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The photocarcinogenesis of antibiotic lomefloxacin and UVA radiation is enhanced in xeroderma pigmentosum group A gene-deficient mice.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Sept 2005
Itoh Taketo, Miyauchi-Hashimoto Hiroko, Sugihara Akira, Tanaka Kiyoji, Horio Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
Lomefloxacin (LFLX) is phototoxic and phototumorigenic, but the mechanisms of phototumorigenesis of quinolone drugs have not been fully elucidated. Formation of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) by UVB radiation is primarily involved in the carcinogenesis of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. On the other hand, UVA region is responsible to photobiologic reactions of quinolone drugs. To know if CPD can be formed by UVA...
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