Summary
International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
2009
Session Number:22S2
Session:
Number:22S2-5
Effect of ELF Electrostimulation on Macrophage Scavenger Receptor
M. Kagawa, T. Shimooka,
pp.393-396
Publication Date:2009/7/20
Online ISSN:2188-5079
Summary:
As an attempt to control immune functions using ELF electrostimulation, the effects of electrostimulation on macrophage functions were studied in vitro. We have reported that ELF electrostimulation affected the endocytic activity of macrophage and that humoral factors mediated this effect. In this study, as the first step to explore the mechanism, we examined the amount change of Macrophage Scavenger Rreceptors (MSR) caused by ELF electrostimulation (0.30 A/m2, 50Hz, 30 min). The increase of MSR was observed with statistical significance. The involvement of humoral factor in this phenomenon was also confirmed. This suggested that the MSR change mediated by the humoral factors is one of the mechanisms for the effect of electrostimulation on macrophage functions.