Low-Dose Radiation Induces Cell Proliferation in Human Embryonic Lung Fibroblasts but not in Lung Cancer Cells

• Main Authors: Xinyue Liang (Author), Junlian Gu (Author), Dehai Yu (Author), Guanjun Wang (Author), Lei Zhou (Author), Xiaoying Zhang (Author), Yuguang Zhao (Author), Xiao Chen (Author), Shirong Zheng (Author), Qiang Liu (Author), Lu Cai (Author), Jiuwei Cui (Author), Wei Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hormesis and adaptive responses are 2 important biological effects of low-dose ionizing radiation (LDR). In normal tissue, LDR induces hormesis as evinced by increased cell proliferation; however, whether LDR also increases tumor cell proliferation needs to be investigated. In this study, cell proli...