Influence of age and sex on the relative biological effectiveness of 13-keV/μm carbon ions for lifespan shortening of B6C3F1 Mice

• Shizuko Kakinuma ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shizuko Kakinuma, Yi Shang

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kakinuma.shizuko@qst.go.jp

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9635-8813

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• Yi Shang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Shizuko Kakinuma, Yi Shang

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Yoshiko Amasaki,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Shinobu Hirano-Sakairi ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors belonged to affiliation ‘2’ before the National Institute of Radiological Sciences was reorganized as a branch of QST

  Affiliation Radiobiology for Children’s Health Program, Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

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• Tomoko Sawai ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  ¶‡ These authors belonged to affiliation ‘2’ before the National Institute of Radiological Sciences was reorganized as a branch of QST

  Affiliation Radiobiology for Children’s Health Program, Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

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• Takamitsu Morioka,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Kazuhiro Daino,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Benjamin J. Blyth ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation

  Current address: Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  ¶‡ These authors belonged to affiliation ‘2’ before the National Institute of Radiological Sciences was reorganized as a branch of QST

  Affiliation Radiobiology for Children’s Health Program, Research Center for Radiation Protection, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

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• Mayumi Nishimura,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Masaaki Sunaoshi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3970-0701

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• Chizuru Tsuruoka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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• Tatsuhiko Imaoka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1507-585X

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• Yoshiya Shimada

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Institute for Environmental Sciences, Aomori, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Effects Research, Institute for Radiological Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Japan

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