Is coulomb explosion a damaging mechanism for (125)IUdR?
Coulomb explosion must be taken into account as a possible damaging mechanism following the decay of DNA-incorporated Auger electron emitters. Lobachevsky and Martin (2000) have identified the same mechanism to be responsible for part of strand breakage in oligo-deoxynucleotides. To elucidate a possible link between both damage patterns the molecular mechanics simulations have to be extended to larger parts of the DNA molecule.
An increased number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells in acute lung injury is associated with improved survival.