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Disparate effects of photoprotection on ultraviolet radiation-induced immunosuppression Volume 8, numéro 3, April-May 1998

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Department of Dermatology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
  • Page(s) : 203-4
  • Année de parution : 1998

To be biologically relevant, UVR must be absorbed by one or more molecules (chromophores) within target tissues. Molecules of immunologic interest have included DNA, trans-urocanic acid (trans-UCA), cyclic amino acids, and unsaturated membrane lipids. Under ideal circumstances, the action spectrum for a biological response is quite similar to the absorption spectrum of a candidate molecule. This method of empiric analysis [...]