Current Topics in Ionizing Radiation Research [biomed]

854 Pages·2012·37.977 MB·English

by  M. Nenoi

CURRENT TOPICS
IN IONIZING
RADIATION RESEARCH

Edited by Mitsuru Nenoi
Current Topics in Ionizing Radiation Research
Edited by Mitsuru Nenoi

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Current Topics in Ionizing Radiation Research, Edited by Mitsuru Nenoi
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ISBN 978-953-51-0196-3

Contents

Preface XI
Part 1 Molecular Process 1
Chapter 1 Measurement of H2AX Phosphorylation
as a Marker of Ionizing Radiation Induced Cell Damage 3
Aida Muslimovic, Pegah Johansson and Ola Hammarsten
Chapter 2 Suitability of the -H2AX Assay
for Human Radiation Biodosimetry 21
Sandrine Roch-Lefèvre, Marco Valente,
Philippe Voisin and Joan-Francesc Barquinero
Chapter 3 Biological Dosimetry of Ionizing Radiation 31
Aurélie Vaurijoux, Gaëtan Gruel,
Sandrine Roch-Lefèvre and Philippe Voisin
Chapter 4 Limited Repair of Critical DNA Damage
in Cells Exposed to Low Dose Radiation 51
Azhub Gaziev and Gadzhi Shaikhaev
Chapter 5 Genome Integrity and Organization
in the Context of Radiobiology 81
Vladan Ondřej
Chapter 6 Mealybug as a Model for Studying
Responses to High Doses of Ionizing Radiation 101
Kommu Naga Mohan, Jun Ge and Jayarama S. Kadandale
Part 2 Biological Process 117
Chapter 7 Radiation-Sensitivity and Transcription
Profiles in Various Mutant p53 Cells 119
Kumio Okaichi, Nanaka Izumi, Yuma Takamura,
Shoichi Fukui and Takashi Kudo
VI Contents

Chapter 8 Modulation of Gene Expression
After Exposure to Ionizing Radiation 129
Mitsuru Nenoi and Vares Guillaume
Chapter 9 The Role of MicroRNAs in the Cellular
Response to Ionizing Radiations 149
Nicolas Joly-Tonetti and Jérôme Lamartine
Chapter 10 Protein Ubiquitination in
IR-Induced DNA Damage Response 175
Nur Yucer, Yi Shi and Yi Wang
Chapter 11 X-Ray-Induced Radioresistance Against High-LET
Radiations from Accelerated Neon-Ion Beams in Mice 199
Bing Wang, Kaoru Tanaka, Yasuharu Ninomiya,
Kouichi Maruyama, Guillaume Varès, Yi Shang,
Kiyomi Eguchi-Kasai and Mitsuru Nenoi
Chapter 12 Radiation Toxins – Effects of Radiation Toxicity,
Molecular Mechanisms of Action, Radiomimetic Properties
and Possible Countermeasures for Radiation Injury 215
Dmitri Popov, Jeffrey Jones and Vacheslav Maliev
Chapter 13 Dynamical Aspects of Apoptosis 243
Antonio Bensussen and José Díaz
Chapter 14 Modelling Radiation Health Effects 269
Noriyuki B. Ouchi
Part 3 Health Effects 297
Chapter 15 Ionizing Radiation Carcinogenesis 299
Otto G. Raabe
Chapter 16 Molecular Spectroscopy Study of Human Tooth Tissues
Affected by High Dose of External Ionizing Radiation
(Caused by Nuclear Catastrophe of Chernobyl Plant) 349
L. A. Darchuk, L. V. Zaverbna, A. Worobiec and R. Van Grieken
Chapter 17 Ionizing Radiation in Medical
Imaging and Efforts in Dose Optimization 363
Varut Vardhanabhuti and Carl A. Roobottom
Chapter 18 Ultrasound Image Fusion: A New Strategy to Reduce
X-Ray Exposure During Image Guided Pain Therapies 395
Michela Zacchino and Fabrizio Calliada
Chapter 19 Ionizing Radiation Profile of
the Hydrocarbon Belt of Nigeria 407
Yehuwdah E. Chad-Umoren
Contents VII

Part 4 Medical Uses 433
Chapter 20 The Effects of Antioxidants on Radiation-Induced
Chromosomal Damage in Cancer and Normal
Cells Under Radiation Therapy Conditions 435
Maria Konopacka, Jacek Rogoliński
and Krzysztof Ślosarek
Chapter 21 Melatonin for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation 443
M. A. El-Missiry, A. I. Othman and M. A. Alabdan
Chapter 22 Radiosensitization with Hyperthermia and
Chemotherapeutic Agents: Effects on Linear-Quadratic
Parameters of Radiation Cell Survival Curves 469
Nicolaas A. P. Franken, Suzanne Hovingh, Arlene Oei,
Paul Cobussen, Judith W. J. Bergs, Chris van Bree,
Hans Rodermond, Lukas Stalpers, Petra Kok,
Gerrit W. Barendsen and Johannes Crezee
Chapter 23 Phage-Displayed Recombinant Peptides
for Non-Invasive Imaging Assessment
of Tumor Responsiveness to Ionizing
Radiation and Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors 495
Hailun Wang, Miaojun Han and Zhaozhong Han
Chapter 24 Biosafety in the Use of Radiation: Biological Effects
Comparison Between Laser Radiation, Intense Pulsed
Light and Infrared and Ultraviolet Lamps in
an Experimental Model in Chicken Embryos 511
Rodolfo Esteban Avila, Maria Elena Samar, Gustavo Juri,
Juan Carlos Ferrero and Hugo Juri
Chapter 25 Alternatives to Radiation
Investigations in Orthodontics 527
Shazia Naser-Ud-Din
Part 5 Detection and Measurement 555
Chapter 26 Nanoscale Methods to Enhance
the Detection of Ionizing Radiation 557
Mark D. Hammig
Chapter 27 Glass as Radiation Sensor 579
Amany A. El-Kheshen
Chapter 28 Formation and Decay of Colour Centres
in a Silicate Glasses Exposed to Gamma Radiation:
Application to High-Dose Dosimetry 603
K. Farah, A. Mejri, F. Hosni, A. H. Hamzaoui and B. Boizot
VIII Contents

Chapter 29 Optical Storage Phosphors and
Materials for Ionizing Radiation 625
Hans Riesen and Zhiqiang Liu
Chapter 30 Ionizing Radiation Induced Radicals 649
Ahmed M. Maghraby
Chapter 31 Atmospheric Ionizing Radiation
from Galactic and Solar Cosmic Rays 683
Christopher J. Mertens, Brian T. Kress, Michael Wiltberger,
W. Kent Tobiska, Barbara Grajewski and Xiaojing Xu
Part 6 Effects on Materials 739
Chapter 32 Total Dose and Dose Rate Effects on
Some Current Semiconducting Devices 741
Nicolas T. Fourches
Chapter 33 Influence of Ionizing Radiation and Hot Carrier
Injection on Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Transistors 761
Momčilo Pejović, Predrag Osmokrović,
Milica Pejović and Koviljka Stanković
Chapter 34 New Developments in the Field of
Radiochemical Ageing of Aromatic Polymers 817
Emmanuel Richaud, Ludmila Audouin, Xavier Colin,
Bruno Fayolle and Jacques Verdu