Abstract Radiation-induced brain injury is a neurological injury caused by radiation therapy of head and neck tumors. The pathogenesis is still unclear. It is hypothesized that immune cells play an important role in radiation-induced brain injury. The excessive activation of microglia in the central nervous system and the migration of peripheral immune cells into the brain collectively promote the incidence and development of radiation-induced brain injury. In this article, the immunological mechanism underlying the radiation-induced brain injury was reviewed.
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Hu Guangyuan,Email:h.g.y121@163.com
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Fu Min,Li Xiaoyu,Luo Na et al. Research progress on immunological mechanisms of radiation-induced brain injury[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2021, 30(3): 301-304.
Fu Min,Li Xiaoyu,Luo Na et al. Research progress on immunological mechanisms of radiation-induced brain injury[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2021, 30(3): 301-304.
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