Immunostimulatory influence of pulse modulated 1300 MHz microwaves on cultures of lymphocytes and monocytes isolated from the blood of patients with chronic virus B hepatitis

Author

Stankiewicz, Wanda ; Dabrowski, M.P. ; Kubacki, Roman ; Szmigielski, Stanislaw

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microwave Safety, Mil. Inst. of Hygiene & Epidemiology, Warsaw, Poland

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

111

Abstract

The cultures of blood mononuclear cells from healthy donors (HD) and from patients with chronic virus B hepatitis (HV) reacts differentially to pulse modulated exposure with 1300 MHz microwaves. The same absorbed dose of 1 mW/cm² reduced response of HD lymphocytes and significantly increased response of HV lymphocytes to PHA. The exposure strongly stimulated the production of interferon gamma (IFNγ) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) in the cultures of HV lymphocytes but not in the cultures of HD cells. The results suggest that microwave irradiation may stimulate the effector immune response in patients with chronic virus B hepatitis.

Keywords

biological effects of microwaves; blood; cellular effects of radiation; liver; microorganisms; tumours; 1300 MHz; absorbed dose; blood cells; blood mononuclear cells; cellular radiation biology; chronic virus B hepatitis patients; effector immune response; healthy donors; immunostimulatory influence; interferon gamma; lymphocytes; monocytes; tumor necrosis factor alpha; white blood cells; Blood; Cells (biology); Frequency; High definition video; Immune system; Liver diseases; Neoplasms; Organisms; Production; Pulse modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2002. MIKON-2002. 14th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-5-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2002.1017818

Filename

1017818