Ionizing radiation interacts with the immune system in many ways with a multiplicity that
mirrors the complexity of the immune system itself: namely the need to maintain a delicate …

This report provides a review of early and late effects of radiation in normal tissues and
organs with respect to radiation protection. It was instigated following a recommendation in …

The new coronavirus COVID-19 disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 was declared a global
public health emergency by WHO on Jan 30, 2020. Despite massive efforts from various …

X-ray therapy was used to treat pneumonia during the first half of the 20th century. Fifteen
studies report that approximately 700 cases of bacterial (lobar and bronchopneumonia) …

During the last decade, a multitude of experimental evidence has accumulated showing that
low-dose radiation therapy (single dose 0.5-1 Gy) functionally modulates a variety of …

There is a clear association between therapeutic doses of thoracic irradiation and an
increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in cancer survivors, although these effects …

Purpose: Whereas X-irradiation with high doses is established to exert pro-inflammatory
effects, low-dose radiotherapy (LD-RT) with single fractions below 1.0 Gy and a total dose …

Abstract Little, MP, Tawn, EJ, Tzoulaki, I., Wakeford, R., Hildebrandt, G., Paris, F., Tapio, S.
and Elliott, P. A Systematic Review of Epidemiological Associations Between Low and …

Radiotherapy (RT) has always been a mainstay for malignant tumors therapy, but it is also
used for benign pathology. The application of low or intermediate doses of RT has been …

Dendritic cells (DCs), as professional antigen-presenting cells, are members of the innate
immune system and function as key players during the induction phase of adaptive immune …