No effect of exposure to static and sinusoidal magnetic fields on nitric oxide production by macrophages.
The effects of exposure to static (1 - 100 mT) or sinusoidal (1 Hz, 1.6 mT) magnetic fields on the production of nitric oxide (NO) by murine BCG-activated macrophages were investigated. In these cells, the inducible isoform of NO synthase is present. No significant differences were observed in nitrite levels among exposed, sham-exposed, or control macrophages after exposure for 14 h to static fields of 1, 10, 50, and 100 mT and to sinusoidal 1.6 mT, 1 Hz magnetic fields.
Mnaimneh
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Laboratoire de Parasitologie, Université de Bordeaux II, France.
Bizri
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Veyret
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D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001500:BCG Vaccine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008280:Magnetics / Q000145:classification*; D051379:Mice; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester / Q000494:pharmacology; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D009573:Nitrites / Q000032:analysis
D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D001500:BCG Vaccine; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D009573:Nitrites; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D019331:NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester