Atomic force microscopy study of lymphoblastoid cells under 50-Hz 2-mT magnetic field irradiation

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作者
Girasole, M
Cricenti, A
Generosi, R
Congiu-Castellano, A
Pozzi, D
Pasquali, E
Lisi, A
Santoro, N
Grimaldi, S
机构
[1] CNR, Ist Struttura Mat, I-00100 Rome, Italy
[2] Univ La Sapienza, Dipartimento Med Sperimentale & Patol, I-00100 Rome, Italy
[3] CNR, Ist Med Sperimentale, I-00100 Rome, Italy
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APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING | 1998年 / 67卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s003390050761
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Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to observe modifications induced by a 50-Hz 2-mT sinusoidal magnetic field on human B-lymphoblastoid cells (Raji). Cells exposed up to 64 h showed a drastic decrease in cell height during the first 13 h, reflecting the disappearance of microvilli, and a slower variation of the same parameter during the following 51 h together with a widening and loss of the cell's domed shape that corresponds to modifications at the cytoskeleton level.
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