ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Peripheral blood hematopoietic stem cell pool in individuals chronically exposed to radiation over a long-term period
1 Ural Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia
2 Chelyabinsk State University, Chelyabinsk, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Alisa I. Kotikova
Vorovskogo, 68, korp. А, Chelyabinsk, Russia, 454141; moc.liamg@asilaavokitok
Funding: the study was carried out within the framework of the State assignment “Human Cell-Mediated Immunity During Realization of Chronic Radiation Exposure Late Effects” (code 27.002.20.800).
Author contribution: Kotikova AI — method design, laboratory tests, statistical analysis, manuscript writing; Blinova ЕА — method design, manuscript writing; Akleyev AV — study concept, scientific management.
Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (protocol № 3 dated July 20, 2021). All the subjects enrolled in the studies conducted by Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Radiobiology of Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine submitted the informed consent.