Influence of dose-rate, post-irradiation incubation time and growth factors on interphase cell death by apoptosis and clonogenic survival of human peripheral lymphocytes

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1265-1273

  Meijer, A E ^a   Backbro Saeidi A B ^a   Zelenskaya, A ^a   Czene, S ^a,b   Granath, F ^c   Harms Ringdahl, M ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; INTERPHASE; IRRADIATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; G0 PHASE; GAMMA RAYS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032749314     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530099139421     Document Type: Article

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