Study overviews

Mobile phone related articles are

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Experimental studies on mobile communications

1711 studies in total
  1. 747 studies
  2. 570 studies
  3. 512 studies
  4. 225 studies
  5. 205 studies
  6. 118 studies

Cells

225 studies in total
  1. 113 studies
  2. 84 studies
  3. 38 studies
  4. 35 studies
  5. 34 studies
  6. 8 studies
  7. one study

Cell proliferation/growth 84 studies in total

Authors Year Exposed system Endpoints Frequency range SAR Exposure duration Parameters
Xu F et al. 2016 - - 1,800 MHz - - mobile phone, mobile communications
Sannino A et al. 2024 V79 (Chinese hamster fibroblast cells) - 1,950 MHz - - LTE, mobile communications, RF field, CW continuous wave, co-exposure, also other exposures without EMF
Kim TH et al. 2008 animal, mouse/C57BL, partial body: head effects on the brain (cell proliferation, cell death / apoptosis, distribution of neurons and glia cells) 849 MHz 1.55–7.8 W/kg repeated daily exposure, 1 h/day, 5 days/week, for 6 or 12 months digital mobile phone, PCS, CDMA, mobile communications
Rosado MM et al. 2014 animal, mouse/C57BL/6Thy1<sup>b</sup>Igh<sup>b</sup> (wild type B/6), whole body hematopoietic precursor cell differentiation and proliferation in thymus and spleen (ability of bone marrow precursor cells to colonize lymphoid organs and to differentiate in mature T cells and B lymphocytes) 900 MHz 2 W/kg continuous for 2 h/day and 5 days/week for 4 weeks GSM, mobile communications
Er H et al. 2022 animal, rat/ Wistar albino - 900 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, GSM
Kim HS et al. 2015 animal, rat/Sprague-Dawley, whole body neurogenesis in the adult rat brain 845.5 MHz 2 W/kg continuous for 1 h daily, 5 days per week, for 2 weeks CDMA, mobile communications
Odaci E et al. 2008 animal, rat/Wistar albino, partial body: maternal head histopathology of the hippocampus, number of granule cells in the dentate gyrus 900 MHz 2 W/kg 60 min/day, from the first to the last day of gestation mobile communications
Bas O et al. 2009 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body neuronal development of hippocampus (number and histopathological changes of pyramidal cells in the cornu ammonis) 900 MHz 2 W/kg continuous during gestation (19 days) mobile phone, mobile communications, RF field
Sekeroglu V et al. 2012 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body DNA damage (chromosome aberration, micronucleus test), cytotoxicity 1,800 MHz 0.37–0.49 W/kg continuous for two hours/day for 45 days mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Atli Sekeroglu Z et al. 2013 animal, rat/Wistar albino, whole body DNA damage, cytotoxicity 900 MHz 0.37–0.76 W/kg continuous for 2 h/day for 45 days mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field, CW continuous wave
Sokolovic D et al. 2013 animal, rat/Wistar, whole body oxidative stress, proliferation and apoptosis in thymocytes, genotoxicity 900 MHz 0.043–0.135 W/g continuous for 4 hours/day on 20, 40 or 60 consecutive days mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Mortazavi SMJ et al. 2022 bacterium, <i>Enterococcus faecalis</i> - 900 MHz–2.4 GHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, GSM, RF field, W-LAN/WiFi, also other exposures without EMF, co-exposure
Bujňáková D et al. 2023 bacterium, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Klebsiella oxytoca</i> and <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> - 1–5 GHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, W-LAN/WiFi
Crabtree DPE et al. 2017 bacterium, <i>Escherichia coli</i>, <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>, <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> - - - - mobile communications, mobile phone, static magnetic field
Taheri M et al. 2017 bacterium, <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i>, <i>Escherichia coli</i> - 900–2,400 MHz - - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, W-LAN/WiFi, RF field, co-exposure
Cranfield C et al. 2003 bacterium, <i>Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum</i> cell mortality 900 MHz - continuous for 16 min GSM, mobile communications
Bucko S et al. 2020 bacterium, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (different strains) - 1–5 GHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, LTE, RF field, W-LAN/WiFi
Salmen SH et al. 2018 bacterium, <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i>, <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> - 900–1,800 MHz - - mobile communications, RF field, co-exposure
Vrhovac I et al. 2010 bacterium, yeast (<i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>)/FF18733, FF1481 and D7 - 905 MHz - - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field, PW pulsed wave
Sannino A et al. 2006 human blood sample cell viability 1,950 MHz 0.5–2 W/kg continuous for 24 h UMTS, mobile communications, microwaves
d'Ambrosio G et al. 2002 intact cell/cell culture chromosome damage, cell proliferation 1.748 GHz 2.25–5.02 W/kg continuous for 15 min GSM, mobile communications, microwaves
Eberle P et al. 1996 intact cell/cell culture mutations in genes and chromosomes, cell proliferation 440 MHz - continuous for 70, 50, or 39 h mobile communications, GSM, C-Net
Capri M et al. 2004 intact cell/cell culture mitochondrial functionality, proliferation; cell cycle progression; spontaneous/induced apoptosis 900 MHz 70–76 mW/kg repeated daily exposure, 1 h/day during 48 h or 72 h of culture GSM, mobile communications
Atasoy A et al. 2009 intact cell/cell culture cell surface antigenic structures, cell viability, cell proliferation, apoptosis 450 MHz - continuous for 2 hr, 6 hr or 24 hr mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, RF field
Choi J et al. 2020 intact cell/cell culture - 1.7 GHz - - LTE, mobile communications
Ozgur E et al. 2021 intact cell/cell culture - 900–2,100 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM
Hirose H et al. 2006 intact cell/cell culture, A172 (human glioblastoma cells) and IMR90 fibroblasts (from fetal lungs) apoptosis, cellular stress response 2.1425 GHz 80–800 mW/kg continuous for 24 or 48 h mobile phone base station, CDMA, mobile communications
Sekijima M et al. 2010 intact cell/cell culture, A172 (human glioblastoma cells), H4 (neuroglioma cells) and IMR90 fibroblasts (from fetal lungs) gene expression, cell proliferation 2.1425 GHz 80–800 mW/kg continuous for 24 hr to 96 hr mobile phone base station, W-CDMA, mobile communications, RF field, CW continuous wave
Kim DH et al. 2015 intact cell/cell culture, BEAS-2B (human bronchial epithelial cells) wound healing capacity of human bronchial epithelial cells 1.8 GHz 1 W/kg continuous for up to 65 h mobile phone, mobile communications, RF field
Cucullo L et al. 2005 intact cell/cell culture, C6 (rat glioma cell line); PC-3 (prostate tumor cell line); H1299 (lung tumor cell line); normal human astrocytes cell proliferation 10 Hz - continuous for 3 to 5 days TDMA, 50/60 Hz, electric current application
Stagg RB et al. 1997 intact cell/cell culture, C<sub>6</sub> glioma cell line and normal rat glial cells DNA synthesis and cell proliferation 836.55 MHz 0.15–59 µW/g continuous for 4 and 24 h NADC, TDMA, mobile communications
Cleary SF et al. 1996 intact cell/cell culture, CTLL-2 (murine cytolytic T lymphocytes) interleukin-2-dependent proliferation of cytolytic T lymphocytes 2.45 GHz 5–50 W/kg continuous for 2 h PCS, mobile communications, microwaves, CW continuous wave, PW pulsed wave, 2.45 GHz
Nikolova T et al. 2005 intact cell/cell culture, ES R1 cells (mouse embryonic stem cells) different effects (e.g. different transcript levels, genotoxicity, proliferation, apoptosis, cytotoxicity, mitochondrial function) 50 Hz–1.25 kHz 1.5 W/kg intermittent, 5 min on/30 min off, for 6 h and 48 h GSM, mobile communications, 50/60 Hz, power transmission line
Zhang KY et al. 2017 intact cell/cell culture, GC-2 cells (murine spermatocyte-derived cell line) - 1,950 MHz - - mobile communications, mobile phone, RF field, co-exposure
Stankiewicz W et al. 2011 intact cell/cell culture, HECa10 cells (mouse endothelial cell line) - 900 MHz - - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications, PW pulsed wave
Duranti G et al. 2005 intact cell/cell culture, HaCaT cells (human keratinocytes cell line) cell proliferation, cytotoxicity 900 MHz 0.04–0.08 W/kg continuous for 18 h GSM, mobile communications
Ozgur E et al. 2014 intact cell/cell culture, Hep G2 cells (hepatic transformed cell line) - 900 MHz 2 W/kg - mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Huang TQ et al. 2008 intact cell/cell culture, Jurkat cells (human lymphoblastoid T cells) cellular and molecular changes (e.g. DNA damage, gene expression, cell proliferation, cell cycle progression) 1,762.5 MHz 2–10 W/kg repeated daily exposure, 1 h/day, for 1, 2, or 3 days digital mobile phone, CDMA, mobile communications
Brescia F et al. 2009 intact cell/cell culture, Jurkat cells (human lymphoblastoid T cells) oxidative stress (production of reactive oxygen species), cell viability 1,950 MHz 0.5–2 W/kg 5 min - 60 min or 24 h digital mobile phone, UMTS, mobile communications, co-exposure
Palumbo R et al. 2008 intact cell/cell culture, Jurkat cells (human lymphoblastoid T cells) and human peripheral blood lymphocytes apoptosis 900 MHz 1.35–10.8 W/kg continuous for 1 h mobile communications, GSM
Merola P et al. 2006 intact cell/cell culture, LAN-5 (human neuroblastoma cells) cell proliferation; apoptosis, cell differentiation 900 MHz 1 W/kg continuous for 24, 48 and 72 h GSM, mobile communications
Shahbazi-Gahrouei D et al. 2018 intact cell/cell culture, MCF-7 cells and human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells - 900 MHz - - GSM, mobile phone, mobile communications
Lantow M et al. 2006 intact cell/cell culture, Mono Mac 6 cells (human monocytes) cell cycle (cell cycle phase, proliferation, apoptosis, necrosis) 1,800 MHz 2 W/kg continuous for 12 h GSM, mobile communications
Yang L et al. 2012 intact cell/cell culture, NIH3T3 cells (mouse fibroblasts) neoplastic promotion: cell morphology and cell proliferation <i>in vitro</i>; cancer promoting activity <i>in vivo</i> 916 MHz - continuous for 2 h/day every day, until cells lost their contact inhibition (up to 8 weeks) mobile phone, mobile communications, microwaves, CW continuous wave
Li Y et al. 2021 intact cell/cell culture, Neuro-2a (mouse neuroblastoma cells) and primary hippocampal neurons from newborn C57/BL mice - 1,800 MHz - - mobile communications, GSM
Zeni O et al. 2012 intact cell/cell culture, PC-12 cells DNA damage, cell viability and apoptosis 1,950 MHz 10 W/kg continuous for 24 h UMTS, W-CDMA, mobile communications
Buttiglione M et al. 2007 intact cell/cell culture, SH-SY5Y (human neuroblastoma cell line) cell viability 900 MHz 1 W/kg continuous for 5, 15, 30 min, 6 or 24 h GSM, mobile communications
Calabro E et al. 2012 intact cell/cell culture, SH-SY5Y (human neuroblastoma cell line) cellular stress response (heat shock protein expression, cell viability and apoptosis) 1,760 MHz 0.086 W/kg continuous for 2 h and 4 h mobile phone, GSM, mobile communications
Kim JH et al. 2021 intact cell/cell culture, SH-SY5Y (human neuroblastoma cell line) - 1,760 MHz - - LTE, mobile communications
Cao Y et al. 2009 intact cell/cell culture, SHG44 cells (human glioma cells) oxidative stress, cell proliferation, cell cycle distribution, apoptosis 900 MHz - continuous for 2 h/day on 3 days mobile phone, mobile communications, co-exposure