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RADIOIMMUNOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECT OF ENRICHED URANIUM ON CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL IMMUNE CELLS AND THE PROTECTIVE ACTION OF IL-1 AND IL-2

RADIOIMMUNOTOXICOLOGICAL EFFECT OF ENRICHED URANIUM ON CENTRAL AND PERIPHERAL IMMUNE CELLS AND THE PROTECTIVE ACTION OF IL-1 AND IL-2

Zhu Shoupeng
Lai Guanhua
Wang Liuyi
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.5, No.2pp.93-99Published in print 01 May 1994
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Accumulation of enriched 235U-UO2F2 in the body had injurious effects on the immune function of central and peripheral immune cells. After an intravenous injection of 235U-UO2F2, the spontaneous 3H-TdR incorporation in thymocytes and bone marrow cells decreased, with the thymocytes damaged more markedly. The proliferation ability of spleen T and B lymphocytes were both inhibited, with B lymphocytes inhibited more severely. In spleen B lymphocytes the IL-1 production and IL-2 consumption were diminished. The inhibition of spleen B lymphocyte proliferation by 235U-UO2F2 was partially restored by adding exogenous IL-1 or IL-2 to the cultured lymphocytes obtained from 235U injected mice.

Enriched uraniumRadioimmunotoxicological effectInterleukin-1Interleukin-2Immune cellsProtective action
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