Dietary flaxseed administered post thoracic radiation treatment improves survival and mitigates radiation-induced pneumonopathy in mice

BACKGROUND: Flaxseed (FS) is a dietary supplement known for its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Radiation exposure of lung tissues occurs either when given therapeutically to treat intrathoracic malignancies or incidentally, such as in the case of exposure from inhaled radioisotopes re...

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Main Authors: Christofidou-Solomidou, Melpo, Tyagi, Sonia, Tan, Kay-See, Hagan, Sarah, Pietrofesa, Ralph, Dukes, Floyd, Arguiri, Evguenia, Heitjan, Daniel F, Solomides, Charalambos C, Cengel, Keith A
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3146937/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21702963
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-269
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