Department of Microwave Safety, Military Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, 01-163 Warsaw, Poland.
J Radiat Res. 2020 Jan 23;61(1):27-33. doi: 10.1093/jrr/rrz085.
The specific biological effect of electromagnetic field (EMF) remains unknown even though devices present in our daily lives, such as smartphones and Wi-Fi antennae increase the environmental level of electromagnetic radiation. It is said that the human immune system is able to react to discrete environmental stimuli like EMF. To investigate the effect of 900 MHz microwave stimulation on the immune system our research aimed to analyze lymphocyte proliferation and observe and assess the basic immunoregulatory activities using a newly developed and improved anechoic chamber. Samples of mononuclear cells (PBMC) isolated from the blood of healthy donors were exposed to 900 MHz pulse-modulated radiofrequency radiation (20 V/m, SAR 0.024 W/kg) twice (15 min each) or left without irradiation (control group). Subsequently, the control and exposed cells were set up to determine several parameters characterizing T cell immunocompetence and monocyte immunogenic activity. Although the microcultures of PBMC exposed to radiofrequency radiation demonstrated higher immunogenic activity of monocytes (LM index) and T-cell response to concanavalin A than control cultures after first exposure, this parameter decreased after a second stimulation. Saturation of the interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor rose significantly after the second day of exposure. On the other hand, response to mitogen dropped after EMF stimulation. The results suggest that PBMC are able to overcome stress caused by mitogens after stimulation with 900 MHz radiation.
尽管我们日常生活中使用的设备,如智能手机和 Wi-Fi 天线,增加了环境中的电磁辐射水平,但电磁场(EMF)的具体生物学效应仍然未知。据说人类的免疫系统能够对 EMF 等离散的环境刺激做出反应。为了研究 900MHz 微波刺激对免疫系统的影响,我们的研究旨在分析淋巴细胞增殖,并使用新开发和改进的无回声室观察和评估基本的免疫调节活性。从健康供体的血液中分离出的单核细胞(PBMC)样本暴露于 900MHz 脉冲调制射频辐射(20V/m,SAR 0.024W/kg)两次(每次 15 分钟)或不进行照射(对照组)。随后,对照和暴露组细胞被设置以确定几个特征描述 T 细胞免疫功能和单核细胞免疫活性的参数。尽管暴露于射频辐射的 PBMC 微培养物在第一次暴露后表现出更高的单核细胞免疫原性(LM 指数)和 T 细胞对伴刀豆球蛋白 A 的反应性,但在第二次刺激后,该参数下降。白细胞介素 2(IL-2)受体的饱和在暴露后的第二天显著增加。另一方面,在 EMF 刺激后,有丝分裂原的反应下降。这些结果表明,PBMC 在受到 900MHz 辐射刺激后能够克服有丝分裂原引起的应激。
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