Progenitors mobilized by gamma-tocotrienol as an effective radiation countermeasure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Singh, Vijay K ^a,b   Wise, Stephen Y ^a   Fatanmi, Oluseyi O ^a   Scott, Jessica ^a   Romaine, Patricia L P ^a   Newman, Victoria L ^a   Verma, Amit ^a   Elliott, Thomas B ^a   Seed, Thomas M ^c  

^a ARMED FORCES RADIOBIOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Tech Micro Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; COBALT; PLASTOCHROMANOL 8; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEM CELL; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CHROMANS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MICE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; STEM CELLS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84912535424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114078     Document Type: Article

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