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Role of direct and mediated effects of ionizing radiation in the mechanism of formation of macropolycytes. [X rays; rats]

Journal Article · · Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5388463
A cytofluorimetric study was made of DNA content of nuclei of mature neutrophil granulocytes in the bone marrow of rats exposed to 1000 and 2000 rad radiation with the hind limbs shielded. It was shown that production of leukocytes with high DNA content (4 and 8 s) in bone marrow is related to the direct and mediated (abscopal) effect of radiation. The obtained data warrant also the belief that formation of polyploid forms of granulocytes is due to injury to the cell cycle mainly in the G/sub 2/ period.
Research Organization:
Tomsk State Medical Inst., USSR
OSTI ID:
5388463
Journal Information:
Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 18:4; ISSN RADBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English