Article
Photocarcinogenesis: an overview.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology. B, Biology - 1 Aug 1997
Black H S, deGruijl F R, Forbes P D, Cleaver J E, Ananthaswamy H N, deFabo E C, Ullrich S E, Tyrrell R M
Abstract excerpt
Photocarcinogenesis represents the sum of a complex of simultaneous and sequential biochemical events that ultimately lead to the occurrence of skin cancer. These events, initiated by UV radiation of appropriate wavelength, include the formation of DNA photoproducts: DNA repair; mutation of proto...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA
- DNA Adducts
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Proto-Oncogenes
- Rodentia
- Skin Neoplasms
- Ultraviolet Rays