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Analysis of proto-oncogene and heat-shock protein gene expression in human derived cell-lines exposed in vitro to an intermittent 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field.

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Chauhan V, Mariampillai A, Gajda GB, Thansandote A, McNamee JP. · 2006

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RF radiation at cell phone levels failed to trigger stress genes or cancer-related genes in immune cells, unlike heat treatment.

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Researchers exposed human immune cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation (similar to cell phone signals) at power levels of 1 and 10 watts per kilogram for 6 hours to see if it would trigger stress responses or activate genes linked to cancer development. They found no changes in stress proteins or cancer-related genes at either power level, while heat treatment (as a positive control) did trigger the expected cellular stress responses.

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The current study was undertaken to evaluate this possibility in two human-derived immune cell-lines.

HL-60 and Mono-Mac-6 (MM6) cells were individually exposed to intermittent (5 min on, 10 min off) 1....

No significant effects were observed in mRNA expression of HSP27, HSP70, c-jun, c-myc or c-fos betwe...

This study found no evidence that exposure of cells to non-thermalizing levels of 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated RF fields can cause any detectable change in stress-related gene expression.

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Chauhan V, Mariampillai A, Gajda GB, Thansandote A, McNamee JP. (2006). Analysis of proto-oncogene and heat-shock protein gene expression in human derived cell-lines exposed in vitro to an intermittent 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field. Int J Radiat Biol. 82(5):347-354, 2006.
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@article{v_2006_analysis_of_protooncogene_and_2970,
  author = {Chauhan V and Mariampillai A and Gajda GB and Thansandote A and McNamee JP.},
  title = {Analysis of proto-oncogene and heat-shock protein gene expression in human derived cell-lines exposed in vitro to an intermittent 1.9 GHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency field.},
  year = {2006},
  
  url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16782652/},
}

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Researchers exposed human immune cells to 1.9 GHz radiofrequency radiation (similar to cell phone signals) at power levels of 1 and 10 watts per kilogram for 6 hours to see if it would trigger stress responses or activate genes linked to cancer development. They found no changes in stress proteins or cancer-related genes at either power level, while heat treatment (as a positive control) did trigger the expected cellular stress responses.