Dose and dose-rate effects of X rays and fission neutrons on lymphocyte apoptosis in p53(+/+) and p53(-/-) mice

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 113-127

  Fujikawa, Kazuo ^a   Hasegawa, Yukinori ^a   Matsuzawa, Shinya ^a   Fukunaga, Akihiro ^b   Itoh, Tetsuo ^a   Kondo, Sohei ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dose rate independent apoptosis; Hyperplasia; p53; RBE of fission neutrons; Thymus atrophy

Indexed keywords

FISSION REACTIONS; LYMPHOCYTES; MAMMALS; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; THYMUS;

DOSE RATE; DOSE-RATE INDEPENDENT APOPTOSIS; FISSION NEUTRONS; HYPERPLASIA; P53; RADIATION-INDUCED APOPTOSIS; RATE INDEPENDENTS; RBE OF FISSION NEUTRON; THYMUS ATROPHY; X-IRRADIATION;

CELL DEATH;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA DAMAGE; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SPLEEN; THYMUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FAST NEUTRONS; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; GENES, P53; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPLEEN; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; WEIGHT LOSS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0041082929     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.41.113     Document Type: Article

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