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ArticleDose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society2014

Non-linear adaptive phenomena which decrease the risk of infection after pre-exposure to radiofrequency radiation.

S M J Mortazavi, M Motamedifar, G Namdari, M Taheri, A R Mortazavi, N Shokrpour

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Article in Dose-response : a publication of International Hormesis Society, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S M J MortazaviProfessor of Medical Physics, Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; ; The Center for Research in Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
M MotamedifarAssociate Professor of Microbiology, Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine and Shiraz HIV/Aids Research Center (SHARC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
G NamdariStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
M TaheriLecturer of Microbiology, Laboratory Sciences Department, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
A R MortazaviStudent Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran;
N ShokrpourProfessor, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substantial evidence indicates that adaptive response induced by low doses of ionizing radiation can result in resistance to the damage caused by a subsequently high-dose radiation or cause cross-resistance to other non-radiation stressors. Adaptive response contradicts the linear-non-threshold (LNT) dose-response model for ionizing radiation. We have previously reported that exposure of laboratory animals to radiofrequency radiation can induce a survival adaptive response. Furthermore, we have indicated that pre-exposure of mice to radiofrequency radiation emitted by a GSM mobile phone increased their resistance to a subsequent Escherichia coli infection. In this study, the survival rates in animals receiving both adapting (radiofrequency) and challenge dose (bacteria) and the animals receiving only the challenge dose (bacteria) were 56% and 20%, respectively. In this light, our findings contribute to the assumption that radiofrequency-induced adaptive response can be used as an efficient method for decreasing the risk of infection in immunosuppressed irradiated individuals. The implication of this phenomenon in human's long term stay in the space is also discussed.

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Adaptive ResponseEscherichia coliImmune SystemInfectionNon-linearityRadiofrequency (RF)Space Research

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PMID24910582
PMCPMC4036396
OpenAlexW2148705412

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