Extremely Low-Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Affect Myogenic Processes in C2C12 Myoblasts: Role of Gap-Junction-Mediated Intercellular Communication

Figure 2

Effects of ELF-EMF treatments on the C2C12 myoblast myogenic process evaluated in the morphological analysis. Percentages of differentiating C2C12 myoblasts expressed as the Fusion Index (see Materials and Methods), as quantified in C2C12 myoblast cultures incubated in the absence (Ctr) and presence of ELF-EMF treatments with 0.1 mT (a), 0.5 mT (b), and 1.0 mT (c). Data are means ± SEM from two independent experiments, each performed in six independent culture wells (). , , and .

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