Multifaceted pathways protect human skin from UV radiation

Nature Chemical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 542-551

  Natarajan, Vivek T ^a,b   Ganju, Parul ^c   Ramkumar, Amrita ^a,b   Grover, Ritika ^a,b   Gokhale, Rajesh S ^a,b,c,d  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^d JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; LIPID;

HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LIPID COMPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VITILIGO; WOUND HEALING;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CERAMIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOSOMES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VITILIGO;

EID: 84902794524     PISSN: 15524450     EISSN: 15524469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1548     Document Type: Review

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