Differential pro-inflammatory responses of astrocytes and microglia involve STAT3 activation in response to 1800 MHz radiofrequency fields

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lu, Yonghui ^a   He, Mindi ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Xu, Shangcheng ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   He, Yue ^b   Chen, Chunhai ^a   Liu, Chuan ^a   Pi, Huifeng ^a   Yu, Zhengping ^a   Zhou, Zhou ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CYTOKINE; DNA; PROTEIN BINDING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMBRYO; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11B; ASTROCYTES; CELL LINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYTOKINES; DINOPROSTONE; DNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIO WAVES; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 84907509913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108318     Document Type: Article

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