ABSTRACT
This study examined ionizing radiation-induced tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 4 (TNFSF4) mRNA expression changes in human peripheral blood cells and their distribution in a normal population. The results showed that expression level of TNFSF4 mRNA exhibited a dose-dependent response after different irradiation doses, but that was independent of incubation time post-irradiation. Moreover, it was not affected by age and gender in 51 healthy donors. Our studies indicate that TNFSF4 can be considered as a candidate gene to develop a new biodosimeter.
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Biomarkers , Blood , Blood Cells , Radiation Effects , Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation , Healthy Volunteers , OX40 Ligand , Blood , X-RaysABSTRACT
To investigate the distribution of mitochondria DNA 4 977 bp deletion, a common deletion (CD), in normal populations of Chinese, human peripheral blood samples from sixty healthy donors were collected, and levels of the CD in genomic DNA from the samples were detected using real-time PCR. The results showed that the CD was found in 27 health donors, with its positive rate being 45% (27/60). The CD ratio was between 0 and 0.00308%, and not affected by age and gender in sixty healthy donors. Our studies indicate that the CD ratio is low, and do not show the age-dependent accumulation and any gender difference in peripheral whole blood from the normal Chinese population.