[Expression of genomic instability in lymphocytes from children living under conditions of long term exposure to radioactive factors].
An experimental study of expression of genomic instability was carried out with the use of testing irradiation in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 15 children (born in 1986-1998) living on territories with radionuclide contaminations (over 15 Ci/km2, 137Cs, Novozybkov district, Bryansk region). In 5 children exposed to intrauterine irradiation in 1986 this phenomenon was studied in 3 successive cell generations (mitoses). The data obtained suggest the reality of expression of induced genomic instability in the offsprings of repeatedly divided cells of a growing organism exposed to prolonged action of low radiation levels.
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N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia.
Suskov
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D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D018811:Maternal Exposure; D011247:Pregnancy
D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes