Published December 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

The protective role of therapeutic hypothermia in the 10 Gy irradiated Balb/C mice

  • 1. China Institute for Radiation Protection, Taiyuan (China)

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Objective: To investigate the protective role of therapeutic hypothermia in the acute and high-dose irradiated mice. Methods: Two groups of Balb/C mice each 15 were received whole body irradiation with 60Co source. One group of Mice were administered therapeutic hypothermia following irradiation. The indices of survival time, survival rate, protection index, and peripheral blood counts as well as paraffin-embedded tissue sections were observed. Results: Survival time extended averagely 3.4 days and protection index attained 1.216 in the hypothermia-treated group compared with the group treated only with radiation. And both the reduction of lymphocytes and injuries of organs induced by irradiation were retarded in the hypothermia-treated group too, the number of lymphocytes at 6 hours and 24 hours after irradiation was higher than that of the group treated only with radiation. Conclusion: Therapeutic hypothermia administered immediately following irradiation might play a protective role in mice exposure to high-dose irradiation. (authors)

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Journal Title
Chinese Journal of Radiological Health
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 642-646
ISSN
1004-714X

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Notes
4 figs., 2 tabs., 7 refs.