Gaitán S, Cuenllas E, Sancho P, Bueren JA, Tejero C. Mechanisms towards compensation of long-term haemopoietic injury in mice after 5 Gy irradiation: in vivo and in vitro enhancement of superoxide anion production by granulocytes.
Biosci Rep 1992;
12:281-92. [PMID:
1330056 DOI:
10.1007/bf01122800]
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Abstract
This paper analyzes the long-term (6 and 12 months) function of mouse granulocytes after total body irradiation with a single dose (5 Gy) of X-rays. Superoxide anion production has been investigated in granulocytes from peripheral blood, and also in those harvested from long term bone marrow cultures, with the aim of correlating the environmental damage induced by radiation with the functional properties of granulocytes. An in vivo and in vitro enhancement of superoxide anion production and protein levels in granulocytes from irradiated mice is described. The presence of some colony stimulating factor in the supernatant of cultures from irradiated mice could play an important role in the priming of granulocytes.
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