Radiation-induced double strand breaks and subsequent apoptotic DNA fragmentation in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 769-780

  Ghardi, Myriam ^a   Moreels, Marjan ^a   Chatelain, Bernard ^b   Chatelain, Christian ^b   Baatout, Sarah ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

H2AX; Apoptosis; Biodosimetry; DNA damage; DNA repair; dsb repair kinetics; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H2AX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA LADDER; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; DOSIMETRY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; X RAY;

APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA FRAGMENTATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 84858188616     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2012.907     Document Type: Article

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