Stimulation of protein kinase A activity and induced terminal differentiation of human skin fibroblasts in culture by low-frequency electromagnetic fields

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 96-97, Issue , 1998, Pages 369-376

  Löschinger, Monika ^a   Thumm, Sibylle ^b   Hämmerle, Hugo ^b   Rodemann, H Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

c myc; Electromagnetic field; Fibroblasts; Protein kinase A

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; SKIN;

EID: 0345596374     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00095-2     Document Type: Article

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