Working Group

Environmental Medicine

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Low-frequency Electro Magnetic Fields
and Gynaecological Diseases

PD Dr. rer. nat. Rainer Girgert, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Carsten Gründker and Prof. Dr. med. Volker Hanf (Fürth)

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Funding:

• German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, No. SR/StSch/INT - S20040430

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Selected Publications:

• Girgert R, Schimming H, Körner W, Gründker C, Hanf V (2005) Induction of tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer cells by ELF electromagnetic fields. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communication 336:1144-1149

• Girgert R, Gründker C, Emons G, Hanf V (2008) Electromagnetic fields alter the expression of estrogen receptor cofactors in breast cancer cells. Bioelectromagnetics 29(3):169-176

• Girgert R, Hanf V, Emons G, Gründker C (2009) Exposure of MCF-7 breast cancer cells to electromagnetic fields up-regulates the plasminogen-activator system. International Journal of Gynecological Cancer 19:334-338

• Girgert R, Hanf V, Emons G, Gründker C (2010) Signal transduction of the melatonin receptor MT1 is disrupted in breast cancer cells by electromagnetic fields. Bioelectromagnetics 31(3):237-245