Tacrolimus ointment neither blocks ultraviolet B nor affects expression of thymine dimers and p53 in human skin

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 115-122

  Gambichler, Thilo ^a   Schlaffke, Axel ^a   Tomi, Nordwig S ^a   Othlinghaus, Nick ^a   Altmeyer, Peter ^a   Kreuter, Alexander ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcineurin inhibitors; Carcinogenesis; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

DIMER; PROTEIN P53; TACROLIMUS; THYMINE; WHITE PETROLATUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINEURIN; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; SKIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TACROLIMUS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 41149162667     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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