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Electric and Magnetic Field Devices for Stimulation of Biological Tissues
Published on: May 15, 2021
Effects of a low-intensity electromagnetic field on fibroblast migration and proliferation
Vivekananda Gupta Sunkari1, Boris Aranovitch, Neil Portwood
1Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to test if an extremely weak 1 GHz electromagnetic field (EMF), known to be in resonance with clusters of water molecules, has biological effects on human fibroblasts. We demonstrated that in an in vitro model of wound healing, this EMF can activate fibroblast migration. [(3)H]thymidine incorporation experiments demonstrated that the EMF could also activate fibroblast proliferation. Activation of the expression of human fibroblast growth factor 1 (HFGF1) after EMF exposure showed that molecular wound healing pathways are activated in response to this water-resonant EMF.
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