The dependence of radiation enhancement effect on the concentration of gold nanoparticles exposed to low- and high-LET radiations

Physica Medica

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 210-218

  Liu, Yan ^a,b,c   Liu, Xi ^a,b,c   Jin, Xiaodong ^a,b   He, Pengbo ^a,b,c   Zheng, Xiaogang ^a,b,c   Dai, Zhongying ^a,b   Ye, Fei ^a,b,c   Zhao, Ting ^a,b   Chen, Weiqiang ^a,b   Li, Qiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Low and high LET radiations; Radiation enhancement effect; Sensitizer enhancement ratio

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; CITRIC ACID; COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; COUMARIN-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FLUORESCENCE; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; HELA CELL LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERNALIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSENSITIZATION; X RAY; CELL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOCYTOSIS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; ION THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM;

CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CITRATES; COUMARINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOCYTOSIS; GOLD; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 84925099220     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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