Immune effects of low-dose radiation: Short-term induction of thymocyte apoptosis and long-term augmentation of T-cell-dependent immune responses

Radiation Research

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 332-338

  Matsubara, Junko ^a,d   Turcanu, Victor ^b   Poindron, Philippe ^b   Ina, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SPLEEN CELL; THYMOCYTE; X IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034008203     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0332:IEOLDR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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