Carnosine may reduce lung injury caused by radiation therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 957-959

  Guney, Yildiz ^a   Ozel Turkcu, Ummuhani ^b   Hicsonmez, Ayse ^a   Nalca Andrieu, Meltem ^a   Guney, H Zafer ^b   Bilgihan, Ayse ^b   Kurtman, Cengiz ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARNOSINE; DIPEPTIDE; HISTIDINE; METAL ION; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LUNG INJURY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; THORAX CANCER; WOUND HEALING;

CARNOSINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; LUNG; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; THORACIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 32144438010     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.11.023     Document Type: Article

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