Oral administration of melatonin modulates the expression of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) gene in irradiated rat cervical spinal cord

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-127

  Haddadi, Gholam Hassan ^a,b   Fardid, Reza ^b  

^a FASA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

MDA; Melatonin; Radiation; Spinal cord; TNF

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IRRADIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84923850278     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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