Human umbilical-cord-blood mononucleated cells enhance the survival of lethally irradiated mice: Dosage and the window of time

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1010-1014

  Kovalenko, Olga A ^a   Azzam, Edouard I ^a   Ende, Norman ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute lethal total body irradiation; Antibiotics; Human umbilical cord blood; Radiation mass casualties

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS;

ABSORBED DOSE; ACUTE LETHAL TOTAL-BODY IRRADIATION; EXPOSED TO; HUMAN UMBILICAL CORD; HUMAN UMBILICAL-CORD BLOOD; MASS CASUALTY; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION MASS CASUALTY; TOTAL BODY IRRADIATION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LETHAL TOTAL-BODY IRRADIATION; ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN UMBILICAL-CORD BLOOD; METHODOLOGY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MASS CASUALTIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ACUTE LETHAL TOTAL-BODY IRRADIATION; ANTIBIOTICS; HUMAN UMBILICAL-CORD BLOOD; RADIATION MASS CASUALTIES;

ACUTE RADIATION SYNDROME; ANIMALS; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84888250888     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt062     Document Type: Article

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