Published June 2012 | Version v1
Journal article

Progress on clustered DNA damage in radiation research

  • 1. Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou (China)
  • 2. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou (China)
  • 3. Gansu Academy of Medical Sciences, Lanzhou (China)
  • 4. School of Life Sciences, Lanzhou University (China)

Description

Clustered DNA damage which caused by high LET heavy ion radiation can lead to mutation, tumorigenesis and apoptosis. Promoting apoptosis of cancer cells is always the basis of cancer treatment. Clustered DNA damage has been the hot topic in radiobiology. The detect method is diversity, but there is not a detail and complete protocol to analyze clustered DNA damage. In order to provide reference for clustered DNA damage in the radiotherapy study, the clustered DNA damage characteristics, the latest progresses on clustered DNA damage and the detecting methods are reviewed and discussed in detail in this paper. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics Review
Journal Volume
29
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 196-201
ISSN
1007-4627

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Notes
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