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ArticleInflammation2019

Study of the Potential Radiomitigator Effect of Quercetin on Human Lymphocytes.

Williams Nascimento de Siqueira, Felipe Tiago José Dos Santos, Thaísa Feliciano de Souza, Maíra de Vasconcelos Lima, Hianna Arely Milca Fagundes Silva, Priscilla Stela Santana de Oliveira, Maira Galdino da Rocha Pitta, Mariana Brayner Cavalcanti Freire Bezerra, Thiago de Salazar E Fernandes, Elvis Joacir de França and 2 more

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Article in Inflammation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Williams Nascimento de SiqueiraDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil. williams.wns@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6073-5875
Felipe Tiago José Dos SantosDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Thaísa Feliciano de SouzaDepartamento de Energia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-540, Brazil.
Maíra de Vasconcelos LimaDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Hianna Arely Milca Fagundes SilvaDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Priscilla Stela Santana de OliveiraLaboratório de Imunomodulação e Novas Abordagens Terapêuticas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Maira Galdino da Rocha PittaLaboratório de Imunomodulação e Novas Abordagens Terapêuticas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Mariana Brayner Cavalcanti Freire BezerraDepartamento de Energia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-540, Brazil.
Thiago de Salazar E FernandesDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Elvis Joacir de FrançaDepartamento de Energia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-540, Brazil.
Edvane Borges da SilvaDepartamento de Energia Nuclear, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-540, Brazil.
Ana Maria Mendonça de Albuquerque MeloDepartamento de Biofísica e Radiobiologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, 50670-901, Brazil.
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco · BR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several substances of synthetic and natural origin have been studied to determine their ability to protect the body from damage caused by ionizing radiation. Among these substances, quercetin has been shown to be a naturally occurring molecule with high radioprotective and radiomitigator potential due to its antioxidant properties. The objective of this work was to ascertain the potential radiomitigator effect of quercetin on chromosome aberration yield in lymphocytes of in vitro-irradiated human peripheral blood. At first, the DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picryl-hydrazyl) radical capture test was performed to determine the antioxidant activity of quercetin and to select the concentrations to be tested. The blood was irradiated at doses of 2.5, 3.5, and 4.5 Gy and lymphocytes were cultured with quercetin at preselected concentrations of 37.5 and 75 μM. Then, the slides were prepared for scoring unstable chromosome aberrations (dicentrics, rings, and fragments). The results showed that the lymphocytes irradiated and later exposed to quercetin presented a lower frequency of chromosomal alterations compared to the control sample which was irradiated and not exposed to quercetin. The results suggest a potential radiomitigator effect of the flavonoid quercetin on human lymphocytes exposed, in vitro, to ionizing radiation. This effect may be related to decrease in the release of cytokines (INF-γ, PGE2, IL-1β, IL6, IL-8) involved in the proinflammatory processes as well as downregulation of NF-kB and reduction of expression TGF-β.

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Blood Specimen CollectionChromosome AberrationsCytokinesHumansLymphocytesNF-kappa BQuercetinRadiation, IonizingRadiation-Protective AgentsTransforming Growth Factor betaCytokinesNF-kappa BQuercetinRadiation-Protective AgentsTransforming Growth Factor betalymphocytemetaphasequercetinradiomitigator

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PMID30173325
OpenAlexW2888923089

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