Biofizika. 2001 Nov-Dec; 46(6): 1096-102.

[Degranulation of skin mast cells caused by high frequency electromagnetic irradiation of low intensity]

Popov VI, RogachevskiÄ VV, Gapeev AB, Khramov RN, Fesenko EE.

Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290 Russia.

It was shown by light and electron microscopy that local exposure of the projection of the MC-8 lao-gun acupuncture point in rat pad to low-intensity (0.05 mW/cm2) extremely high-frequency (42.0 GHz) electromagnetic radiation caused a degranulation of derma mast cells. It was suggested that the response of skin mast cells is an important amplifying mechanism in the chain of events leading to a systemic response of the organism to low-intensity electromagnetic radiation.