Lack of a time-dependent effect of melatonin on radiation-induced apoptosis in cultured rat lymphocytes

Cell Biology International

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1144-1149

  Yurtcu, Erkan ^a   Guney, Yildiz ^b   Ergun, Mehmet Ali ^c   Guney, H Zafer ^c   Uluoglu, Canan ^c   Hicsonmez, Ayse ^b   Yucel, Berna ^c   Ozbey, Gul ^c   Zengil, Hakan ^c  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Lymphocyte; Melatonin; Rat; Time dependent; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; MELATONIN; NEUROHORMONE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA RAYS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 34447094367     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellbi.2007.03.030     Document Type: Article

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