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From: Non-uniform radiation-induced biological responses at the tissue level involved in the health risk of environmental radiation: a radiobiological hypothesis

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Radiation-induced biological responses at the tissue level. When cell-level repair responses (e.g. DNA damage repair, and oxidative stress response) cannot completely repair the radiation-induced damages, the removal of damaged cells (e.g. apoptosis, and cell competition) and tissue structure repair/regeneration (e.g. stem cell migration and proliferation) minimize the influence for maintaining normal tissue functions. The removals of damaged cells prevent the tissue from carcinogenesis or senescence that are targets of immune system. The failures of tissue structure repair/regeneration induce wholly or partially the dysfunction

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Environmental Health

ISSN: 1476-069X