TY - T1 - Presence of Stromal Cells Enhances Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) Induction in Lung Bronchial Epithelium after Protracted Exposure to Oxidative Stress of Gamma Radiation SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/305932 T3 - A1 - Acheva, Anna; Haghdoost, Siamak; Sollazzo, Alice; Launonen, Virpi; Kämäräinen, Meerit A2 - PB - Y1 - 2019 LA - eng AB - The aim of the study was to investigate the role of a microenvironment in the induction of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) as a sign of early stages of carcinogenesis in human lung epithelial cell lines after protracted low-dose rate gamma-radiation exposures. BEAS-2B and HBEC-3KT lung cell lines were irradiated with low-dose rate gamma-rays (Cs-137, 1.4 or 14 mGy/h) to 0.1 or 1 Gy with or without adding TGF-beta. TGF-beta-treated samples were applied as positive EMT controls and test... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - CANCER-ASSOCIATED FIBROBLASTS; TGF-BETA; NUCLEOTIDE POOL; TUMOR-GROWTH; ACTIVATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; CARCINOGENESIS; MECHANISMS; 8-OXO-DG; TARGET; 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology N1 - PP - ER -