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Electrosmog and autoimmune disease

Overview of attention for article published in Immunologic Research, July 2016
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Title
Electrosmog and autoimmune disease
Published in
Immunologic Research, July 2016
DOI 10.1007/s12026-016-8825-7
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Trevor G. Marshall, Trudy J. Rumann Heil

Abstract

Studies in mice have shown that environmental electromagnetic waves tend to suppress the murine immune system with a potency similar to NSAIDs, yet the nature of any Electrosmog effects upon humans remains controversial. Previously, we reported how the human Vitamin-D receptor (VDR) and its ligand, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin-D (1,25-D), are associated with many chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. We have shown how olmesartan, a drug marketed for mild hypertension, acts as a high-affinity partial agonist for the VDR, and that it seems to reverse disease activity resulting from VDR dysfunction. We here report that structural instability of the activated VDR becomes apparent when observing hydrogen bond behavior with molecular dynamics, revealing that the VDR pathway exhibits a susceptibility to Electrosmog. Further, we note that characteristic modes of instability lie in the microwave frequency range, which is currently populated by cellphone and WiFi communication signals, and that the susceptibility is ligand dependent. A case series of 64 patient-reported outcomes subsequent to use of a silver-threaded cap designed to protect the brain and brain stem from microwave Electrosmog resulted in 90 % reporting "definite" or "strong" changes in their disease symptoms. This is much higher than the 3-5 % rate reported for electromagnetic hypersensitivity in a healthy population and suggests that effective control of environmental Electrosmog immunomodulation may soon become necessary for successful therapy of autoimmune disease.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 75 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 12 16%
Student > Bachelor 11 15%
Other 10 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Other 14 19%
Unknown 17 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 4 5%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 5%
Social Sciences 3 4%
Other 21 28%
Unknown 18 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 127. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 15 April 2024.
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#333,789
of 25,782,229 outputs
Outputs from Immunologic Research
#16
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Outputs of similar age
#6,593
of 371,819 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Immunologic Research
#4
of 37 outputs
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