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Children after Chernobyl: immune cells adaptive changes and stable alterations under low-dose irradiation

  • 1. Laboratory of Immunocytology, Dept. of Clinical Immunology, Dept. of Pediatric Hematology, Inst. of Clinical Radiology, Research Centre for Radiation Medicine, Kiev (Ukraine)

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Early changes of immune parameters in children evacuated from 30-km zone were characterized by E-rossette forming cells decrease and E-receptor non-stability in theophylline assay, surface Ig changes. Immunological follow-up of children inhabitants of territories contaminated with radionuclides after Chernobyl accident revealed TCR/CD3, CD4 and MHC CD3+, CD4+, CD57+ subsets, RIL-2, TrT expression and calcium channel activity. PMNC percentage with cortical thymocyte phenotype (CD1+, CD4+8+) was elevated during the first years after the accident and seemed to be of a compensatory origin. Combination of heterogenic activation and suppression subset reactions and changes in fine subset (Th1/Th2) organization were suggested. Adaptive and compensatory reactions were supposed and delayed hypersensitivity reactions increase as well. (author)

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Low doses of ionizing radiation: Biological effects and regulatory control. Contributed papers

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Imprint Title
Low doses of ionizing radiation: Biological effects and regulatory control. Contributed papers
Imprint Pagination
696 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 67-70.
ISSN
1011-4289
Report number
IAEA-TECDOC--976

Conference

Title
Biological effects and regulatory control.
Acronym
International conference on low doses of ionizing radiation
Dates
17-21 Nov 1997.
Place
Seville (Spain).

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10 refs.
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-CN--67/16.