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Impact of Static Magnetic Fields (SMFs) on Cells

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Biological Effects of Static Magnetic Fields

Abstract

This chapter contains two parts. The first one is about parameters that influence the cellular effects of static magnetic fields (SMFs), including magnetic field intensity, cell types, cell densities as well as other cellular factors. The second part is about the various commonly seen cellular effects of SMFs, including cell orientation, proliferation, microtubule and cell division, actin, viability, attachment/adhesion, morphology, migration, membrane, cell cycle, chromosome and DNA, reactive oxygen species (ROS), adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as well as calcium. The focus of this chapter is on current evidence of SMFs on human cells and some animal cells, and especially on the potential factors that contributed to the different observations in individually reported studies.

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