Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields
<b>Background</b>: Inflammation is caused by an excess of Sodium ions inside the cell. This generates a variation in the cell’s membrane electric potential, becoming a steady state from a thermodynamic viewpoint. <b>Methods</b>: This paper introduces a thermodynamic approach...
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| author | Umberto Lucia Giulia Grisolia Antonio Ponzetto Thomas S. Deisboeck |
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| description | <b>Background</b>: Inflammation is caused by an excess of Sodium ions inside the cell. This generates a variation in the cell’s membrane electric potential, becoming a steady state from a thermodynamic viewpoint. <b>Methods</b>: This paper introduces a thermodynamic approach to inflammation based on the fundamental role of the electric potential of the cell membrane, introducing an analysis of the effect of heat transfer related to the inflammation condition. <b>Results</b>: The direct proportionality between the reduction in temperature and the increase of Na<sup>+</sup> outflow may ameliorate the inflammation cascade. <b>Conclusions</b>: Based on these ion fluxes, we suggest the consideration of a ‘companion’ electromagnetic therapeutic wave concept in support of the present anti-inflammatory treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7da5178fe09441d81c5656da30522ba2024-11-26T17:53:08ZengMDPI AGBiomedicines2227-90592024-11-011211253410.3390/biomedicines12112534Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic FieldsUmberto Lucia0Giulia Grisolia1Antonio Ponzetto2Thomas S. Deisboeck3Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, ItalyDipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università di Torino, Corso Dogliotti 14, 10126 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 149 Thirteenth Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA<b>Background</b>: Inflammation is caused by an excess of Sodium ions inside the cell. This generates a variation in the cell’s membrane electric potential, becoming a steady state from a thermodynamic viewpoint. <b>Methods</b>: This paper introduces a thermodynamic approach to inflammation based on the fundamental role of the electric potential of the cell membrane, introducing an analysis of the effect of heat transfer related to the inflammation condition. <b>Results</b>: The direct proportionality between the reduction in temperature and the increase of Na<sup>+</sup> outflow may ameliorate the inflammation cascade. <b>Conclusions</b>: Based on these ion fluxes, we suggest the consideration of a ‘companion’ electromagnetic therapeutic wave concept in support of the present anti-inflammatory treatment.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/11/2534inflammationELF-EMFion fluxesthermodynamics of biosystemsbiomagnetismmembrane potential |
| spellingShingle | Umberto Lucia Giulia Grisolia Antonio Ponzetto Thomas S. Deisboeck Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields Biomedicines inflammation ELF-EMF ion fluxes thermodynamics of biosystems biomagnetism membrane potential |
| title | Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields |
| title_full | Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields |
| title_fullStr | Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields |
| title_short | Thermophysical Insights into the Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Magnetic Fields |
| title_sort | thermophysical insights into the anti inflammatory potential of magnetic fields |
| topic | inflammation ELF-EMF ion fluxes thermodynamics of biosystems biomagnetism membrane potential |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/11/2534 |
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