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Abstract
Objective: Wide inter-individual variations in ionizing radiation (IR) responses of neonatal hematopoietic system calls for identifying reliable biomarkers to effectively estimate radiation exposure damages in neonates.
Methods: Association between telomere length (TL) at birth and radiation sensitivity of cord blood hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) from 166 healthy newborns were investigated by assessing their clonogenic differentiation. TL was determined as terminal restriction fragment (TRF) by Southern blot method.
Results: TL correlated with surviving fractions of total progenitor colony forming cell (CFC) content at 0.75 Gy (p < 0.05), granulo-macrophagic lineage colony forming units (CFU-GM) at 0.75 Gy (p < 0.05) and erythroid burst forming unit (BFU-E) at 0.75 Gy (p < 0.05) & at 3 Gy (p < 0.05) of newborns.
Conclusion: Our results indicate risks for HSC clonogenic survival in neonates with shorter telomeres after IR exposure. These observations might aid in considering TL at birth as an assessment factor for radiation related hematopoietic challenges in children.
期刊介绍:
Fetal and Pediatric Pathology is an established bimonthly international journal that publishes data on diseases of the developing embryo, newborns, children, and adolescents. The journal publishes original and review articles and reportable case reports.
The expanded scope of the journal encompasses molecular basis of genetic disorders; molecular basis of diseases that lead to implantation failures; molecular basis of abnormal placentation; placentology and molecular basis of habitual abortion; intrauterine development and molecular basis of embryonic death; pathogenisis and etiologic factors involved in sudden infant death syndrome; the underlying molecular basis, and pathogenesis of diseases that lead to morbidity and mortality in newborns; prenatal, perinatal, and pediatric diseases and molecular basis of diseases of childhood including solid tumors and tumors of the hematopoietic system; and experimental and molecular pathology.