Further investigation of the response of human uroepithelium to low doses of cobalt-60 gamma radiation

Radiation Research

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 156-165

  Mothersill, C ^a   O'Malley, K ^b   Harney, J ^c   Lyng, F ^a   Murphy, D M ^b   Seymour, C B ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BLADDER EPITHELIUM; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPLANT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; ONCOGENE MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, MYC; GENES, P53; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RADIATION TOLERANCE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; URETER; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0031057270     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579416     Document Type: Article

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