ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION EFFECTS ON IMMUNE PROCESSES

Effects of Ultraviolet Radiation

Conference organizer: Henry W. Lim, MD Participants: Barbara A. Gilchrest, MD, Kevin D. Cooper, MD, Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari, MD, MPH, Darrell S. Rigel, MD, W. Howard Cyr, PhD, Sharon Miller, MSEE, Vincent A. DeLeo, MD, Tim K. Lee, PhD, Catherine A. Demko, PhD, Martin A. Weinstock, MD, PhD, Antony Young, PhD, Laura Saul Edwards, Timothy M. Johnson, MD, and Stephen P. Stone, MD Detroit, Michiga...

Solar ultraviolet radiation effects on biological systems.

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on Langerhans cells

Research on penetration of ultraviolet (UV) radiation into human skin shows that about 20% of UVA and 10% of UVB can reach the basal layer of the epidermis. As a consequence, Langerhans cells (LCs), located in suprabasal layers, are subject to the influence of the two types of UV radiation. This phenomenon leads to quantitative and qualitative alterations in LCs, including reduction in their nu...

Ultraviolet Radiation and the Skin Immune Response

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION AND THE SKIN IMMUNE RESPONSE Ivana Nola, Krešimir Kostoviæ, Lena Kotrulja, Liborija Lugoviæ, Jelena Meštroviæ-Štefekov and Ines Sjerobabski-Masnec University Department of Dermatovenerology, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia SUMMARY – At present, ultraviolet radiation (UVR) represents one of the most important environmental factors affecting mankind. ...

Effects of Ionizing Radiations on Immune Processes

establishment of new neural connections rather than the modification of existing sets. Blinded octopuses can acquire certain kinds of discriminations based upon tactile or chemical stimulation. The results of a textual discrimination experiment with grooved cylinders suggest that the "discrimination of the topographical features of objects touched may be based simply upon the proportion of sens...