Transcriptomics for radiation biodosimetry: progress and challenges.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Transcriptomic-based approaches are being developed to meet the needs for large-scale radiation dose and injury assessment and provide population triage following a radiological or nuclear event. This review provides background and definition of the need for new biodosimetry approaches, and summarizes the major advances in this field. It discusses some of the major model systems used in gene signature development, and highlights some of the remaining challenges, including individual variation in gene expression, potential confounding factors, and accounting for the complexity of realistic exposure scenarios.

Conclusions

Transcriptomic approaches show great promise for both dose reconstruction and for prediction of individual radiological injury. However, further work

SUBMITTER: Amundson SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10026363 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature