Novel use of zebrafish as a vertebrate model to screen radiation protectors and sensitizers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-13

  McAleer, Mary Frances ^a,b   Davidson, Christian ^a   Davidson, William Robert ^a   Yentzer, Brad ^a   Farber, Steven A ^a   Rodeck, Ulrich ^a   Dicker, Adam P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug screen; Ionizing radiation; Radioprotectors; Radiosensitizers; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; VERTEBRATE MODEL; ZEBRAFISH;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

4 (3 CHLOROANILINO) 6,7 DIMETHOXYQUINAZOLINE; AMIFOSTINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SCREENING; TERATOGENICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

AMIFOSTINE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, ANIMAL; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TYRPHOSTINS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 11144297183     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.046     Document Type: Article

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