Preventing Dr. Jekyll from becoming Mr. Hyde: Is manganese superoxide dismutase the key to prevent radiation-induced neoplastic transformation?

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 20, 2009, Pages 1972-1973

  Holley, Aaron K ^a   St Clair, Daret K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Manganese superoxide dismutase; Mitochondria; Neoplastic transformation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA DAMAGE; IONIZING RADIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLASTS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

EID: 73549120158     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.8.20.9941     Document Type: Note

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