@article{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00046086,
 author = {Hirobe, Tomohisa and Eguchi-Kasai, Kiyomi and Sugaya, Kimihiko and Murakami, Masahiro and 廣部 知久 and 笠井 清美 and 菅谷 公彦 and 村上 正弘},
 issue = {6},
 journal = {Zoological Science},
 month = {Jun},
 note = {The effects of low-dose gamma-rays on the embryonic development of animal cells are not well studied. The mouse melanocyte is a good model to study the effects of low-dose gamma-rays on the development of animal cells, since it possesses visible pigment (melanin) as a differentiation marker. The aim of this study is to investigate in detail the effects of low-dose gamma-rays on embryonic development of mouse melanoblasts and melanocytes in the epidermis and hair bulbs at cellular level. Pregnant females of C57BL/10J mice at 9 days of gestation were whole-body irradiated with a single acute dose of gamma-rays (0.1, 0.25, 0.5, and 0.75 Gy), and the effects of gamma-rays were studied by scoring changes in the development of epidermal melanoblasts and melanocytes, hair follicles, and hair bulb melanocytes at 18 days in gestation. The number of epidermal melanoblasts and melanocytes, hair follicles, and hair bulb melanocytes in the dorsal and ventral skins was markedly decreased even at 0.1 Gy-treated embryos (P < 0.001), and gradually decreased as dose increased. The effects on the ventral skin were greater than those on the dorsal skin. The dramatic reduction in the number of melanocytes compared to melanoblasts was observed in the ventral skin, but not in the dorsal skin. These results suggest that the low-dose gamma-rays elicit the death of melanoblasts and melanocytes, or inhibit the proliferation and differentiation of melanoblasts and melanocytes, even at the low dose.},
 pages = {389--396},
 title = {Effects of Low-dose gamma-rays on the Embryonic Development of Mouse Melanoblasts and Melanocytes in the Epidermis and Hair Bulbs},
 volume = {28},
 year = {2011}
}