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Effect of murine exposure to gamma rays on the interplay between Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes

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Title
Effect of murine exposure to gamma rays on the interplay between Th1 and Th2 lymphocytes
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Frontiers in Pharmacology, April 2015
DOI 10.3389/fphar.2015.00074
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Amany A. Ghazy, Salma Y. Abu El-Nazar, Hossam E. Ghoneim, Abdul-Rahman M. Taha, Amira M. Abouelella

Abstract

Gamma radiation radiotherapy is one of the widely used treatments for cancer. There is an accumulating evidence that adaptive immunity is significantly contributes to the efficacy of radiotherapy. This study is carried out to investigate the effect of gamma rays on the interplay between Th1/Th2 response, splenocyte lymphoproliferative response to polyclonal mitogenic activators and lymphocytic capacity to produce IL-12 and IL-10 in mice. Results showed that exposure of intact spleens to different doses of γ-rays (5, 10, 20 Gy) caused spontaneous and dose-dependent immune stimulation manifested by enhanced cell proliferation and elevated IL-12 production with decreased IL-10 release (i.e., Th1 bias). While exposure of splenocytes suspension to different doses of γ-rays (5, 10, 20 Gy) showed activation in splenocytes stimulated by PWM at 5 Gy then a state of conventional immune suppression that is characterized by being dose-dependent and is manifested by decreased cell proliferation and IL-12 release accompanied by increase in IL-10 production (i.e., Th2 bias). In addition, we investigated the exposure of whole murine bodies to different doses of γ-rays and found that the exposure to low dose γ-rays (0.2 Gy) caused a state of immune stimulation terminated by a remarkable tendency for immune suppression. Exposure to 5 or 10 Gy of γ-rays resulted in a state of immune stimulation (Th1 bias), but exposure to 20 Gy showed a standard state of immune suppression (Th2 bias). The results indicated that apparently we can control the immune response by controlling the dose of γ-rays.

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Unknown 17 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 24%
Researcher 2 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 12%
Other 1 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Other 2 12%
Unknown 5 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 24%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 18%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 6%
Environmental Science 1 6%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 6 35%
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