<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mina, Despoina</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sagonas, Kostas</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fragopoulou, Adamantia F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pafilis, Panayiotis</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Skouroliakou, Aikaterini</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Margaritis, Lukas H</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsitsilonis, Ourania E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Valakos, Efstratios D.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immune responses of a wall lizard to whole-body exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic radiation.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int J Radiat Biol</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int. J. Radiat. Biol.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Animals</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Immunocompetence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lizards</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lymphocytes</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radiation Dosage</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Radio Waves</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Whole-Body Irradiation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">92</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">162-8</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PURPOSE: During the last three decades, the number of devices that emit non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation (EMR) at the wireless communication spectrum has rapidly increased and possible effects on living organisms have become a major concern. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of radiofrequency EMR emitted by a widely used wireless communication device, namely the Digital Enhanced Communication Telephony (DECT) base, on the immune responses of the Aegean wall lizard (Podarcis erhardii).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Adult male lizards were exposed 24 h/day for 8 weeks to 1880-1900 MHz DECT base radiation at average electric field intensity of 3.2 V/m. Immune reactivity was assessed using the phytohemagglutinin (PHA) skin swelling and mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) tests.

RESULTS: Our results revealed a noticeable suppression (approximately 45%) of inflammatory responses in EMR-exposed lizards compared to sham-exposed animals. T cell-mediated responses were marginally affected.

CONCLUSION: Daily radiofrequency EMR exposure seems to affect, at least partially, the immunocompetence of the Aegean wall lizard.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26853383?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>