Exposure to 1950-MHz TD-SCDMA electromagnetic fields affects the apoptosis of astrocytes via caspase-3-dependent pathway

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Yu xiao ^a   Tai, Jun li ^d   Li, Guo qing ^c   Zhang, Zhi wen ^a   Xue, Jing hui ^a   Liu, Hong sheng ^a   Zhu, Heng ^b   Cheng, Ji de ^b   Liu, Yuan ling ^b   Li, An ming ^a   Zhang, Yi ^b  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c China Telecommunication Technology Labs   (China)

^d Jiangong Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MITOCHONDRION; MOBILE PHONE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; TUMOR PROMOTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RATS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84864763708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042332     Document Type: Article

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