Inhibition of UVR-induced tanning and immunosuppression by topical applications of vitamins C and E to the skin of hairless (hr/hr) mice

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 89-98

  Quevedo Jr , Walter C ^a   Holstein, Thomas J ^a,b   Dyckman, Jacob ^a   Mcdonald, Charles J ^a   Isaacson, Ernest L ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Contact Hypersensitivity; Erythema; Melanin; Melanocytes; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; MELANIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C3H MOUSE; CELL DIVISION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; HAIRLESS MOUSE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CELL DIVISION; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED HRS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITAMIN E;

ANIMALIA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0342657663     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2000.130207.x     Document Type: Article

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