Mitogen dose‐dependent effect of weak pulsed electromagnetic field on lymphocyte blastogenesis
- 7 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 199 (1), 130-134
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(86)81238-8
Abstract
The effects of pulsed extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on human peripheral blood lymphocyte mitogenesis induced by phytohaemoagglutinin, concanavalin A or calcium ionophore A23187 were studied. The dependence of the field effect on mitogen concentrations was investigated. Field exposure produced strong inhibition of DNA synthesis when optimal doses of mitogens were used, confirming our previous findings. Opposite effects were observed at suboptimal concentration of mitogens. Experiments performed by exposing cell cultures to the field for short periods indicated that a field application of at least 6 h is needed to influence irreversibly lymphocyte blastogenesis.Keywords
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