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Free radical release and HSP70 expression in two human immune-relevant cell lines after exposure to 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation.
Lantow M, Schuderer J, Hartwig C, Simko M. · 2006
View Original AbstractCell phone radiation up to 2.0 W/kg did not trigger free radical production in immune cells, suggesting this damage pathway may not occur at typical phone exposure levels.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human immune cells to cell phone radiation at 1800 MHz (the frequency used by GSM networks) to see if it would trigger the production of harmful free radicals or stress proteins. Even at high exposure levels up to 2.0 W/kg, the radiation did not cause any significant increase in free radical production or stress protein expression in the cells. This suggests that cell phone radiation at these levels may not trigger the type of cellular damage that free radicals can cause.
Study Details
The goal of this study was to investigate whether radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic-field (EMF) exposure at 1800 MHz causes production of free radicals and/or expression of heat-shock proteins (HSP70) in human immune-relevant cell systems.
Human Mono Mac 6 and K562 cells were used to examine free radical release after exposure to incubato...
Heat and PMA treatment induced a significant increase in superoxide radical anions and in ROS produc...
This difference disappeared when data were compared to the incubator controls. To determine the involvement of heat-shock proteins as a possible inhibitor of free radical production, we investigated the HSP70 expression level after different RF EMF exposures; no significant effects were detected.
Show BibTeX
@article{m_2006_free_radical_release_and_3176,
author = {Lantow M and Schuderer J and Hartwig C and Simko M.},
title = {Free radical release and HSP70 expression in two human immune-relevant cell lines after exposure to 1800 MHz Radiofrequency Radiation.},
year = {2006},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16392966/},
}