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 Ahmad, Shamim I. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2017]
SeriesAdvances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 996.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319560175
9783319560168
ISSN2214-8019 ;
Physical Description1 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.