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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
Recent information from several laboratories suggest that power frequency fields may stimulate cell differentiation in a number of model systems. In this way, they may be similar to pulsed electromagnetic fields, which have been used therapeutically. However, the effects of power frequency fields on phenotypic or genotypic expression have not been explained. This study describes the ability of power frequency fields to accelerate cell differentiation in vivo and describes dose relationships in terms of both amplitude and exposure duration. No change in proliferation or cell content were observed. A clear dose relationship, in terms of both amplitude and duration of exposure, was determined with the maximal biological response occurring at 0.1 mT and 7-9 h/day. Because this study was designed to explore biological activity at environmental exposure levels, this exposure range does not necessarily define optimal dosing conditions from the therapeutic point of view. This study reports the stimulation by power frequency fields of transforming growth factor-beta, an important signalling cytokine known to regulate cell differentiation. The hypothesis is raised that the stimulation of regulatory cytokines by electromagnetic fields may be an intermediary mechanism by which these fields have their biological activity.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0197-8462
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
453-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Chondrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Chondrogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Electromagnetic Fields, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Environmental Exposure, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10495311-Transforming Growth Factor beta
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Power frequency fields promote cell differentiation coincident with an increase in transforming growth factor-beta(1) expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedics, Brown University School of Medicine Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article