Melatonin may play a role in modulation of bax and bcl-2 expression levels to protect rat peripheral blood lymphocytes from gamma irradiation-induced apoptosis

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 738-739, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-27

  Mohseni, Mehran ^a   Mihandoost, Ehsan ^b   Shirazi, Alireza ^c   Sepehrizadeh, Zargham ^d   Bazzaz, Javad Tavakkoly ^c   Ghazi Khansari, Mahmoud ^c  

^a KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Gamma radiation; Melatonin; Rat lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; MELATONIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BAX GENE; BCL 2 GENE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 84872266626     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: 09218262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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