Article
Suppressive and enhancing effects of ultraviolet B radiation on expression of contact hypersensitivity in man.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jan 1995
Tie C, Golomb C, Taylor J R, Streilein J W
Abstract excerpt
Ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation has multiple effects on the immune system, and these effects contribute to the development of UVB-induced skin cancers in mice, and probably man. Depending upon dose and duration of UVB exposure, the resultant immune aberrations may be strictly local (at the irradiat...
Topics
- Adult
- Dermatitis, Contact
- Dinitrochlorobenzene
- Female
- Humans
- Immune System
- Langerhans Cells
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Skin
- Skin Pigmentation
- Time Factors
