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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 24.
Published in final edited form as: Environ Int. 2020 Dec 5;149:106212. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106212

Table 3.

Summary of described immune effects by radiation exposure.

Radiation effect Possible immune marker
Imbalance of peripheral blood mononuclear cells Changes in B cell count
Changes in T cell count
Changes in T cell subpopulations
Changes in NKT count
Acceleration of immunoaging Reduction of naive T cells
Expansion of memory T cells
Thymus involution
Reduction of telomere length of leukocytes
Humoral immune response Changes in immunoglobulin level (IgA, IgM, IgG, IgE)
Inflammation Pro-inflammatory response by cytokines