Mechanisms of cardiac radiation injury and potential preventive approaches

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 737-753

  Slezak, Jan ^a   Kura, Branislav ^a   Ravingerová, Táňa ^a   Tribulova, Narcisa ^a   Okruhlicova, Ludmila ^a   Barancik, Miroslav ^a  

^a Institute for Heart Research   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cardiac toxicity; Free oxygen radicals; Mechanisms of radiation injury; Mitigation; Prevention; Radiation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CERAMIDE; CYTOPROTECTIVE AGENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FREE RADICAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; OXYGEN RADICAL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHEMICAL BOND; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INJURY; HEART MUSCLE CAPILLARY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAST CELL; MICROANGIOPATHY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CARDIAC MUSCLE; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETICS; HEART; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANTIOXIDANTS; DNA DAMAGE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GAMMA RAYS; HEART; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MAST CELLS; MYOCARDIUM; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 84943568116     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2015-0006     Document Type: Review

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