Gene set enrichment analysis highlights different gene expression profiles in whole blood samples X-irradiated with low and high doses

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 628-638

  El Saghire, Houssein ^a,b   Thierens, Hubert ^b   Monsieurs, Pieter ^a   Michaux, Arlette ^a   Vandevoorde, Charlot ^b   Baatout, Sarah ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GSEA; High dose; Ionizing radiation; Low dose; Microarray; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN P53; RNA;

AEN GENE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CCR4 GENE; CDKN1A GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDB2 GENE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE SET ENRICHMENT ANALYSIS; GNG11 GENE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PF4 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X IRRADIATION;

APOPTOSIS; BLOOD; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RISK; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME; X-RAYS;

EID: 84881175950     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2013.782448     Document Type: Article

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