A study of magnetic field effects on fibroblast cultures Part 1. The evaluation of the effects of static and extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields on vital functions of fibroblasts

Bioeffects of moderate-intensity static magnetic fields on cell cultures

“…Since it is well known from the literature that the plasma membrane is the critical site for the interaction of cells with MFs (Farndale et al, 1987;Kula and Drozdz, 1996), it is not surprising that simultaneous exposure to MFs and apoptotic drugs leads to modifications of cell surfaces, including ACAMPs. In the study by Chionna et al (2003) it was found that there are striking differences in the distribution and quantity of cell surface charbohydrate residues between cells that were induced to apoptosis in the presence of SMFs and those that were induced to apoptosis in their absence (Chionna et al, 2003).…”

Modulation of the catalytic activity of free and immobilized peroxidase by extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields: dependence on frequency

“…These circumstances stimulated the researchers to investigate the effects of these non-ionizing radiations, so that many scientific papers have been recently published. The main research topics concerned the damages of DNA [McCann et al, 1993[McCann et al, , 1998Murphy et al, 1993;Verschaeve, 1995;Juutilainen and Lang, 1997]; the proliferation kinetics of normal and cancer cells [Scarfí et al, 1991[Scarfí et al, , 1999Cossarizza et al, 1993;Kwee and Raskmark, 1995;Paile et al, 1995;Kula and Drozdz, 1996;Pagnac et al, 1998;Zeni et al, 1999]; the transmembrane ionic fluxes [Farndale et al, 1987;Walleczek and Liburdy, 1990], and the enzyme activity [Litovitz et al, 1991;Nossol et al, 1993;Dutta et al, 1998;Cress et al, 1999;Mullins et al, 1999]. Particularly in the latter case, in spite of the numerous publications, contradictory conclusions have been drawn because the small size of the effects, when present.…”

In vitro studies of the influence of ELF electromagnetic fields on the activity of soluble and insoluble peroxidase

“…Many papers dealt with the kinetics of cell proliferation [Scarfì et al, 1991Cossarizza et al, 1993;Kwee and Raskmark, 1995;Paile et al, 1995;Kula and Drozdz, 1996;Pagnac et al, 1998;Zeni et al, 1999], enzymatic activity [Litovitz et al, 1991;Nossol et al, 1993;Dutta et al, 1998;Cress et al, 1999;Mullins et al, 1999], transmembrane ionic fluxes [Farndale et al, 1987;Walleczek and Liburdy, 1990], and DNA damages [McCann et al, 1993[McCann et al, , 1998Murphy et al, 1993;Verschaeve, 1995;Juutilainen and Lang, 1997]. Notwithstanding the numerous published papers, contradictory conclusions are still present.…”