Anti-neoplastic and immunostimulatory effects of low-dose X-ray fractions in mice

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 202-212

  Nowosielska, Ewa M ^a   Cheda, Aneta ^a   Wrembel Wargocka, Jolanta ^a   Janiak, Marek K ^a  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

activated macrophages; cytokines; cytotoxic function; fractionated irradiations; induced tumour colonies; low doses of X rays; NK cells

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL ASSAY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHOCYTOTOXICITY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN CELL; THERAPY EFFECT; TUMOR CELL LINE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CYTOKINES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; IMMUNIZATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; X-RAYS;

MUS;

EID: 79551632899     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.519422     Document Type: Article

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