S values are not a signature for a significant contribution of neutrons to the radiation dose received by atomic-bomb survivors.

abstract：:In a series of studies to investigate activation energies and thermal enhancements of various chemotherapeutic agents the effect of 5-fluoruracil (5FU), an antimetabolite, on murine tumour cells was studied at elevated temperatures. Animal tumours were early generation isotransplants of a spontaneous fibrosarcoma, FSa...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Urano M,Kahn J,Reynolds R

更新日期：1991-01-01 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: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: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：PURPOSE:Chronic occupational exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) induces a wide spectrum of DNA damages. The aim of this study was to assess the frequencies of micronucleus (MN), sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) and to evaluate their association with XRCC1 399 Arg/Gln and XRCC3 241 Thr/Met polymorphisms in Hospital sta...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Doukali H,Ben Salah G,Ben Rhouma B,Hajjaji M,Jaouadi A,Belguith-Mahfouth N,Masmoudi ML,Ammar-Keskes L,Kamoun H

更新日期：2017-11-01 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:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the effects of gamma rays on the regeneration of hair follicles are carried over to later hair cycles. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The whole bodies of C57BL/10JHir mice in the 1st telogen phase were irradiated with (60)Co γ-rays. Mice were examined for the effects o...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Sugaya K,Ishihara Y,Inoue S,Hirobe T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminally differentiated cells usually do not divide and are, thus, reproductively dead. To elucidate the significance of radiation-enhanced differentiation to reproductive cell death, murine erythroid progenitor cells were gamma-irradiated in plasma clot cultures and the development of haemoglobinized clones was stu...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Schwenke K,Peterson HP,von Wangenheim KH,Feinendegen LE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the importance of serotonin as a signaling molecule involved in the production and response of radiation-induced bystander effects. MATERIALS AND METHODS:HPV-G human keratinocyte cultures were spiked with various concentrations of Granisetron or Ketanserin and subject to either 0 Gy or 0.5 Gy X-irradia...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Fazzari J,Mersov A,Smith R,Seymour C,Mothersill C

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used the 'comet assay' to compare the amount of radiation-induced DNA damage in three tumour cell lines (MeWo, PECA 4451 and PECA 4197) and the extent of DNA repair in two of these lines (MeWo and PECA 4197). Tumour cells were irradiated with X-rays (0.1-10 Gy), embedded in agarose on slides, lysed with sodium dode...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Müller WU,Bauch T,Streffer C,Niedereichholz F,Böcker W

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Context: Some individuals are reporting being sensitive to electromagnetic fields. They report some unspecific symptoms like headeache, sleep disruption, heart palpitations, itching, etc. The lack of scientific objective links between EHS symptoms and EMF exposure renders the diagnosis of EHS more complex. Purpose: Ou...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Andrianome S,Yahia-Cherif L,Selmaoui B

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a cell-free assay that can be employed to study rejoining of radiation-induced DNA double-stranded breaks (dsb) in 'naked' DNA prepared from agarose-embedded cells using an extract of HeLa cells as a source of enzymes. Rejoining of dsb in this assay is absolutely dependent on cell extract ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Cheong N,Iliakis G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic analysis was performed on 72 Italian A-T families ascertained through 91 probands. The frequency of the A-T gene was estimated through Dahlberg's formula, which uses the frequencies of first cousin marriages among the patients' parents and in the general population were obtained from the collection of Catholic...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Chessa L,Lisa A,Fiorani O,Zei G

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate the mechanisms inducing and maintaining the permanent elimination of low dose hyper-radiosensitivity (HRS) in cells given a dose of 0.3 Gy at low dose-rate (LDR) (0.3 Gy/h). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two human HRS-positive cell lines (T-47D, T98G) were used. The effects of pretreatments with transfo...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Edin NJ,Sandvik JA,Cheng C,Bergersen L,Pettersen EO

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Cultures of JU-56 cells were irradiated in either G1 or G2 and examined either in their first post-irradiation metaphase (in diploids) or in their second post-irradiation metaphase (in colcemid-induced tetraploids). The timing of fixation, together with tritiated thymidine pulse labelling, allowed selection for scorin...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Moore RC,Bender MA

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemical instability of DNA under physiological conditions requires that cells have highly developed processes for repairing stochastic single-strand damage. It is proposed here that provided ionizing-radiation-induced single-strand damage does not occur at a rate sufficient to perturb the dynamic steady state bet...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Baverstock KF

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neutron irradiations at the McMaster Tandetron Accelerator were performed to study direct and bystander effects of neutrons in a live organism. METHODS:The neutrons were produced through (7)Li(p,n)(7)Be reaction. Although the gamma contamination of the neutron beam cannot be completely eliminated, it was desig...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Wang C,Smith RW,Duhig J,Prestwich WV,Byun SH,McNeill FE,Seymour CB,Mothersill CE

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the radioprotective activity of C3, a regioisomer of water-soluble carboxyfullerene and a potent free radical scavenger, on both normal and tumour cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The murine committed bone-marrow stem cells for both granulocytes and monocytes (GM-CFC) were used to represent normal cell...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Lin HS,Lin TS,Lai RS,D'Rosario T,Luh TY

更新日期：2001-02-01 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:To investigate the relationship between the susceptibility of B-chronic lymphoid leukaemia (B-CLL) cells to DNA damage-induced apoptosis, the kinetics of DNA strand-break rejoining, and chromosome damage after exposure to ionizing irradiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Lymphocytes from B-CLL patients were gamma-ir...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Blaise R,Alapetite C,Masdehors P,Merle-Beral H,Roulin C,Delic J,Sabatier L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiosensitization of two human tumour in vitro cell lines, HT-1080 and LoVo, has been compared with that of the Chinese hamster cell line V79-379A. Although the two human tumour cell lines were more radiosensitive than the V79 cell line sensitizer, enhancement ratios for misonidazole, pimonidazole and azomycin we...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Watts ME,Dennis MF,Roberts IJ

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of heat (43-45 degrees C) on the induction and the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (dsb) was studied in CHO cells after 60 Gy of X-rays using constant-field gel electrophoresis. Heat given prior to irradiation was found not to alter the number of dsb when measured immediately after irradiation. In non-he...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Dahm-Daphi J,Brammer I,Dikomey E

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：PURPOSE:To study the influence of TGF-beta1 and TGF-beta-neutralizing antibodies on the clonogenic activity and terminal differentiation of rat lung fibroblasts following radiation exposure. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Early passage rat lung fibroblasts were used in this study. Colony formation assays were applied to determi...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Hakenjos L,Bamberg M,Rodemann HP

更新日期：2000-04-01 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 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：PURPOSE:To analyze the direct and transgenerational effects of exposure to low-dose 1 GHz (mobile phone/wireless telecommunication range) and 10 GHz (radar/satellite communication range) radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF-EMF) on the motility of ciliates Spirostomum ambiguum. MATERIALS AND METHODS:S. ambiguum w...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Sarapultseva EI,Igolkina JV,Tikhonov VN,Dubrova YE

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：PURPOSE:To assess health, growth and reproductive success of mammals exposed for multiple generations to levels of radium-226 known to occur in environments surrounding uranium mines and mills in Canada. METHODS:The study consisted of a control group and four treatment groups each containing 40 mice (20 males and 20 f...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Walsh S,Satkunam M,Su B,Festarini A,Bugden M,Peery H,Mothersill C,Stuart M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00