Source: The Influence of Pyramid Structure on Cells
Numerous biological effects of pyramid structure (PS) have been reported in recent years. For example, Indian scholars found that the seed germination rate and radicle length of plants under the PS were significantly higher than those of the control group [1-3], and other reported effects included accelerated would healing of mice, improved preservation time of food [4-7], and reduction in the occurrence of tumor in mice accompanied by the improvement in liver enzyme activity along with some other biochemical and physiological indicators, which could explain the retardation of the tumor cell growth [8].Despite the accumulating amount of evidence of biological effects reported, there is very little research investigating the underlying biological mechanisms for the observed phenomena. The PS has been proposed to generate a torsion field [9], which has been extensively studied for its biosocial effects. As a portal to receive, process and integrate information in cells, mitochondria play a critical role when cells were exposed to stimuli including external Qi from a Qigong master [10], Chinese texts with different meaning [11], and torsion field [12]. Our group has previously found that the exposure of cultured mammalian cells to the above stimuli can induce changes in numerous parameters related to the mitochondrial functions, such as the production of ATP, ROS, MMP and mtDNAcn, as well as the cellular oxidant capacity reflected by the reduced GSH.In this study, we used 293T cells to examine any potential responses in the mitochondria for cells grown under PS, with the goal of examining potential underlying biochemical mechanisms of the effects generated by a pyramid. We examined parameters including the growth and vitality of the cells, mitochondrial functions including the production ATP, ROS, MMP, the cellular oxidant capacity reflected by the reduced GSH, as well as cell senescence related parameter such as the telomere length.
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