학술논문

Ultrashort pulse electroporation: applications of high pulsed electric fields to induced caspase activation of human lymphocytes
Document Type
Conference
Source
Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Power modulator symposium and high-voltage workshop Power Modulator Symposium, 2002 and 2002 High-Voltage Workshop. Conference Record of the Twenty-Fifth International. :667-670 2002
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Robotics and Control Systems
Humans
Cells (biology)
Biomembranes
Biological cells
Electromagnetic heating
Biological tissues
EMP radiation effects
Electromagnetic radiation
Circuit simulation
Biomedical engineering
Language
ISSN
1076-8467
Abstract
Presents evidence for apoptosis, or programmed cell death, and up-regulation of a subset of important genes induced by intense electric fields of short duration (10's nsec). The fields are observed to perturb mitochondrial membranes and the compartmentalized intracellular environment of Jurkat T lymphocytes, and within hours caspase activation occurs. Intense, but low energy, fields can penetrate a biological cell and invoke mechanisms associated with apoptosis.