Relationship between spontaneous or radiation-induced apoptosis and telomere shortening in G0 human lymphocytes

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 701, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-122

  Belloni, Paola ^a   Latini, Paolo ^a   Palitti, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial dysfunction; Spontaneous and radiation induced apoptosis; Telomere shortening

Indexed keywords

FICOLL; PROTEIN P53;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IRRADIATION; LIQUID; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION; SAMPLING; TELOMERE; X RAY; CELL SURVIVAL; GENETICS; LYMPHOCYTE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; G0 PHASE; GENES, P53; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; TELOMERE; X-RAYS;

EID: 77955096302     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.05.011     Document Type: Article

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