Radiation-Stimulated Epigenetic Reprogramming of Adaptive-Response Genes in the Lung: An Evolutionary Gift for Mounting Adaptive Protection against Lung Cancer

• Main Authors: Bobby R. Scott (Author), Steven A. Belinsky (Author), Shuguang Leng (Author), Yong Lin (Author), Julie A. Wilder (Author), Leah A. Damiani (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Humans are continuously exposed to low-level ionizing radiation from natural sources. However, harsher radiation environments persisted during our planet's early years and mammals survived via an evolutionary gift - a system of radiation-induced natural protective measures (adaptive protection)...