swiss albino mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Animals were given either double distilled water or leaf extract of M. piperita orally (1 g/kg bwt/day) once a day for three con...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Samarth RM,Panwar M,Kumar M,Kumar A

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In order to understand the molecular mechanism of nucleobase damage caused by ultrasoft X-ray irradiation, guanine radicals have been studied using an X-band EPR (electron paramagnetic resonance) spectrometer installed in a synchrotron soft X-ray beamline. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Guanine pellets were irradiated ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Yokoya A,Akamatsu K,Fujii K,Ukai M

更新日期：2004-11-01 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：PURPOSE:To develop a procedure, using the inverse polymerase chain reaction, to detect and sequence ionizing radiation-induced DNA rearrangements without prior phenotypic selection of mutant cells. METHOD:Normal human fibroblast cells (IMR-90) were given 30Gy of gamma-irradiation and then incubated at 37 degrees C for...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Forrester HB,Radford IR

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells use substrates such as glucose and glutamine to provide energy for repair of radiation damage. Glutaminolysis and glycolysis were inhibited by aminooxyacetic acid (AOAA) and 2-deoxyglucose (2DG), respectively, to inhibit metabolism of these substrates in order to determine the effect on radiation response of CHO...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Hunter AJ,Blekkenhorst GH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Murine bone marrow contains osteogenic precursor cells that undergo differentiation during in vitro cultivation. In vitro these cells are potential target cells for alpha-irradiation-induced bone tumour formation. Under defined tissue culture conditions these differentiating cells were directly exposed to alpha-partic...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Schoeters GE,Vander Plaetse F,van den Heuvel RL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:MRL-lpr/lpr mice, a model for various autoimmune diseases, were repeatedly irradiated with 0.5 Gy of gamma-rays, and changes in their autoimmune manifestations were investigated. MATERIALS AND METHODS:MRL-lpr/lpr mice at 13 weeks of age were maintained in plastic cages and exposed whole-body to 0.5 Gy gamma-ra...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Tanaka T,Tago F,Fang SP,Shimura N,Kojima S

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dose response and repair kinetics of phosphorylated histone H2A isoform X (gamma-H2AX) foci in T-lymphocytes were investigated in the low-dose range after in vitro irradiation of whole blood and T-lymphocytes with 100 kVp X-rays and (60)Co gamma-rays. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Whole blood or isolated T-lymphocytes...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Beels L,Werbrouck J,Thierens H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the influence of chromatin organization and scavenging capacity in relation to irradiation temperature on the induction of double-strand breaks (DSB) in structures derived from human diploid fibroblasts. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Agarose plugs with different chromatin structures (intact cells+/-wort...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Elmroth K,Nygren J,Stenerlöw B,Hultborn R

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have compared the repair kinetics of X-ray-induced sublethal damage (SLD) and potentially lethal damage (PLD) in V79 cells during postirradiation incubation in growth medium at 37 degrees C. Kinetics of SLD repair were studied by dose fractionation (D1 + D2 = 2 + 2, 4 + 2, 4 + 4, 10 + 4 and 10 + 7 Gy). Kinetics of ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Reddy NM,Lange CS

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:It is well established from clinical, epidemiological and laboratory studies that specific human germ line mutation can predispose to spontaneously arising cancer. Some of the responsible genes have been characterized at the molecular level and evidence is rapidly accumulating on mechanistic aspects of the problem. A ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Cox R

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: To study the response of neuronal-like cells to an applied static or low-frequency magnetic field. Materials and methods: Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy was used to investigate the overall behavior of SH-SY5Y neuronal-like cells exposed to a static or 50 Hz magnetic fields at intensities up to...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Calabrò E,Magazù S

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of chromosome aberrations by X-rays was investigated in synchronized quiescent and proliferating CHO-K1 cells. Kinetics of chromosome lesion repair was studied using the method of fractionated irradiation. In both cell types the time-course of repair during fractionation intervals followed first-order ki...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Volkmer B,Virsik-Peuckert RP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Purpose: Projects evaluating the effects of radiation, within the National Institutes of Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), have focused on risk analyses for life shortening and cancer prevalence using laboratory animals. Genetic and epigenetic al...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Morioka T,Blyth BJ,Imaoka T,Nishimura M,Takeshita H,Shimomura T,Ohtake J,Ishida A,Schofield P,Grosche B,Kulka U,Shimada Y,Yamada Y,Kakinuma S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the relationship between cell reproductive death and exchange frequency in SW-1573 human lung tumour cells with and without incorporated iodo-deoxyuridine (IdUrd) following irradiation of plateau-phase cultures with y-rays. METHOD:Linear-quadratic (LQ) analysis was performed for the data on clonogenic...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Franken NA,Ruurs P,Ludwików G,van Bree C,Kipp JB,Darroudi F,Barendsen GW

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a summary of our understanding to date of the formation of DNA strand breaks induced by highly energetic particle beams (high-LET radiation). We have compared our own recent data on the formation of strand breaks induced in DNA in an aqueous solution with our previous data and those of others avail...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Roots R,Holley W,Chatterjee A,Irizarry M,Kraft G

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate alternative scenarios for the dose-dependent emission of bystander signals by irradiated cells in medium transfer experiments. METHODS:Energy deposition patterns to hypothetical intracellular targets whose hit by radiation initiates the emission of bystander signals have been simulated by Monte ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kundrát P,Friedland W

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a cell sorter assay to evaluate the efficacy of the hypoxic cell sensitizer etanidazole over 3-4 logs of cell inactivation, with particular attention to the clinically relevant low-dose survival region. Analysis of the radiation responses in a panel of six human tumour cell lines under conditions of hypoxia an...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Wouters BG,Sy AM,Skarsgard LD

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to compare radiosensitization by the oral platinum compound JM216 with cisplatin. RIF1 mouse tumour cells were treated at various doses and at various exposure times with JM216 and irradiated 15 min before the end of drug exposure. The fraction of cells surviving treatment was assessed by colon...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： van de Vaart PJ,Klaren HM,Hofland I,Begg AC

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The actinides are chemical poisons and radiological hazards. One challenge to better appraise their toxicity and develop countermeasures in case of exposure of living organisms is to better assess pathways of contamination. Because of the high chemical affinity of those actinide elements for phosphate groups an...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mostapha S,Fontaine-Vive F,Berthon L,Boubals N,Zorz N,Solari PL,Charbonnel MC,Den Auwer C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature suggests that the function of radiation-induced G2 arrest is to allow repair of potentially lethal damage before cell-entry into, and damage expression in, mitosis. The nature of the damage repaired is not known, but chromosome aberrations have been considered. To examine this possibility in G2 cells, t...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Rowley R

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The need to determine a reliable relative biological effectiveness (RBE) value for alpha exposures has become important as reports remain controversial. Although a radiation-weighting factor of 20 has been designated for alpha particles, uncertainty exists on realistic value of the RBE of alpha radiation. The a...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Meenakshi C,Mohankumar MN

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate how irradiation affects thyroid autoimmunity in mouse models of Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Graves' hyperthyroidism. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Non-obese diabetic (NOD)-H2(h4) mice spontaneously develop anti-thyroglobulin (Tg) antibodies and thyroiditis when supplied with sodium iodine (NaI) in the drin...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nagayama Y,Kaminoda K,Mizutori Y,Saitoh O,Abiru N

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently released data on cancer incidence in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors are analysed using a variety of relative risk models which take account of errors in estimates of dose to assess the dose-response at low doses. For all solid cancers analysed together there is a significant positive dose-response (at...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Little MP,Muirhead CR

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this research was to demonstrate the effects of 50 Hz sinusoidal extremely low frequency of magnetic fields (ELF-MF) on preincubated chicken embryo hearts at histopathological, biochemical, and ultrastructural levels. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Ninety healthy fertilized eggs were divided into six groups ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Shams Lahijani M,Tehrani DM,Fereydouni N

更新日期：2013-04-01 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