Sensitivity to X-irradiation of Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes from Ageing Donors
- 1 January 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Radiation Biology
- Vol. 50 (4), 685-694
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09553008614551091
Abstract
The proliferation of human blood lymphocytes from ageing donors, responding to concanavalin A, showed greater sensitivity to inhibition by X-rays than similar cells from younger donors. This increased sensitivity was associated with deficiency in repair of X-ray-induced damage to nuclear material, as measured by density in sucrose gradients, and with increased incidence of chromosomal damage following exposure of freshly isolated lymphocytes. There was also an increased frequency of spontaneous chromosomal aberrations in ageing subjects whose lymphocytes were deficient in repair of DNA damage.Keywords
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