Rescue Effects: Irradiated Cells Helped by Unirradiated Bystander Cells

The rescue effect describes the phenomenon where irradiated cells or organisms derive benefits from the feedback signals sent from the bystander unirradiated cells or organisms. An example of the benefit is the mitigation of radiation-induced DNA damages in the irradiated cells. The rescue effect ca...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lam, R. K. K., Fung, Y. K., Han, W., Yu, K. N.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346853/