Static and ELF magnetic fields induce tumor growth inhibition and apoptosis

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 419-428

  Tofani, Santi ^a   Barone, Domenico ^b   Cintorino, Marcella ^c   De Santi, Maria Margherita ^c   Ferrara, Adriana ^a   Orlassino, Renzo ^a   Ossola, Piero ^a   Peroglio, Flavio ^b   Rolfo, Katia ^a   Ronchetto, Flavio ^a  

^a Ospedale di Ivrea   (Italy)

^b Biomed Research Institute A Marxer   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vitro; MCF 7; Nude mice; Subcutaneous Xenografts; WiDr adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAMMALS; TUMORS;

CELL LINES; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELDS; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN-VITRO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; MCF-7; NUDE MICE; SUBCUTANEOUS XENOGRAFT; TUMOR GROWTH; WIDR ADENOCARCINOMA;

CELL DEATH;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE; COLON TUMOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETISM; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NUDE MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN; ULTRASTRUCTURE; XENOGRAFT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MAGNETICS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SPLEEN; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 18044399746     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bem.69     Document Type: Article

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