2-GHz band CW and W-CDMA modulated radiofrequency fields have no significant effect on cell proliferation and gene expression profile in human cells

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Sekijima, Masaru ^a   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Yasunaga, Katsuaki ^a   Sakuma, Noriko ^a   Hirose, Hideki ^a   Nojima, Toshio ^b   Miyakoshi, Junji ^c  

^a LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA microarray; Mobile phone; Whole body average

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; GENE EXPRESSION;

CONTINUOUS WAVE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES; GHZ BAND; HUMAN CELLS; RADIO FREQUENCY FIELDS; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY AVERAGE; WIDEBAND CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

CELL PROLIFERATION;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE COURSE; DNA MICROARRAY; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOBILE PHONE; NEOPLASM; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; TIME; TUMOR CELL LINE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL PHONES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOME, HUMAN; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROWAVES; NEOPLASMS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RADIO WAVES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953974816     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09126     Document Type: Article

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