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Gene expression profiles in white blood cells of volunteers exposed to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field
Authors not listed · 2012
No genes showed consistent expression changes in white blood cells after repeated 50 Hz EMF exposures.
Plain English Summary
Seventeen pairs of male volunteers aged 20-30 were exposed to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field at 62.0 ± 7.1 μT for two hours or to a sham exposure at 0.21 ± 0.05 μT. The exposure sequence was repeated the next day and again six days later with a null exposure of 0.085 ± 0.01 μT replacing the sham. Researchers examined 16 genes previously reported to respond to ELF-EMF exposure using Illumina microarrays on pooled RNA samples. No genes or gene sets showed consistent response profiles to the repeated ELF-EMF exposures. A transient cortisol increase occurred at the onset of both exposure and sham on the first day, diminishing over subsequent sessions and attributed to protocol-related stress.
Exposure Information
Specific exposure levels were not quantified in this study.
Show BibTeX
@article{gene_expression_profiles_in_white_blood_cells_of_volunteers_exposed_to_a_50_hz_electromagnetic_field_ce1325,
author = {Unknown},
title = {Gene expression profiles in white blood cells of volunteers exposed to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field},
year = {2012},
doi = {10.1667/RR2859.1},
}