Evidence that ferritin is UV inducible in human skin: Part of a putative defense mechanism

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Applegate, Lee Ann ^a   Scaletta, Corinne ^a   Panizzon, Renato ^a   Frenk, Edgar ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SKIN CELL; SKIN PROTECTION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031831795     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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