Human physiological blood protection systems in the late periods after ionizing radiation exposure related to the accident at the Chernobyl Atomic Electric Power Station
Mishchenko, V.P.; Gritsaĭ, N.N.; Litvin, A.A.; Sokolenko, V.N.; Tserbrzhinskiĭ, O.I.; Kutsenko, L.A.; Narizhniuk, N.D.; Fadeeva, A.S.; Berkalo, L.V.; Bobrova, N.A.
Gematologiia i Transfuziologiia 38(3): 30-33
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0234-5730 PMID: 8020734 Document Number: 421782
During a 5-year follow-up of rescue party members exposed to radioactive effects of the Chernobyl accident no material changes were observed versus healthy donors in the content of calcium, cholesterol, atherogenic lipoproteins, dienic conjugates, insulin, thyroxin, triiodothyronine, thyroglobulin, IgA, IgG and fibrinogen. Inhibition of peroxidation and emergence of hypocoagulation are attributed to a reduced respiratory splash of the neutrophils. Concentrations of hydrocortisone, testosterone, IgM rose, while the activity of some antioxidant enzymes remained stable.