Gene expression profiles in white blood cells of volunteers exposed to a 50 Hz electromagnetic field

ABSTRACT: Consistent and independently replicated laboratory evidence to support a causative relationship between environmental exposure to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF) at power line frequencies and the associated increase in risk of childhood leukaemia has not been obtained. In particular, although gene expression responses have been reported in a wide variety of cells, none have emerged as robust, widely replicated effects. DNA microarrays facilitate comprehensive searches for changes in gene expression without a requirement to select candidate responsive genes. To determine if gene expression changes occur in white blood cells of volunteers exposed to an ELF-EMF, each of 17 pairs of male volunteers age 20-30 was subjected either to a 50 Hz EMF exposure of 62.0 ± 7.1 μT

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: James Metcalfe 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-35999 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress