title: Fröhlich electromagnetic radiation from human leukocytes: implications for leukocyte adherence inhibition test.
abstract: The Fröhlich coherent vibrations may be a source of an electromagnetic field generated by living cells in the frequency range from 0.1 to 10 THz. The electromagnetic field may cause the time dependent orientation (i.e. rotation or rocking) of the polar molecules of the ambient liquid medium and may attract them. The attracted molecules move together with the cell and the friction coefficient of the cellular motion, therefore, may depend on the field. The cell-generated electromagnetic field may interact with the surface charge of various solid-state materials causing attractive forces. These interaction attractive forces may be significant in the process of the leukocyte adherence to the surfaces of various materials. The hypothesis presented in this paper assumes that the exposition of leukocytes from immune individuals to antigen causes changes of the Fröhlich coherent vibrations resulting in decrease of the leukocyte adherence observed in the leukocyte adherence inhibition test.
mesh_terms: D002465:Cell Movement; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields; D006801:Humans; D007158:Immunologic Techniques; D007957:Leukocyte Adherence Inhibition Test; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D011827:Radiation; D013997:Time Factors