Effect on the immune system of mice exposed chronically to 50 Hz amplitude-modulated 2.45 GHz microwaves

Bioelectromagnetics. 1996;17(3):246-8. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-186X(1996)17:3<246::AID-BEM11>3.0.CO;2-O.

Abstract

The effect of continuous (CW; 2.45 GHz carrier frequency) or amplitude-modulated (AM; 50 Hz square wave) microwave radiation on the immune response was tested. CW exposures (6 days, 3 h/day) induced elevations of the number of antibody-producing cells in the spleen of male Balb/c mice (+37%). AM microwave exposure induced elevation of the spleen index (+15%) and antibody-producing cell number (+55%) in the spleen of male mice. No changes were observed in female mice. It is concluded that both types of exposure conditions induced moderate elevation of antibody production only in male mice.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / pathology
  • Antibody-Producing Cells / radiation effects
  • Cell Count
  • Female
  • Immune System / physiopathology
  • Immune System / radiation effects*
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Microwaves / adverse effects*
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Spleen / immunology
  • Spleen / pathology
  • Spleen / radiation effects