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Investigate how genetic factors and parental histocompatibility differences influence the protective efficacy of bone marrow transplantation against lethal total-body irradiation.

July 1, 1957JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Genetic Factors Influencing Irradiation Protection by Bone Marrow. I. The F1 Hybrid Effect

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DUDelta E. UphoffNational Institutes of Health

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Experimental study demonstrates genetic factors influence bone marrow protection against lethal irradiation in hybrid models, indicating histocompatibility constraints in radioprotection.

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Investigate how genetic factors and parental histocompatibility differences influence the protective efficacy of bone marrow transplantation against lethal total-body irradiation.
Exposed murine models to lethal total-body radiation to deplete native hematopoietic tissue.
Administered bone marrow cell grafts across defined parental strains and first-generation (F1) hybrid genetic backgrounds.
Assessed post-irradiation survival rates and hematopoietic recovery across compatible and incompatible donor-recipient pairings.
Bone marrow transplantation efficacy varied significantly depending on the genetic compatibility between donor grafts and recipient strains.
F1 hybrid recipients exhibited altered protection and survival responses when treated with parental marrow cells compared to syngeneic controls.

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Delta E. Uphoff (1957) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a93ff1c714eeec8661d5150 https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/19.1.123

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Experimental study demonstrates genetic factors influence bone marrow protection against lethal irradiation in hybrid models, indicating histocompatibility constraints in radioprotection.

Genetic Factors Influencing Irradiation Protection by Bone Marrow. I. The F1 Hybrid Effect

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Genetic Factors Influencing Irradiation Protection by Bone Marrow. I. The F1 Hybrid Effect

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