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Application of intracellular microelectrophoresis to analysis of the influence of the low-level microwave radiation on electrokinetic properties of nuclei in human epithelial cells.
Shckorbatov YG, Shakhbazov VG, Navrotskaya VV, Grabina VA, Sirenko SP, Fisun AI, Gorobets NN, Kiyko VI. · 2002
View Original AbstractMicrowave exposure altered cell electrical properties and membrane permeability at power levels 100 times below safety limits.
Plain English Summary
Researchers exposed human cheek cells to extremely high-frequency microwaves (37.5 and 18.75 GHz) at very low power levels and measured how the cell nuclei responded to electrical fields. They found that microwave exposure changed the electrical properties of cell nuclei and increased cell membrane permeability, with effects varying based on each person's initial cellular characteristics.
Study Details
Intracellular microelectrophoresis was applied to investigate the electrokinetic properties of human buccal epithelium cell nuclei after exposure of cells to microwaves of wavelengths of 8 mm (f = 37.5 GHz) and 16 mm (f = 18.75 GHz) at a surface power density of 0.2 mW/cm(2).
Irradiated or nonirradiated cells were suspended in a flat microelectrophoretic chamber and exposed ...
Microwaves induced changes of ENN during irradiation of 15-60 s. If cells of a donor had an elevated...
This suggests that electrokinetic properties of nuclei in cells do not only depend on cell membrane permeability.
Show BibTeX
@article{yg_2002_application_of_intracellular_microelectrophoresis_3391,
author = {Shckorbatov YG and Shakhbazov VG and Navrotskaya VV and Grabina VA and Sirenko SP and Fisun AI and Gorobets NN and Kiyko VI. },
title = {Application of intracellular microelectrophoresis to analysis of the influence of the low-level microwave radiation on electrokinetic properties of nuclei in human epithelial cells.},
year = {2002},
url = {https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12210261/},
}