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Millemetre waves inhibit the synergistic effect of calcium ionophore A23187 and phorbol ester in neutrophil respiratory burst
Safronova VG, Gapeev AB, Alovskaia AA, Gabdulkhakova AG, Chemeris NK, Fesenko EE · 1997
View Original AbstractMillimeter wave radiation at 5G frequencies impaired immune cell function by up to 60% in laboratory conditions.
Plain English Summary
Russian researchers exposed mouse immune cells (neutrophils) to 41.95 GHz millimeter waves at 150 microW/cm2 for 20 minutes to test effects on the cells' ability to produce reactive oxygen species - their primary defense mechanism. The millimeter waves reduced the cells' immune response by up to 60% when calcium levels were high, but only when calcium could enter the cells from outside. This suggests that millimeter wave radiation can interfere with normal immune cell function by disrupting calcium signaling pathways.
Study Details
The effect of extremely high frequency electromagnetic field (mm-waves) on respiratory burst of neutrophils was studied.
The peritoneal evoked neutrophils of the mice (NMRI line) were used. The production of reactive oxyg...
At irradiation of neutrophils the synergistic action of A23187 and PMA was not changed at low concen...
We suggest that the mm-wave effect on the production of reactive oxygen species by neutrophils is determined by the influx of extracellular Ca2+ and PKC.
Show BibTeX
@article{vg_1997_millemetre_waves_inhibit_the_3345,
author = {Safronova VG and Gapeev AB and Alovskaia AA and Gabdulkhakova AG and Chemeris NK and Fesenko EE },
title = {Millemetre waves inhibit the synergistic effect of calcium ionophore A23187 and phorbol ester in neutrophil respiratory burst},
year = {1997},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9490113/},
}