放射線生存者のマルチオミクス分析により,放射線保護微生物と代謝物質が特定される

Hao Guo1, Wei-Chun Chou1,2, Yunjia Lai3

  • 1Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 30, 2020
PubMed
まとめ

腸内微生物は 放射線損傷から身を守ります プロピオネートなどの特定の細菌とメタボリートは 急性放射線症候群からの回復を促進し,放射線保護と傷害を軽減します.

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