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Exposure to acute electromagnetic radiation of mobile phone exposure range alters transiently skin homeostasis of a model of pigmented reconstructed epidermis.
Simon D, Daubos A, Pain C, Fitoussi R, Vié K, Taieb A, de Benetti L, Cario-André M. · 2013
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation at safety-limit levels temporarily disrupts skin barrier proteins, potentially weakening your skin's natural protection.
Plain English Summary
French researchers exposed lab-grown skin models to cell phone radiation (900 MHz) for 6 hours to see if it affected skin health and structure. While they found no major damage or cell death, the radiation did cause temporary changes in key skin proteins that help maintain the skin's protective barrier. The researchers concluded this could potentially weaken the skin's ability to protect against environmental threats.
Study Details
Exposure to electromagnetic radiations (EMR) produced by mobile phone concerns half the world's population and raises the problem of their impact on human health. In this study, we looked at the effects of mobile phone exposure (GSM basic, 900 MHz, SAR 2 mW g(-1) , 6 h) on a model of pigmented skin.
We have analysed the expression and localization of various markers of keratinocyte and melanocyte d...
No changes were found in epidermal architecture, localization of epidermal markers, presence of apop...
Our data indicate that exposure to 900 MHz frequency induces a transient alteration of epidermal homoeostasis, which may alter the protective capacity of the skin against external factors. Presence or absence of melanocytes did not modify the behaviour of reconstructs after EMR exposure.
Show BibTeX
@article{d_2013_exposure_to_acute_electromagnetic_3403,
author = {Simon D and Daubos A and Pain C and Fitoussi R and Vié K and Taieb A and de Benetti L and Cario-André M.},
title = {Exposure to acute electromagnetic radiation of mobile phone exposure range alters transiently skin homeostasis of a model of pigmented reconstructed epidermis.},
year = {2013},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22938144/},
}