Low-dose irradiation of nontransformed cells stimulates the selective removal of precancerous cells via intercellular induction of apoptosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1246-1253

  Portess, Daniel I ^a   Bauer, Georg ^b   Hill, Mark A ^a   O'Neill, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ALPHA RADIATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALPHA PARTICLES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; GAMMA RAYS; NADPH OXIDASE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RATS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33847065545     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2985     Document Type: Article

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