ReviewHealth physics2016
Is Ionizing Radiation Harmful at any Exposure? An Echo That Continues to Vibrate.
Review in Health physics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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14 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Non-linear dose response of DNA double strand breaks in response to chronic low dose radiation in individuals from high level natural radiation areas of Kerala coast.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2023Article
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Selenium Nanoparticles Synergize with Low Dose of Gamma Radiation to Suppress Mammary Gland Carcinogenesis via Regulation of Tumor Microenvironment.Biological trace element research · 2023Article
- Low-dose ionizing radiation as a hormetin: experimental observations and therapeutic perspective for age-related disorders.Biogerontology · 2021Review
- Enzymatic Responses to Low-Intensity Radiation of Tritium.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Ionizing Radiation-Induced Epigenetic Modifications and Their Relevance to Radiation Protection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Adverse outcome pathways for ionizing radiation and breast cancer involve direct and indirect DNA damage, oxidative stress, inflammation, genomic instability, and interaction with hormonal regulation of the breast.Archives of toxicology · 2020Review
- The Response of Living Organisms to Low Radiation Environment and Its Implications in Radiation Protection.Frontiers in public health · 2020Review
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- Effect of densely ionizing radiation on cardiomyocyte differentiation from human-induced pluripotent stem cells.Physiological reports · 2017Article
- Effects of low-dose radiation on adaptive response in colon cancer stem cells.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2017Article
- Health Impacts of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation: Current Scientific Debates and Regulatory Issues.Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis SocietyReview
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Abstract
The health risks to humans and non-human biota exposed to low dose ionizing radiation remain ambiguous and are the subject of intense debate. The need to establish risk assessment standards based on the mechanisms underlying low-level radiation exposure has been recognized by regulatory agencies as critical to adequately protect people and to make the most effective use of national resources. Here, the authors briefly review evidence showing that the molecular and biochemical changes induced by low doses of radiation differ from those induced by high doses. In particular, an array of redundant and inter-related mechanisms act in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes to restore DNA integrity following exposures to relatively low doses of sparsely ionizing radiation. Furthermore, the radiation-induced protective mechanisms often overcompensate and minimize the mutagenic potential of the byproducts of normal oxidative metabolism. In contrast to adaptive protection observed at low doses of sparsely ionizing radiation, there is evidence that even a single nuclear traversal by a densely ionizing particle track can trigger harmful effects that spread beyond the traversed cell and induce damaging effects in the nearby bystander cells. In vivo studies examining whether exposure to low dose radiation at younger age modulates the latency of expression of age-related diseases such as cancer, together with studies on the role of genetic susceptibility, will further illuminate the magnitude of risk of exposure to low dose radiation.
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