Hepatocytes, rather than leukocytes reverse DNA damage in vivo induced by whole body γ-irradiation of mice, as shown by the alkaline comet assay

Biological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-225

  Pincheira, Juana ^a   Carrera, Pilar ^b   Marcelain, Katherine ^a   De La Torre, Consuelo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alkaline comet assay; Hepatocytes; In vivo DNA repair; Ionizing radiation; Leukocytes

Indexed keywords

ALKALI;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; HEPATOCYTES; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

MUS;

EID: 59849085317     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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