Article
Lethality and mutagenesis of B lymphocyte progenitor cells following exposure to alpha-particles and X-rays.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 Aug 1994
Griffiths S D, Marsden S J, Wright E G, Greaves M F, Goodhead D T
Abstract excerpt
B lymphocyte precursor cells are the target cells for the major subtype of paediatric cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Using a murine IL-7-dependent clonogenic assay for normal B cell precursors as a model, we have investigated the sensitivity of these cells versus other normal and leukaemi...
Topics
- Alpha Particles
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes
- Cell Death
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Energy Transfer
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mutagenesis
