Melatonin ameliorates radiation-induced oxidative stress at targeted and nontargeted lung tissue

Purpose: Radiation causes damage to irradiated tissues and also tissues that do not receive direct irradiation through a phenomenon called out-of-field effects. This damage through signals such as inflammatory responses can be transmitted to unirradiated cells/tissues and causes many effects such as...

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Main Authors: Alireza Ghobadi, Alireza Shirazi, Masoud Najafi, Masoud Heidari Kahkesh, Saeed Rezapoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://www.jmp.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-6203;year=2017;volume=42;issue=4;spage=241;epage=244;aulast=Ghobadi