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Dourmishev L, Guleva D. Ultraviolet diagnostic and treatment modalities in the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Clin Dermatol 2021; 39:446-450. [PMID: 34518002 PMCID: PMC7849497 DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2021.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultraviolet (UV) therapy is an effective and well-tolerated therapeutic method for various dermatologic conditions due to its antiproliferative and immunosuppressive effects. Contemporary phototherapy includes broadband UVB, narrowband UVB, UVA1, PUVA, and excimer laser therapy. The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has resulted in the closure of many patient care facilities, including phototherapy units worldwide. Home phototherapy, thalassotherapy, and other UV therapy modalities are an alternative for many patients with chronic dermatoses. We highlighted possible interactions of UV therapy effects and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, and focused on organization and measures against transmission of infections in phototherapy units. Dermatology departments have reopened their units, assessing the risks and benefits for patients, optimizing safety regulations, and adhering to the rules for disinfection.
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- Lyubomir Dourmishev
- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University - Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ludema C, Cole SR, Poole C, Smith JS, Schoenbach VJ, Wilhelmus KR. Association between unprotected ultraviolet radiation exposure and recurrence of ocular herpes simplex virus. Am J Epidemiol 2014; 179:208-15. [PMID: 24142918 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Studies have suggested that exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light may increase risk of herpes simplex virus (HSV) recurrence. Between 1993 and 1997, the Herpetic Eye Disease Study (HEDS) randomized 703 participants with ocular HSV to receipt of acyclovir or placebo for prevention of ocular HSV recurrence. Of these, 308 HEDS participants (48% female and 85% white; median age, 49 years) were included in a nested study of exposures thought to cause recurrence and were followed for up to 15 months. We matched weekly UV index values from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to each participant's study center and used marginal structural Cox models to account for time-varying psychological stress and contact lens use and selection bias from dropout. There were 44 recurrences of ocular HSV, yielding an incidence of 4.3 events per 1,000 person-weeks. Weighted hazard ratios comparing persons with ≥8 hours of time outdoors to those with less exposure were 0.84 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.27, 2.63) and 3.10 (95% CI: 1.14, 8.48) for weeks with a UV index of <4 and ≥4, respectively (ratio of hazard ratios = 3.68, 95% CI: 0.43, 31.4). Though results were imprecise, when the UV index was higher (i.e., ≥4), spending 8 or more hours per week outdoors was associated with increased risk of ocular HSV recurrence.
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Li N, Li SX, Guo ZY, Zhuang ZF, Li R, Xiong K, Chen SJ, Liu SH. Micro-Raman spectroscopy study of the effect of Mid-Ultraviolet radiation on erythrocyte membrane. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2012; 112:37-42. [PMID: 22561009 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2012] [Revised: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 04/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Mid-Ultraviolet (UVB) has a significant influence on human health. In this study, human erythrocytes were exposed to UVB to investigate the effects of UVB radiation on erythrocytes membrane. And Micro-Raman spectroscopy was employed to detect the damage. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to classify the control erythrocytes and the irradiated erythrocytes. Results showed that the erythrocytes membrane was damaged by Mid-Ultraviolet (UVB) radiation. The intensity of the Raman peaks at 1126 cm(-1) and 1082 cm(-1) were used to calculate the Longitudinal Order-Parameters in Chains (S(trans)) which can present the liquidity and ionic permeability of erythrocyte membrane. After UVB radiation for 30 min, both the liquidity and ionic permeability decreased. At the same time, the intensity of the peaks at 1302 cm(-1) (α-helix), 1254 cm(-1) (random coil), 1452 cm(-1) and 1430 cm(-1) (CH(2)/CH(3) stretch) have also changed which indicated the membrane protein also been damaged by UVB. In the whole process of radiation, the more UVB radiation dose the more damage on the erythrocyte membrane.
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- N Li
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, China
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Around 1980, experiments with hairless mice showed us that UV-induced actinic keratoses (AK) and ensuing skin carcinomas did not arise independently: the rate of occurrence in one skin area was increased considerably if AKs had already been induced separately in another distant skin area, i.e. a systemic effect. The ground laying work of Margaret Kripke in the 1970s provided a fitting explanation: UV-induced immunosuppression and tolerance toward the UV-induced tumors. From Kripke's work a new discipline arose: "Photoimmunology." Enormous strides were made in exploring and expanding the effects from UV carcinogenesis to infectious diseases, and in elucidating the mechanisms involved. Stemming from concerns about a depletion of the ozone layer and the general impact of ambient UV radiation, the groups I worked in and closely collaborated with explored the anticipated adverse effects of UV-induced immunosuppression on healthy individuals. An important turning point was brought about in 1992 when the group of Kevin Cooper reported that immunosuppression could be induced by UV exposure in virtually all human subjects tested, suggesting that this is a normal and sound physiological reaction to UV exposure. This reaction could actually protect us from illicit immune responses against our UV-exposed skin, such as observed in idiopathic polymorphic light eruption. This premise has fruitfully rekindled the research on this common "sun allergy," affecting to widely varying degrees about one in five Europeans with indoor professions.
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- Frank R de Gruijl
- Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Ullrich SE, Nghiem DX, Khaskina P. Suppression of an established immune response by UVA--a critical role for mast cells. Photochem Photobiol 2007; 83:1095-100. [PMID: 17880504 PMCID: PMC2515596 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2007.00184.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Exposing experimental animals or human volunteers to UVA II (320-340 nm) radiation after immunization suppresses immunologic memory and the elicitation of delayed-in-time hypersensitivity reactions. Previous studies indicated that the mechanisms underlying UVA-induced immune suppression are similar to those described for UVB-induced immune suppression, i.e. transferred by T regulatory cells, overcome by repairing DNA damage, neutralizing interleukin (IL)-10 activity, or injecting recombinant IL-12. Here we continued our examination of the mechanisms involved in UVA II-induced suppression. Antibodies to cis-urocanic acid blocked UVA-induced immune suppression. Treating UVA-irradiated mice with histamine receptor antagonists, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists or platelet activating factor receptor antagonists blocked immune suppression in UVA-irradiated mice. In light of the fact that cis-urocanic acid and CGRP target mast cells, which can then release platelet activating factor and histamine, we measured UVA-induced immune suppression in mast cell-deficient mice. No immune suppression was noted in UVA-irradiated mast cell-deficient mice. These findings indicate that exposure to UVA II activates many of the same immune regulatory factors activated by UVB to induce immune suppression. Moreover, they indicate that mast cells play a critical role in UVA-induced suppression of secondary immune reactions.
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- Stephen E Ullrich
- Department of Immunology and the Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
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Kim TH, Moodycliffe AM, Yarosh DB, Norval M, Kripke ML, Ullrich SE. Viability of the Antigen Determines Whether DNA or Urocanic Acid Act as Initiator Molecules for UV-induced Suppression of Delayed-type Hypersensitivity ¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)0780228votadw2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Walterscheid JP, Nghiem DX, Kazimi N, Nutt LK, McConkey DJ, Norval M, Ullrich SE. Cis-urocanic acid, a sunlight-induced immunosuppressive factor, activates immune suppression via the 5-HT2A receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:17420-5. [PMID: 17085585 PMCID: PMC1859944 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603119103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Exposure to UV radiation induces skin cancer and suppresses the immune response. To induce immune suppression, the electromagnetic energy of UV radiation must be absorbed by an epidermal photoreceptor and converted into a biologically recognizable signal. Two photoreceptors have been recognized: DNA and trans-urocanic acid (UCA). Trans-UCA is normally found in the outermost layer of skin and isomerizes to the cis isomer upon exposure to UV radiation. Although UCA was identified as a UV photoreceptor years ago, and many have documented its ability to induce immune suppression, its exact mode of action remains elusive. Particularly vexing has been the identity of the molecular pathway by which cis-UCA mediates immune suppression. Here we provide evidence that cis-UCA binds to the serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] receptor with relatively high affinity (Kd = 4.6 nM). Anti-cis-UCA antibody precipitates radiolabeled 5-HT, and the binding is inhibited by excess 5-HT and/or excess cis-UCA. Similarly, anti-5-HT antibody precipitates radiolabeled cis-UCA, and the binding is inhibited by excess 5-HT or excess cis-UCA. Calcium mobilization was activated when a mouse fibroblast line, stably transfected with the human 5-HT2A receptor, was treated with cis-UCA. Cis-UCA-induced calcium mobilization was blocked with a selective 5-HT2A receptor antagonist. UV- and cis-UCA-induced immune suppression was blocked by antiserotonin antibodies or by treating the mice with 5-HT2A receptor antagonists. Our findings identify cis-UCA as a serotonin receptor ligand and indicate that the immunosuppressive effects of cis-UCA and UV radiation are mediated by activation of the 5-HT2A receptor.
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- Jeffrey P. Walterscheid
- *Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research and
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- *Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research and
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- *Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research and
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- Department of Cancer Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland
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- *Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research and
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
Department of Immunology/Unit 902, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail:
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Matsumura Y, Byrne SN, Nghiem DX, Miyahara Y, Ullrich SE. A role for inflammatory mediators in the induction of immunoregulatory B cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:4810-7. [PMID: 16982922 PMCID: PMC1579249 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.7.4810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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UV exposure suppresses the immune response to a variety of microbial, fungal, and viral Ags. In addition, UV radiation is a complete carcinogen and the immune suppression induced by UV radiation is a major risk factor for skin cancer induction. In this study, we examined the mechanisms underlying the induction of immune suppression and tolerance induction by UV radiation. Transferring lymph nodes cells from UV-irradiated, FITC-sensitized mice into normal recipients transferred immune tolerance. Contrary to expectations, the cell responsible was an FITC(+), IL-10-secreting, CD19(+), B220(+) B cell. Because the lipid mediator of inflammation, platelet-activating factor (PAF) is released by UV-irradiated keratinocytes and is essential for the induction of immune suppression, we determined its role in tolerance induction. When UV-irradiated mice were injected with PCA 4248, a selective PAF receptor (PAFR) antagonist, transfer of tolerance was suppressed. However, immune suppression was not transferred when FITC(+) cells from the draining lymph nodes of UV-irradiated, PAFR-deficient donor mice were injected into the recipients. Because PCA 4248 also blocks serotonin receptor binding, we measured the effect that blocking both serotonin and PAFR binding has on the transfer of immune suppression. Only when both PAF and serotonin binding were blocked could we inhibit tolerance induction. These data identify a novel function for PAF and serotonin in modulating immune function, the activation of immunoregulatory B cells.
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- Yumi Matsumura
- Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77225
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- Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and
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- Department of Immunology and Center for Cancer Immunology Research, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030; and
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77225
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Stephen E. Ullrich, Department of Immunology-902, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail address:
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Norval M. The mechanisms and consequences of ultraviolet-induced immunosuppression. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 92:108-18. [PMID: 16564073 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can result in immune suppression to antigens encountered within a few days of the irradiation. The process leading to the down-regulation in immune responses is complex. It is initiated by several photoreceptors located in the skin surface, namely DNA, trans-urocanic acid and membrane components. The absorption of UVR by these chromophores then leads to the release of a wide range of mediators that can affect antigen presenting cells locally or systemically. The final steps include the generation of antigen-specific T cells capable of regulating immunity. The consequences of the UV-induced changes in the skin immune system for the control of skin cancers, infectious diseases including vaccination, and autoimmune diseases are considered. Finally, the effects of active vitamin D, synthesised in the epidermis following UVR, are discussed in the context of the skin immune response.
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- Mary Norval
- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.
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Exposure to UV radiation is recognized to suppress cell-mediated immunity and therefore could adversely affect the course of a viral infection. Rodent models of viral infection confirm this possibility but the situation in human subjects is not so clear, apart from two exceptions. These are herpes simplex, in which sunlight exposure can cause reactivation, and certain papillomavirus types in which sunlight exposure can lead to the development of nonmelanoma skin cancer. In both cases, there are UV response elements in the viral genomes that alter the normal interactions between the viruses and the host following exposure, and UV-induced effects on the immune response occur in addition. These complex mechanisms are discussed, and the situation regarding UV radiation and viral exanthems plus other viruses, including the retroviruses, summarized. Finally viral vaccination is considered in the context of UV exposure and the importance of the host's genetic background emphasized. Further research is required to evaluate whether sunlight can significantly affect the resistance to common viral infections and vaccines.
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- Mary Norval
- Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Kim TH, Moodycliffe AM, Yarosh DB, Norval M, Kripke ML, Ullrich SE. Viability of the Antigen Determines Whether DNA or Urocanic Acid Act as Initiator Molecules for UV-induced Suppression of Delayed-type Hypersensitivity¶. Photochem Photobiol 2003; 78:228-34. [PMID: 14556308 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2003)078<0228:votadw>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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UV radiation suppresses the immune response, and UV-induced immune suppression contributes to UV-induced photocarcinogenesis. For UV-induced immune suppression to occur, electromagnetic energy (i.e. UV radiation) must be converted to a biological signal. Two photoreceptors have been identified in the skin that serves this purpose, epidermal DNA and trans-urocanic acid (UCA). Although compelling evidence exists to support a role for each pathway (UV-induced DNA damage or photoisomerization of UCA) in UV-induced immune suppression, it is not clear what determines which photoreceptor pathway is activated. To address this question, we injected UV-irradiated mice with a monoclonal antibody with specificity for cis-UCA or applied liposomes containing DNA repair enzymes to the skin of UV-irradiated mice. The effect that each had on UV-induced suppression of delayed-type hypersensitivity was measured. We asked whether the light source used (FS-40 sunlamps vs solar-simulated UV radiation) altered whichever pathway of immune suppression was activated. Different doses of UV radiation and the viability of the antigen were also considered. Neither the dose of UV nor the light source had any influence on determining which pathway was activated. Rather, we found that the viability of the antigen was the critical determinant. When live antigens were used, UV-induced immune suppression was blocked with monoclonal anti-cis-UCA but not with T4 endonuclease V-containing liposomes. The reverse was observed when formalin-fixed or killed antigens were used. Our findings indicate that antigen viability dictates which photoreceptor pathway predominates after UV exposure.
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- Tae-Hueng Kim
- Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Kyungnam, Korea
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de Gruijl FR, Longstreth J, Norval M, Cullen AP, Slaper H, Kripke ML, Takizawa Y, van der Leun JC. Health effects from stratospheric ozone depletion and interactions with climate change. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2003; 2:16-28. [PMID: 12659536 DOI: 10.1039/b211156j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The potential health effects of elevated levels of ambient UV-B radiation are diverse, and it is difficult to quantify the risks, especially as they are likely to be considerably modified by human behaviour. Nevertheless epidemiological and experimental studies have confirmed that UV radiation is a definite risk factor for certain types of cataract, with peak efficacy in the UV-B waveband. The causal link between squamous cell carcinoma and cumulative solar UV exposure has been well established. New findings regarding the genetic basis of skin cancer, including studies on genetically modified mice, have confirmed the epidemiological evidence that UV radiation contributes to the formation of basal cell carcinomas and cutaneous melanomas, For the latter, animal models have demonstrated that UV exposure at a very young age is more detrimental than exposure in adulthood. Although suppression of certain immune responses has been recognised following UV exposure, the impact of this suppression on the control of infectious and autoimmune diseases is largely unknown. However, studies on several microbial infections have indicated significant consequences in terms of symptoms or reactivation of disease. The possibility that the immune response to vaccination could be depressed by UV-B exposure is of considerable concern. Newly emerging possibilities regarding interactions between ozone depletion and global climate change further complicate the risk assessments for human health but might result in an increased incidence of cataracts and skin cancer, plus alterations in the patterns of certain categories of infectious and other diseases.
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- Frank R de Gruijl
- Leiden University Medical Centre, Sylvius Lab., Wassenaarseweg 72, NL-2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Vishvakarman D, Wong JC, Boreham BW. Annual occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation in central Queensland. HEALTH PHYSICS 2001; 81:536-544. [PMID: 11669207 DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200111000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine annual occupational exposure to UV radiation by measurement and derive ambient exposure fractions for an entire year that could be applied in the human exposure model. Using polysulphone the daily occupational erythema effective solar ultraviolet radiation exposure at selected body sites of Australia Post mail delivery personnel and physical education teachers were measured over an 18-mo period on a daily basis in the Rockhampton (lat. 23.5 degrees S) region. The daily exposures were summed to estimate an annual exposure for these occupations in this region. For the Australia Post mail delivery personnel, who had very little change to the posture or route during delivery, the annual mean estimates of exposure to erythema effective solar irradiance for the chest, hands, and back were in the range of 192+/-27 kJ m(-2), 388+/-45 kJ m(-2), and 283+/-32 kJ m(-2), respectively. Physical education teachers had varied duties on a day-to-day basis and many changes in their posture and outdoor locations where the exposure occurred. Their annual mean exposure on the vertex (hat), chest, shoulder, thigh, and back were in the range 340+/-71 kJ m(-2), 140+/-28 kJ m(-2), 180+/-40 kJ m(-2), 129+/-24 kJ m(-2), and 212+/-42 kJ m(-2), respectively. The annual exposure range for erythema effective solar irradiance at different body sites during the experimental period was between 120 and 440 kJ m(-2) for the two occupational groups. These exposures greatly exceed the National Health and Medical Research Council occupational standard limit of 30 J m(-2) for daily exposure, which indicates the need for additional protective measures. The ambient exposure was also measured and used to compute ambient exposure fractions for the different body sites over an entire year, which are useful for model calculations on human exposure and assess increase in risk of n on melanoma skin cancer.
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- D Vishvakarman
- James Goldston Faculty of Engineering and Physical Systems, Central Queensland University. Rockhampton, Australia
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Norval M. Effects of solar radiation on the human immune system. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2001; 63:28-40. [PMID: 11684449 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(01)00200-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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On UV irradiation of the skin, a complex cascade of immunological changes results, initiated by cutaneous chromophores and ending in suppression of some local and systemic immune responses. In this review, the stages in this process are outlined first, concentrating on the roles of DNA and urocanic acid as photoreceptors. Evidence indicating UV-induced immunomodulation of delayed hypersensitivity and resistance to infectious diseases in human subjects follows. Aspects of genetic susceptibility to the immunosuppressive effects of UV exposure and extrapolation of the data obtained in animal models to the human situation are included. Finally uncertain and unknown factors relating to the impact of UV on the human immune system are discussed.
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- M Norval
- Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.
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Effects of solar radiation on the human immune system. COMPREHENSIVE SERIES IN PHOTOSCIENCES 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1568-461x(01)80040-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Brodie SJ, Wilson WC, O'Hearn PM, Muthui D, Diem K, Pearson LD. The effects of pharmacological and lentivirus-induced immune suppression on orbivirus pathogenesis: assessment of virus burden in blood monocytes and tissues by reverse transcription-in situ PCR. J Virol 1998; 72:5599-609. [PMID: 9621018 PMCID: PMC110219 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.7.5599-5609.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We investigated the effects of pharmacological and lentivirus-induced immunosuppression on bluetongue virus (BTV) pathogenesis as a mechanism for virus persistence and induction of clinical disease. Immunologically normal and immunosuppressed sheep were infected subcutaneously with BTV serotype 3 (BTV-3), a foreign isolate with unknown pathogenicity in North American livestock, and with North American serotype 11 (BTV-11). Erythrocyte-associated BTV RNA was detected earlier and at greater concentrations in sheep treated with immunosuppressive drugs. Similarly, viral RNA and infectious virus were detected in blood monocytes earlier and at higher frequency in immunosuppressed animals: as many as 1 in 970 monocytes revealed BTV RNA at peak viremia, compared to <1 in 10(5) monocytes from immunocompetent sheep. Animals infected with BTV-3 had a higher virus burden in monocytes and lesions of greater severity than those infected with BTV-11. BTV RNA was detected by in situ hybridization in vascular endothelial cells and cells of monocyte lineage, but only in tissues from immunocompromised animals, and was most abundant in animals infected with BTV-3. In contrast, reverse transcription-in situ PCR showed BTV RNA from both viral serotypes in high numbers of tissue leukocytes and vascular endothelial cells from both immunosuppressed and, to a lesser extent, immunocompetent animals. Collectively, these findings show that BTV infection is widely distributed during acute infection but replication is highly restricted in animals with normal immunity. These findings also suggest that in addition to virulence factors that define viral serotypes, immunosuppression could play a role in the natural history of orbivirus infection, allowing for higher virus burden, increased virus persistence, and greater potential for acquisition of virus by the arthropod vector.
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- S J Brodie
- Virology Division/Retrovirology Laboratory, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98144, USA.
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Although sunscreens are widely available and in common use, surveys show that an average of only half of the people on a beach on a given day wear sunscreens. Many people go to the beach to get or maintain a suntan, but many people also leave their skin unprotected. This article discusses the proper use of sunscreens, common misunderstandings, and how unprotected long-term exposure to the sun can effect your skin.
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- D I McLean
- Division of Dermatology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Garssen J, Norval M, el-Ghorr A, Gibbs NK, Jones CD, Cerimele D, De Simone C, Caffieri S, Dall'Acqua F, De Gruijl FR, Sontag Y, Van Loveren H. Estimation of the effect of increasing UVB exposure on the human immune system and related resistance to infectious diseases and tumours. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 1998; 42:167-79. [PMID: 9595706 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(97)00122-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Exposure to UV light has, besides some beneficial effects (vitamin D production), many harmful effects on human health. UVB irradiation has been shown to suppress both systemic and local immune responses to a variety of antigens, including some microorganisms. However, it is still not known whether such immunomodulating effects may lead to an increase in the number and severity of certain tumours and/or infections in humans. We report herein the data provided by a project that was funded by the European Union (Programme Environment), and that was aimed at the estimation of the risk associated with increased UVB exposure due to ozone depletion regarding the deleterious effects on the immune system and related resistance to tumours and infections in humans. The data, obtained by the different research groups involved, were assembled and used to calculate for the first time a risk assessment for increased environmental exposure to UVB in human subjects.
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- J Garssen
- National Institute of Public Health, Department of Pathology and Immunobiology, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- J H Cove
- Department of Microbiology, University of Leeds, England
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Houpt KR, Beer JZ, Horn TD, Moy JA, Zmudzka BZ, Cruz PD. Ultraviolet therapy of HIV-infected individuals: a panel discussion. SEMINARS IN CUTANEOUS MEDICINE AND SURGERY 1997; 16:241-5. [PMID: 9300636 DOI: 10.1016/s1085-5629(97)80048-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) frequently develop skin diseases that are responsive to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Studies on the effects of UV on HIV and on the immune system in vitro and in transgenic animals have raised questions regarding the safety of UV exposure in these patients. In this article, invited experts address issues concerning the safety of ultraviolet therapy in HIV-infected patients by discussing their clinical and/or research experience.
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- K R Houpt
- Department of Dermatology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9069, USA
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