Ultraviolet light in human health, diseases and environment
This book is about the roles and importance of Ultraviolet (UV) light from sun and from man-made UV lamps in our daily life, on health and diseases, also its application in sterilization and treatment. The key words are: reactive oxygen species, DNA damage, UV mutagenicity, skin cancers, polymorphou...
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| Other Authors | |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Cham, Switzerland :
Springer,
[2017]
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| Series | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
v. 996. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9783319560175 9783319560168 |
| ISSN | 2214-8019 ; |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xxiv, 365 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Introduction, historical aspects and sources of UV light. History of UV lamps, types, and their applications / Shamim I. Ahmad, Luisa Christensen, and Elma Baron
- Part 2. UV photoproducts, damage to DNA and mutagenesis. Ultraviolet light induced generation fo reactive oxygen species / T.L. de Jager, A.E. Cockrell, and S.S. Du Plessis
- Part 3. UV light and human diseases. UV-induced molecular signaling differences in melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer / Feng Liu-Smith, Jinjing Jia, and Yan Zheng
- Xeroderma Pigmentosa Group A (XPA), nucleotide excision repair and regulation by ATR in response to ultraviolet irradiation / Phillip R. Musich, Zhengke Li, and Yue Zhou
- Impact of ultraviolet light on vitiligo / Rasnik K. Singh
- Polymorphous light eruption / Marcella Guarrera
- Ultraviolet radiations: skin defense-damage mechanism / Dheeraj Mohania [and 8 others]
- Ultraviolet photobiology in dermatology / Luisa Christensen, Amanda Suggs, and Elma Baron
- Ultraviolet A-1 in dermatological diseases / Torello M. Lotti and Serena Gianfaldoni
- Photodermatoses in the pigmented skin / Vinod Kumar Sharma and Kanika Sahni
- Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology: a psychobiological concept / Katlein França and Torello M. Lotti
- Part 4. UV light benefits to man. Ultraviolet B radiation: the vitamin D connection / Michael F. Holick
- Role of vitamin D in rheumatoid arthritis / Mattia Bellan, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, and Mario Pirisi
- Asthma and allergy "epidemic" and the role of vitamin D deficiency / Konstantinos Douros, BarbarBoutopoulou, Sotirios Fouzas, and Ionna Loukou
- Vitamin D metabolism and the implications for atherosclerosis / Amanda L. Bennett and Carl J. Lavie
- Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus / Claire Michael Issa
- Impact of UV radiation on genome stability and human health / Sijit Roy
- Vitamin D, cardiovascular disease and risk factors / Tea Skaaby, Betina H. Thuesen, and Allan Linneberg
- Part 5. UV light in sterilization. Biofilms: microbial strategies for surviving UV exposure / Carla C.C.R. de Carvalho
- UV induced mutagenicity in water: causes, detection, identification and prevention / Roberta (C.H.M.) Hofman-Caris
- Role of ultraviolet disinfection in the prevention of surgical site infections / Sarah Simmons [and 4 others]
- UV disinfection of wastewater and combined sewer overflows / John Gibson, Jennifer Drake, and Bryan Karney
- Part 6. UV light in phototherapy. Phototherapy in atopic dermatitis / José María Ortiz-Salvador and Amparo Pérez-Ferriols
- Phototherapy of psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease / Emöke Rácz and Errol P. Prens
- Ultraviolet irradiation of blood: "the cure that time forgot"? / Michael R. Hamblin
- From UV protection to protection in the whole spectral range of the solar radiation: new apsects of sunscreen development / Leonhard Zastrow [and 4 others]
- Safety and efficacy of phototherapy in the management of eczema / Annalisa Patrizi, Beatrice Raone, and Giulia Maria Ravaioli
- Part 7. Tanning saloon. UV driven tanning salons: danger on Main Street / Jean-François Doré and Marie-Christine Chignol
- Part 8. UV dosimeters. Dose quantifications in UV phototherapy / David Robert Grimes
- Index.