Early alterations of actin in cultured human keratinocytes and fibroblasts exposed to long-wavelength radiations. Possible involvement in the UVA-induced perturbations of endocytotic processes.

abstract：:We present the detailed characterization on the reconstitution of two cyclic tetrapyrrole pigments that have the same substituents but differ in the degree of hydrogenation in the macrocycles from bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a (7,8,17,18-tetrahydroporphyrin) into the binding sites of B800 BChl a in light-harvesting com...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Saga Y,Miyagi K

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because metallothionein (MT) is elevated and may be protective in UV-irradiated skin, we have studied the effects of UV and other agents on MT transcription using the sheep MT 1A promoter, linked to the beta-galactosidase gene and stably transfected into human cell lines. beta-galactosidase reporter activity was induc...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hansen C,Ablett E,Green A,Sturm RA,Dunn IS,Fairlie DP,West ML,Parsons PG

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contribution of luciferin-regenerating enzyme (LRE) for in vitro recycling of D-luciferin has been reported. According to crystal structure of LRE, it is a beta-propeller protein which is a type of all β-protein architecture. In this overview, reinvestigation of the luciferase-based LRE assays and its function is repo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hosseinkhani S,Emamgholi Zadeh E,Sahebazzamani F,Ataei F,Hemmati R

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The total ozone column (TOC) is the most significant quantity for estimating the erythemally effective UV radiation under clear sky conditions. Uncertainties in TOC measurements and a limited spatial and temporal resolution therefore influence the quality of calculated erythemally effective radiation. The UV Index, th...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Schmalwieser AW,Erbertseder T,Schauberger G,Weihs P

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Channelrhodopsins act as photoreceptors for control of motility behavior in flagellates and are widely used as genetically targeted tools to optically manipulate the membrane potential of specific cell populations ("optogenetics"). The first two channelrhodopsins were obtained from the model organism Chlamydomonas rei...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hou SY,Govorunova EG,Ntefidou M,Lane CE,Spudich EN,Sineshchekov OA,Spudich JL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin D production in human skin occurs only when incident UV radiation exceeds a certain threshold. From simulations of UV irradiances worldwide and throughout the year, we have studied the dependency of the extent and duration of cutaneous vitamin D production in terms of latitude, time, total ozone, clouds, aeros...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Engelsen O,Brustad M,Aksnes L,Lund E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light signals trigger precise changes in gene expression networks that activate distinctive developmental programs in plants. The transcriptome is shaped at different stages, both by the regulation of gene expression and also by posttranscriptional mechanisms that alter the sequence or abundance of the transcripts gen...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Hernando CE,Garcia C,Mateos JL

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The energetic characteristics of selected reaction steps in the bacterial luciferase-catalyzed luminescence reaction were examined by computation using the MNDO-PM3 method. Specifically, a three-step model was proposed to account for the reaction between oxygen and reduced riboflavin 5'-phosphate (1,5H2-FMN) to genera...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Wada N,Sugimoto T,Watanabe H,Tu SC

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we propose a new physical method in combination with mixed solution of thiazone and polyethylene glycol 400 (thiazone PEG 400 solution) penetration into tissue to assess the skin optical clearing. Four treatments were performed: (1) control group (C); (2) polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG400); (3) 0.25% thia...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhong H,Guo Z,Wei H,Guo L,Wang C,He Y,Xiong H,Liu S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eumelanin (brown/black melanin) and pheomelanin (red/yellow melanin) in human hair can be quantified using chemical methods or approximated using spectrophotometric methods. Chemical methods consume greater resources, making them less attractive for epidemiological studies. This investigation sought to identify the sp...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shekar SN,Duffy DL,Frudakis T,Montgomery GW,James MR,Sturm RA,Martin NG

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phototoxic anti-hyperlipoproteinemic drug fenofibrate was found to be photolabile under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Irradiation under argon of a methanol solution of this drug produced the photoproducts isopropyl 4-(1-[4-chlorophenyl]-1,2-dihydroxy)ethylphenoxyisobutyrate, 1,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,2bis (4-[...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Vargas F,Canudas N,Miranda MA,Boscá F

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In current clinical practice, photodynamic therapy (PDT) is carried out with prescribed drug doses and light doses as well as fixed drug-light intervals and illumination fluence rates. This approach can result in undesirable treatment outcomes of either overtreatment or undertreatment because of biological variations ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zeng H,Korbelik M,McLean DI,MacAulay C,Lui H

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of normal brain to photodynamic therapy (PDT) was investigated in 62 Fisher rats. The animals were injected i.p. with Photofrin II (12.5 mg/kg). Forty-eight hours following injection, an area of dura 5 mm in diameter over the frontal cortex was photoactivated with red light (632 +/- 2 nm) at 100 mW cm-2, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Dereski MO,Chopp M,Garcia JH,Hetzel FW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic treatment of promyelocytic K562 cells in the presence of a monoglucosylporphyrin or hematoporphyrin leads to a sequence of events recognized as hallmarks of apoptosis: a drop in mitochondrial potential, concurrent with a drop in ATP level and a decrease in cell respiration, translocation of phosphatidylse...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Carré V,Jayat C,Granet R,Krausz P,Guilloton M

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodamage to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can initiate a death pathway termed paraptosis. The "canonical" model of paraptosis, initiated by certain drugs and other stimuli, requires a brief interval of protein synthesis, involves the action of MAP kinases and can be followed by biochemical markers. The latter incl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Kessel D

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latia neritoides is a small limpet-like snail that produces a bright green bioluminescence (BL) via a unique light-emitting system. The process, mechanism, and even light emitter of its light emission remain unknown, although this BL has been known for decades. Unlike the other BL systems, neither the luciferin (Luc) ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Yu M,Ohmiya Y,Naumov P,Liu YJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In studies of the biological effects of UV radiation, ozone depletion can be mimicked by performing the study under ambient conditions and adding radiation with UV-B lamps. We evaluated this methodology at three different locations along a latitudinal gradient: Rimouski (Canada), Ubatuba (Brazil) and Ushuaia (Argentin...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Díaz S,Camilión C,Escobar J,Deferrari G,Roy S,Lacoste K,Demers S,Belzile C,Ferreyra G,Gianesella S,Gosselin M,Nozais C,Pelletier E,Schloss I,Vernet M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel Cs0.33 WO3 /LDHs (CWLDH) composite was synthesized by simple two steps solvothermal method and first investigated as the photocatalyst for tetracycline (TC) and Congo red (CR) degradation under visible light irradiation. The CWLDH heterostructures catalysts were characterized by XRD, UV-Vis, SEM, XPS and BET. ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Zhang D,Ji T,Yu J,Jiang X,Jiao F

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) is hazardous to patients with photosensitive skin disorders, such as lupus erythematosus, xeroderma pigmentosum and skin cancer. As such, these patients are advised to minimize their exposure to UVR. Classically, this is accomplished through careful avoidance of sun exposure and artificial ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Klein RS,Werth VP,Dowdy JC,Sayre RM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper focuses on the estimation of the UV Index (UVI) for all sky conditions using a simple analytical parameterization involving three independent variables: the solar zenith angle, the total ozone column and the clearness index. Measurements of the UVI made at Badajoz and Cáceres (Southwestern Spain) from Janua...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Antón M,Serrano A,Cancillo ML,García JA,Madronich S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After 50 years of studies on photobiomodulation (PBM), there is still so much to investigate to understand the laser light-nonplant cells interactions. The current scientific knowledge allows to say that the phenomena induced by PBM are based on cellular pathways that are the key points of cell life. The mitochondria ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Amaroli A,Ferrando S,Benedicenti S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract- Time-resolved transmittance was used to extract in vivo optical properties of leaves of green plants experimentally. In time-resolved transmittance measurements an ultrashort light pulse is directed onto the surface of the object and the transmitted light is measured with a time resolution in the range of pi...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Johansson J,Berg R,Pifferi A,Svanberg S,Björn LO

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ciliate Stentor coeruleus exhibits photodispersal, that is, these cells swim away from light sources and collect in dimly lighted areas. We imaged and reconstructed the tracks of 48 Stentor to determine which swimming behaviors produced their photodispersal. We observed that their photodispersal is not due to a ch...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Menzies E,Das N,Wood DC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photodynamic therapy (PDT), carried out at low fluence rates, may enhance tumor response as well as affect treatment selectivity. We have studied the effects of fluence rate on the response of the murine radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF) to PDT using Photofrin (5 mg/kg). Tumor response was tested over a large range...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Sitnik TM,Henderson BW

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A targeting strategy based on the selective enzyme-mediated activation of polymeric photosensitizer prodrugs (PPP) within pathological tissue has led to the development of agents with the dual ability to detect and treat cancer. Herein, a detailed study of a simple model system for these prodrugs is described. We prep...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Campo MA,Gabriel D,Kucera P,Gurny R,Lange N

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low-level light therapy has been used in health care as a therapeutic strategy for different diseases. However, its effects on cancer are controversial. This work evaluated the effects of three energies on breast cancer-bearing mice after a single red light-emitting diode (LED) irradiation. 4T1 cells were inoculated i...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pereira ST,Silva CR,Nuñez SC,Ribeiro MS

更新日期：2020-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyzes the influence of infrared radiation (IR) on regeneration, after autotomy of limb buds of Neohelice granulata and consequently the time molt. Eyestalks were ablated to synchronize the start of molt. Afterward, animals were autotomized of five pereopods and divided into control and irradiated groups....

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gonzalez VC,Lena AB,Espindola WA,de Souza Votto AP,Jorge MB,de Moraes Vaz Batista Filgueira D,Bianchini A,Sérgio Varela Júnior A,Nery LE,Trindade GS

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histological methods were used to evaluate photodynamic therapy (PDT)-induced hemorrhagic necrosis in the murine M1 tumor within 72 h of treatment of male DBA/2 mice. The effects of three photosensitizing drugs were investigated: Photofrin (n = 4), Zn (II) phthalocyanine (n ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Winsborrow BG,Grondey H,Savoie H,Fyfe CA,Dolphin D

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoinduced covalent binding of the title compound to native and heat denatured DNA is described. The level of binding has been measured by UV (for DNA) and atomic absorption (for Rh) analysis. Quantum efficiencies of 6.4 x 10(-4) mol Rh per mol photons and 1.6 x 10(-3) mol Rh per mol photons have been determined...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Mahnken RE,Bina M,Deibel RM,Luebke K,Morrison H

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stratospheric ozone depletion has caused an increase in the amount of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation reaching the earth's surface. Numerous investigations have demonstrated that the effect of UV-B enhancements on plants includes reduction in grain yield, alteration in species competition, susceptibility to disease and...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gao W,Zheng Y,Slusser JR,Heisler GM,Grant RH,Xu J,He D

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00