Exposure of rats to a 50-Hz, 100 μTesla magnetic field does not affect the ex vivo production of interleukins by activated T or B lymphocytes

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-305

  Häußler, Monika ^a   Thun Battersby, Susanne ^a   Mevissen, Meike ^a   Löscher, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer; Electromagnetic fields; Immune system; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RATS; T-CELLS;

B LYMPHOCYTES; CANCER; EX-VIVO; FIELD EXPOSURE; INTERLEUKIN1; INTERLEUKIN2 (IL2); MAGNETIC-FIELD; MITOGENS; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTES; T LYMPHOCYTES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

MURINAE;

7,12 DIMETHYLBENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CARCINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETISM; MOUSE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

9,10-DIMETHYL-1,2-BENZANTHRACENE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CARCINOGENS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKINS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAGNETICS; MICE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032611735     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1999)20:5<295::AID-BEM6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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