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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 leukaemic haemopoietic cells to alpha-particle radiation. We find that B cell precursors are remarkably susceptible to the...
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