Understanding Cancer Development Processes after HZE-Particle Exposure: Roles of ROS, DNA Damage Repair and Inflammation

Radiation Research

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-26

  Sridharan, D M ^a   Asaithamby, A ^b   Bailey, S M ^c   Costes, S V ^a   Doetsch, P W ^d   Dynan, W S ^d   Kronenberg, A ^a   Rithidech, K N ^e   Saha, J ^b   Snijders, A M ^a   Werner, E ^d   Wiese, C ^c   Cucinotta, F A ^f   Pluth, J M ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENESIS; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84925285973     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR13804.1     Document Type: Review

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