Immunotropic potency of microwave fields: preliminary studies on immunocompetent cells exposed in vitro
Stankiewicz, W.(Military Inst. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (Poland)) | Dabrowski, M.P.(Military Inst. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (Poland)) | Sobiczewska, E.(Military Inst. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (Poland)) | Kubacki, R.(Military Inst. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (Poland)) | Szmigielski, S.(Military Inst. of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Warsaw (Poland))E-mail:[email protected]
Exposure in radiofrequency (RF) and microwave (MW) fields can influence the function of the immune system, but the data available on the immunotropic potency of RF/MW radiation are still full of uncertainties and controversies. In the available literature there exist no reports on complex assessment of function and responsiveness of the immune system. All investigations have been aimed to evaluate selected, fragmentary reaction of the system and/or functional response of immunocompetent cells in RF/MW-exposed subjects. However, at the present state of knowledge it is not possible to conclude about the possible immunotropic potencies of RF/MW radiation. The undisturbed defensive, tolerogenic, and proregenerative activities of the immune system are commonly recognised as one of the most important homeostatic functions of the organism. Thus, basic immunoregulatory activities which can be observed and precisely quantified in microcultures of immune cells separated from the human blood, represent a unique and objective model for the investigation of possible immunotropic effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs). To determine the potential immunomodulatory influences of EMFs, the immunotropic effects of pulse modulated microwave (1300 MHz) were investigated in the cultures of blood mononuclear cells from sixteen healthy donors.
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