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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Primatol. 2009 Jul 22;38(6):425–432. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2009.00368.x

Table 1.

Historical review of high-dose radiation nonhuman primate studies detailed in text.

Study Type Year Author(s) TBI Dose Non-Human Primate Studied Study Details
Without hematopoietic rescue 1961 Crouch et al. 650 cGy Macaca mulatta 6 of 6 monkeys died after TBI of 650 cGy
1965 Van Putten 624 cGy Macaca mulatta Highest survivable dose was 624 cGy
1978 Broerse et al. 525 cGy Macaca mulatta LD50 for irradiated monkeys was 525 cGy
With hematopoietic rescue 1965 Van Putten 770 cGy Macaca mulatta Effects of cell freezing/thawing on engraftment
1969 Van Bekkum et al. 760 cGy Macaca mulatta Engraftment of allogeneic bone marrow cells
1978 Broerse et al. 860 cGy Macaca mulatta Engraftment of autologous cells
1987 Monroy et al. 900 cGy Macaca mulatta Effects of GM-CSF after autologous transplant
1988 Berenson et al. 920 cGy Papio cynocephalus Engraftment of autologus cells
1992 Donahue et al. 1000 cGy Macaca mulatta Retroviral gene transfer
1998 Wagemaker et al. 800 cGy Macaca mulatta Effects of thrombopoietin after transplant
2002 Ageyama et al. 1000–1100 cGy Macaca fascicularis Engraftment of autologous cells
2002 Kluge et al. 1000 cGy Macaca mulatta Effects of serum versus serum-free conditions
2004 Bielefeldt-Ohmann et al. 1020 cGy Macaca nemestrina Radiation sensitivity of macaques versus baboons
2007 Jung et al. 1020 cGy Papio cynocephalus Intravenous versus intramarrow injection of cells