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Solar Ultraviolet A Radiation: An Oxidizing Skin Carcinogen that Activates Heme Oxygenase-1
1 Oct 2004
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Ultraviolet A (UVA: 320-380 nm) radiation is an oxidizing carcinogen that has proved an ideal agent for demonstrating the oxidant inducibility of the mammalian heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene. The UVA response in cultured human skin fibroblasts and other cell types is mediated by singlet oxygen and is strongly influenced by cellular reducing equivalents. Free heme, an entity that can be generated by UVA irradiation...
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