Human melanocytes and keratinocytes exposed to UVB or UVA in vivo show comparable levels of thymine dimers

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 936-940

  Young, Antony R ^a   Potten, Christopher S ^b   Nikaido, Osamu ^c   Parsons, Peter G ^d   Boenders, Jack ^e   Ramsden, Jonathan M ^b   Chadwick, Caroline A ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e Becton Cellular Imaging Systems   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Image analysis

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0032456748     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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