Functionality of natural killer cells from end-stage cancer patients exposed to coherent electromagnetic fields

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作者
Evangelou, Angelos
Toliopoulos, Ioannis [2 ]
Giotis, Christos [3 ]
Metsios, Apostolos
Verginadis, Ioannis
Simos, Yannis
Havelas, Konstantinos
Hadziaivazis, Georgios
Karkabounas, Spyridon [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Ioannina, Fac Med, Dept Physiol, Physiol Lab, GR-45110 Ioannina, Greece
[2] Konstantinion Res Ctr Mol Med & Biotechnol, Thessaloniki, Greece
[3] Gen Hosp Arta, Nephrol Clin, Arta, Greece
关键词
Natural killer cells; Flow cytometry; Coherent electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic; resonance; MAGNETIC-FIELDS; FLOW-CYTOMETRY; TUMOR-GROWTH; WISTAR RATS; TOXICITY; CHEMOTHERAPY; ENHANCEMENT; LYMPHOCYTES; INHIBITION; SAFETY;
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10.3109/15368378.2011.566776
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Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The main objective of our study is to investigate whether an enhancement of the immune system in end-stage cancer patients is achieved by exposure to coherent electromagnetic fields. For this reason, 15 end-stage cancer patients were exposed at low intensity, coherent electromagnetic fields at radiofrequencies ranging from 600 kHz--729 Hz, for 8 h/day, 6 days/week for 4 weeks. NKs number and cytotoxicity of NK T-lymphocytes versus K562 cancer cell line were estimated by flow cytometry, before and after exposure. Data showed that the exposure of the end-stage cancer patients to the coherent electromagnetic fields resulted in a significant increase of the number and the cytotoxicity of the NK T-lymphocytes against cancer cells, in all patients. Exposure to coherent EMFs at radiofrequencies increases the number and cytotoxicity of NK T-lymphocytes, which may contribute to the improvement of cancer patients' status.</.
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页码:46 / 56
页数:11
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