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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/JKIEES.2012.12.4.271

Effect of Extremely Low Frequency Magnetic Fields on Gene Expression in Human Mammary Epithelial MCF10A Cells  

Hong, Mi-Na (Division of Radiation Cancer Research, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Lee, Hyung-Chul (Division of Radiation Cancer Research, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Kim, Bong Cho (Division of Radiation Cancer Research, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Lee, Yun-Sil (College of Pharmacy & Division of Life Science and Pharmaceuticals, Ewha Womans University)
Gimm, Yoon-Myung (School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Dankook University)
Myung, Sung-Ho (Smart Grid Research Division, Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute)
Lee, Jae-Seon (Division of Radiation Cancer Research, Korea Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
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Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science / v.12, no.4, 2012 , pp. 271-279 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effects of extremely low frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs) on physiological processes at the cellular level remain unclear despite a number of studies. To investigate the effects of ELF-MFs on gene expression, we exposed human mammary epithelial MCF10A cells to fields of 1 mT magnetic flux density at 60 Hz for 4 and 16 h and measured the transcriptional responses of 24,000 genes using Illumina microarrays. In three independent experiments, we found no statistically significant alteration of expression levels for any of the genes assayed using a cutoff value of 1.2-fold. To confirm this result, we selected six genes with trends suggesting possible expression level changes, although these trends were not statistically significant, and investigated their expression levels further using a semiquantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction. In three independent experiments, we did not find any alterations in the expression levels of these genes. From these results, we conclude that ELF-MFs do not affect gene expression profiles under our exposure conditions.
Keywords
Biological Effect; ELF-MF; Gene Expression; MCF10A Cells; Microarray;
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