Title :
Effects of pulsed electromagnetic fields on skin metabolism
Author :
Loecker, W. De ; Delport, P.H. ; Cheng, N. ; Hoogmartens, M. ; Sansen, W.
Author_Institution :
Katholieke Univ., Leuven, Belgium
Abstract :
Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) characterized by specific physical parameters are shown to stimulate the protein-synthesizing activity of in-vitro treated rat skin. The concomitant increase in amino acid transport across the cell membrane appears to be responsible for the stimulation of protein synthesis due to the increased availability of intracellular amino acids. Since changes in the ionic composition of the incubation buffers are capable of completely reversing the PEMF effects, it would appear that the observed metabolic effects may well be obtained through ionic modifications induced by PEMF.<>
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; biomembrane transport; biomolecular effects of radiation; cellular effects of radiation; cellular transport and dynamics; proteins; skin; amino acid transport; cell membrane; in-vitro treated rat skin; incubation buffers; intracellular amino acids; ionic composition; ionic modifications; metabolic effects; physical parameters; protein synthesis stimulation; protein-synthesizing activity; pulsed electromagnetic fields; skin metabolism;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0785-2
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95242
