{"title":"The 2021 Bo Lindell Lecture: Inclusive, accountable, transparent: the direction we should take for the benefit of present and future generations.","authors":"H Ogino","doi":"10.1177/01466453231211068","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01466453231211068","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) is recognised as the de-facto world authority in the field of radiological protection. The ICRP Recommendations have been used as a basis for regulations and policy in almost every country, and with the current review and revision of the System of Radiological Protection, it will continue to make significant contributions in radiation safety for patients, workers, the public, and the environment. In a society undergoing significant change, it is necessary to give careful thought to which groups will be perceived as authoritative organisations by the constituents of the future. The ideal form of an authoritative organisation in the new society of the future is to continue to show how it came to make such recommendations, how it reflected the opinions of interested parties in the process, and how it discloses its records with as much transparency as possible. The question now is what we must do to ensure that decision-making advances in a way that not only makes sense to the present generation, but will be easily consumed by future generations. The path that ICRP is taking to formulate the next set of General Recommendations is doing just that, in line with the key procedural values of <u>I</u>NCLUSIVE, A<u>C</u>COUNTABLE, AND T<u>R</u>ANS<u>P</u>ARENT.</p>","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"52 1-2","pages":"9-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139032677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Discussion of uncertainties and the impact of different neutron RBEs on all solid cancer radiation incidence risks obtained from the Japanese A-bomb survivor data.","authors":"L Hafner, L Walsh, W Rühm","doi":"10.1177/01466453231211216","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01466453231211216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The most recent publicly available data on all solid cancer incidence from the Life Span Study (LSS) of Japanese A-bomb survivors provides colon dose contributions weighted with a relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 10 for neutrons, relative to gammas. However, there is evidence from several investigations that the neutron RBE for A-bomb survivors may be higher than 10. The change in the shape of the corresponding dose-response curves was evaluated by Hafner and co-workers in a previous study by applying sex-specific linear-quadratic dose models to previous LSS data for all solid cancer incidence that include separate neutron and gamma absorbed doses for several organs, in contrast to the most recent data. The resulting curvature change became significantly negative for males at an RBE of 140 for colon, 100 for liver, and 80 for organ averaged dose. For females, the corresponding RBE values were 110, 80, and 60 for colon, liver, and organ averaged doses. The present study compares three different methods to calculate the 95% confidence intervals in an analysis of the curvature with increasing RBE. Further, the impact of a higher neutron RBE on the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, and the importance of including uncertainties and performing sensitivity analysis of different parameters in radiation risk assessment are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"52 1-2","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139032675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laying the foundations for Radiological Protection in Veterinary Practice.","authors":"Richard John Jan Pentreath","doi":"10.1177/01466453231157047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453231157047","url":null,"abstract":"Initially concerned with the application of ionising radiation in medicine, radiological protection has subsequently gone through many phases, and the framework developed by the Commission has evolved continually to embrace other categories of exposure and novel exposure situations. For much of the Western world, medicine is now again the principal source of additional exposures for humans, and it has therefore been the subject of considerable attention in recent years, particularly because the techniques used are advancing so rapidly. What often comes as a surprise, however, is that virtually all of these techniques are being applied increasingly in the field of veterinary medicine. Some advances, such as the use of digital radiography, are to be expected, but the use of computed tomography scanners is increasing enormously, particularly with more second-hand equipment becoming available. The whole gamut of techniques used, from interventional radiology to nuclear medicine, including unsealed source therapy as well as brachyand teletherapy, are now also applied in veterinary practice. Nevertheless, it may still be easy to consider that the subject of radiation exposure in this field is little different from that of human medical practice, given that the equipment is much the same. However, that would be a mistake for a number of reasons.","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 4","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9525378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01466453221077415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453221077415","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of radiation detriment is central to the System of Radiological Protection (hereafter, ‘the System’). It is a measure of harm to human health due to cancer and heritable effects from low-dose and/or low-dose-rate exposures to ionising radiation. This helps set dose limits and allows comparisons with other harms and benefits when considering justification and optimisation of protection.","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 3","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40348832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of the ICRPPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794
Siyi Zhang, Ping Bai, Dan Lei, Yingxia Liang, Sherri Zhen, Grisilda Bakiasi, Hao Pang, Se Hoon Choi, Changning Wang, Rudolph E Tanzi, Can Zhang
{"title":"Degradation and inhibition of epigenetic regulatory protein BRD4 exacerbate Alzheimer's disease-related neuropathology in cell models.","authors":"Siyi Zhang, Ping Bai, Dan Lei, Yingxia Liang, Sherri Zhen, Grisilda Bakiasi, Hao Pang, Se Hoon Choi, Changning Wang, Rudolph E Tanzi, Can Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epigenetic regulation plays substantial roles in human pathophysiology, which provides opportunities for intervention in human disorders through the targeting of epigenetic pathways. Recently, emerging evidence from preclinical studies suggested the potential in developing therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by targeting bromodomain containing protein 4 (BRD4), an epigenetic regulatory protein. However, further characterization of AD-related pathological events is urgently required. Here, we investigated the effects of pharmacological degradation or inhibition of BRD4 on AD cell models. Interestingly, we found that both degradation and inhibition of BRD4 by ARV-825 and JQ1, respectively, robustly increased the levels of amyloid-beta (Aβ), which has been associated with the neuropathology of AD. Subsequently, we characterized the mechanisms by which downregulation of BRD4 increases Aβ levels. We found that both degradation and inhibition of BRD4 increased the levels of BACE1, the enzyme responsible for cleavage of the amyloid-beta protein precursor (APP) to generate Aβ. Consistent with Aβ increase, we also found that downregulation of BRD4 increased AD-related phosphorylated Tau (pTau) protein in our 3D-AD human neural cell culture model. Therefore, our results suggest that downregulation of BRD4 would not be a viable strategy for AD intervention. Collectively, our study not only shows that BRD4 is a novel epigenetic component that regulates BACE1 and Aβ levels, but also provides novel and translational insights into the targeting of BRD4 for potential clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"14 1","pages":"101794"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75536360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Paquet, R. W. Leggett, É. Blanchardon, M. Bailey, D. Gregoratto, T. Smith, G. Ratia, E. Davesne, V. Berkovski, J. Harrison
{"title":"Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 5","authors":"F. Paquet, R. W. Leggett, É. Blanchardon, M. Bailey, D. Gregoratto, T. Smith, G. Ratia, E. Davesne, V. Berkovski, J. Harrison","doi":"10.1177/01466453211028755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211028755","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 1","pages":"11 - 415"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43204667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CORRIGENDA.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01466453211070237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211070237","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":" ","pages":"1466453211070237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Tirmarche, I Apostoaei, E Blanchardon, E D Ellis, E Gilbert, J D Harrison, D Laurier, J W Marsh, M Sokolnikov, R Wakeford, S Zhivin
{"title":"ICRP Publication 150: Cancer Risks from Plutonium and Uranium Exposure.","authors":"M Tirmarche, I Apostoaei, E Blanchardon, E D Ellis, E Gilbert, J D Harrison, D Laurier, J W Marsh, M Sokolnikov, R Wakeford, S Zhivin","doi":"10.1177/01466453211028020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211028020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"50 4","pages":"1-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39814724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}