Induction of metallothionein in human skin by routine exposure to sunlight: Evidence for a systemic response and enhanced induction at certain body sites

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 318-324

  Ablett, Effie ^a   Whiteman, David C ^b   Boyle, Glen M ^b   Green, Adèle C ^b   Parsons, Peter G ^b,c  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Metallothionein; Molecular epidemiology; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MELANOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PUNCH BIOPSY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, MESSENGER; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0037289792     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2003.12025.x     Document Type: Article

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