Effects of Wi-Fi Exposure of Mice on the Developing Immune System: Functional Approach of the Cellular Response

S. Aït-Aïssa (1) , F. Poulletier de Gannes (1) , M. Taxile (1) , B. Billaudel (1) , A. Hurtier (1) , E. Haro (1) , A. Athané (1) , G. Ruffié (1) , B. Veyret (1, 2) , I. Lagroye (1, 2)

1 IMS - Laboratoire de l'intégration, du matériau au système
2 Laboratoire de Bioélectromagnétisme

The impact of Wi-Fi exposure was investigated on the developing immune system of C57BL/6 mice, whole-body exposed 2-hour/day for 7 weeks at 2.45 GHz. The pups were exposed for 2 weeks in utero and then for 5 weeks post-natal. The free-running animal exposure system was a reverberation chamber with SAR levels of 0, 0.8, 0.4, and 4 W/kg. There was no effect on any of the biological parameters: the number and sub-cellular phenotype of total splenocytes, lymphocyte proliferation, NK cell number and cytotoxicity, and expression pattern of cytokines (IFN-γ, TNFα, Il-2) and activation markers (CD25, CD69).

Domaines: Biophysique; Toxicologie

S. Aït-Aïssa, F. Poulletier de Gannes, M. Taxile, B. Billaudel, A. Hurtier, et al.. Effects of Wi-Fi Exposure of Mice on the Developing Immune System: Functional Approach of the Cellular Response. 10th International Conference of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association, Feb 2011, Rome, Italy. ⟨hal-00573408⟩