Reduction–oxidation (redox) system in radiation-induced normal tissue injury: molecular mechanisms and implications in radiation therapeutics

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 975-988

  Yahyapour, R ^a   Motevaseli, E ^b   Rezaeyan, A ^c   Abdollahi, H ^c   Farhood, B ^d   Cheki, M ^e   Rezapoor, S ^b   Shabeeb, D ^b,f   Musa, A E ^g   Najafi, M ^h   Villa, V ⁱ  

^a JIROFT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MISAN   (Iraq)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^h KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

ⁱ UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; NADPH oxidase; Normal tissue injury; Radiation; Redox

Indexed keywords

CALVASCULIN; LIPOXYGENASE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 2; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 4; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE OXIDASE 5; STAT6 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; ANTIOXIDANT;

BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BYSTANDER EFFECT; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEOXYGENATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NECROSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION, IONIZING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85040253451     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-017-1828-6     Document Type: Review

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