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Relevance of photo-immunosuppression for viral infections (i.e. human papilloma virus) Volume 8, numéro 3, April-May 1998

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Department Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Page(s) : 205-6
  • Année de parution : 1998

The relevance of photo-immunosuppression for human health is difficult to establish. Nevertheless, in animal models it has been shown that photo-immunosuppression can lead to a decreased immunoresponse against tumour-specific antigens [1] and infectious agents. UVB exposure of rats before epicutaneous infection with the Herpes simplex virus led to a decreased cellular immune response [2]. It is recognized that UVB irradiation [...]