The radiation bystander effect and its potential implications for human health

Current Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 613-624

  Mancuso, M ^a   Pasquali, E ^b   Giardullo, P ^b   Leonardi, S ^a   Tanori, M ^a   Di Majo, V ^a   Pazzaglia, S ^a   Saran, A ^a  

^a ENEA C R CASACCIA   (Italy)

^b GUGLIELMO MARCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bystander; Cancer risk; Genetic damage; In vivo mouse model; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; CONNEXIN 43; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 1; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN PATCHED; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALPHA RADIATION; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STEM CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL CYCLE G0 PHASE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLONOGENESIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOXIC CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONCOGENE C MYC; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REOXYGENATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOMOTHERAPY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84861005807     PISSN: 15665240     EISSN: 18755666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/156652412800620011     Document Type: Article

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