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Influence of microwaves on different types of receptors and the role of peroxidation of lipids on receptor-protein shedding.
Philippova TM, Novoselov VI, Alekseev SI · 1994
View Original AbstractCell phone-level microwave radiation caused liver cell receptors to shed from membranes, disrupting cellular communication through non-thermal biological mechanisms.
Plain English Summary
Russian researchers exposed rat brain and liver cells to 900 MHz microwave radiation (similar to cell phones) for 15 minutes to see how it affected cellular receptors that help cells communicate. While some receptors showed no changes, liver cell receptors experienced a dramatic fivefold decrease in their ability to bind with important molecules. The researchers found this happened because the microwave exposure caused receptor proteins to break away from cell membranes, suggesting that even brief RF exposure can disrupt how cells function at the molecular level.
Study Details
The effects of a continuous wave or pulse-modulated, 900 MHz microwave field were studied by in vitro assays of rat chemoreceptors.
The pulsed field was modulated as rectangular waves at rates of 1, 6, 16, 32, 75, or 100 pps. The pu...
Binding of ligands to cell membranes was differentially affected by exposure to microwaves. For exam...
Show BibTeX
@article{tm_1994_influence_of_microwaves_on_3306,
author = {Philippova TM and Novoselov VI and Alekseev SI},
title = {Influence of microwaves on different types of receptors and the role of peroxidation of lipids on receptor-protein shedding.},
year = {1994},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8074735/},
}