Journal
BONE
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 87-94Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.02.018
Keywords
Ionizing radiation; Bone marrow; Mesenchymal stem cells; Hematopoietic stem cells; Trabecular bone; Cortical bone
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- National Institutes of Health [AR043498, EB14351, RR23782]
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The rising levels of radiation exposure, specifically for medical treatments and accidental exposures, have added great concern for the long term risks of bone fractures. Both the bone marrow and bone architecture are devastated following radiation exposure. Even sub-lethal doses cause a deficit to the bone marrow microenvironment, including a decline in hematopoietic cells, and this deficit occurs in a dose dependent fashion. Certain cell phenotypes though are more susceptible to radiation damage, with mesenchymal stem cells being more resilient than the hematopoietic stem cells. The decline in total bone marrow hematopoietic cells is accompanied with elevated adipocytes into the marrow cavity, thereby inhibiting hematopoiesis and recovery of the bone marrow microenvironment. Poor bone marrow is also associated with a decline in bone architectural quality. Therefore, the ability to maintain the bone marrow microenvironment would hinder much of the trabecular bone loss caused by radiation exposure, ultimately decreasing some comorbidities in patients exposed to radiation. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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