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Early destructive changes in the small intestinal mucosa of rats and mice exposed to supralethal doses of radiation. Report 2. Reactions of stromal elements of the mucosa. [Gamma radiation]

Journal Article · · Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:7094309
There are considerably fewer works dealing with the reaction of stromal elements of the mucosa of the small intestine in the presence of radiation pathology than with injury to the epithelial layer. These works deal primarily with the morphophysiology of the vascular component. Data on changes in interstitial stroma cells, particularly in the first postradiation hours, are given in isolated works and they are indicative of high radiosensitivity of many stromal elements. Our objective in this article was to make a comprehensive analysis of ultrastructural changes in the mucosal stroma of the small intestine as related to different doses of radiation, and to compare our results to the reaction of proliferative cryptal cells of the same laboratory animals.
Research Organization:
Scientific Research Inst. of Medical Radiology, Obninsk, USSR
OSTI ID:
7094309
Journal Information:
Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Radiobiology (USSR) (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 17:1; ISSN RADBA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English