Effect of psoralen + ultraviolet-A on the chemotactic activity of polymorphonuclear neutrophils towards anaphylatoxin C5a des Arg.

abstract：:Photosensitizers (PS) are compounds that can generate reactive oxygen species under irradiation of appropriate light and are widely used in photodynamic therapy (PDT). Currently, topical PDT is an effective treatment for several skin diseases, including bacterial infections, fungal mycoses and psoriasis. In addition, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： de França BM,Ghasemishahrestani Z,de Souza GFM,da Silva RN,Queiroz DD,Pierre MBR,Pereira MD,Forero JSB,Corrêa RJ

更新日期：2020-09-23 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：:Macroalgae distributed in intertidal zones experience a series of environmental changes, such as periodical desiccation associated with tidal cycles, increasing CO2 concentration and solar UVB (280-315 nm) irradiance in the context of climate change. We investigated how the economic red macroalga, Pyropia haitanensis,...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Xu J,Gao K

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular uptake of Photofrin II (PII) was studied using fluorescence imaging and chemical extraction. The influence of serum and low density lipoproteins (LDL) was examined under a variety of experimental conditions employing cultured human cells of different origins as well as a subcutaneously SMT-F tumor implant...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Korbelik M,Hung J,Lam S,Palcic B

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ongoing study in our laboratories is to examine the relationship of DNA repair defects to human cancer. Our underlying hypothesis has been that human tumors may arise that lack interesting DNA repair pathways if these pathways are important in preventing cancer. In this study, we found that the UV-irradiated adenov...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Day RS 3rd,Rasouli-Nia A,Meservy J,Lari SU,Dobler K,Tsunoda S,Miyakoshi J,Takebe H,Murray D

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major difficulty in photodynamic therapy is the poor solubility of the photosensitizer (PS) under physiological conditions which correlates with low bioavailability. PS aggregation leads to a decrease in the photodynamic efficiency and a more limited activity in vitro and in vivo. To improve the aqueous solubility a...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： García Vior MC,Marino J,Roguin LP,Sosnik A,Awruch J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation is potentially harmful, it is an important component of terrestrial radiation to which plants have been exposed since invading land. Since then, plants have evolved mechanisms to avoid and repair UV radiation damage; therefore, it is not surprising that photomorphogenic response...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Gitz DC,Liu-Gitz L

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Action spectroscopy has a long history and is of central importance to photobiological studies. Action spectra were among the first assays to point to chlorophyll as the molecule most responsible for plant growth and to DNA as the genetic material. It is useful to construct action spectra early in the investigation of...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Coohill TP

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polysulphone (PS) dosimetry has been a widely used technique for more than 30 years to quantify the erythemally effective UV dose received by anatomic sites (personal exposure). The calibration of PS dosimeters is an important issue as their spectral response is different from the erythemal action spectrum. It is perf...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Casale GR,Siani AM,Diémoz H,Kimlin MG,Colosimo A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detergent solubilized bacteriorhodopsin (BR) proteins which contain alterations made by site-directed mutagenesis (Asp-96----Asn, D96N; Asp-85----Asn, D85N; and Arg-82----Gln, R82Q) have been studied with resonance Raman spectroscopy. Raman spectra of the light-adapted (BRLA) and M species in D96N are identical to tho...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lin SW,Fodor SP,Miercke LJ,Shand RF,Betlach MC,Stroud RM,Mathies RA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dark-grown leaves of maize (Zea mays), wheat (Triticum aestivum), wild-type pea (Pisum sativum) and its light-independent photomorphogenesis mutant (lip1) have different proportions of protochlorophyllide (Pchlide) forms as revealed by low-temperature fluorescence emission spectra. Four discrete spectral forms of Pchl...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Myśliwa-Kurdziel B,Amirjani MR,Strzałka K,Sundqvist C

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Singlet oxygen ((1)O(2)) is the most important cytotoxic agent in photodynamic therapy (PDT). The feasibility of using a chemiluminescence (CL) probe, 3,7-dihydro-6-[4-(2-(N'-(5-fluoresceinyl)thioureido)ethoxy)phenyl]-2-methylimidazo{1,2-a}pyrazin-3-one sodium salt (fluoresceinyl Cypridina luciferin analog, FCLA), to ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Qin Y,Xing D,Luo S,Zhou J,Zhong X,Chen Q

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide excision repair and the ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoint are two critical cellular responses to the genotoxic stress induced by ultraviolet (UV) light and are important for cancer prevention. In vivo genetic data indicate that these global responses are coupled. Aziz Sancar et al. developed an in vitro co...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Lindsey-Boltz LA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of the cation-π interaction on the susceptibility of a tryptophan model system toward interaction with singlet oxygen, that is, type II photooxidation. The model system consists of two indole units linked to a lariat crown ether to measure the total rate of removal of singlet oxygen by the i...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Arevalo GE,Cagan DA,Monsour CG,Garcia AC,McCurdy A,Selke M

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are the major endogenous regulators of metalloproteinase activity in tissues. TIMPs are able to inhibit activity of all known matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and thus participate in controlling extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation. We showed previously elevate...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Ardan T,Němcová L,Bohuslavová B,Klezlová A,Popelka Š,Studenovská H,Hrnčiarová E,Čejková J,Motlík J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermodynamic parameters for the formation of the free radicals upon electron transfer quenching of the flavin triplet state (3FMN) by tryptophan and tyrosine, Delta(FR)H and Delta(FR)V, were obtained in aqueous solution by the application of laser-induced optoacoustic spectroscopy at various temperatures. The Del...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Crovetto L,Martínez-Junza V,Braslavsky SE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of some bromine-substituted rhodamine derivatives viz., 4,5-dibromorhodamine methyl ester (dye 2) and 4,5-dibromorhodamine n-butyl ester (dye 3) are reported. These dyes were synthesized to promote a more efficient cancer cell photosensitizer for potential use in in vitro bone marrow purging in preparati...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Pal P,Zeng H,Durocher G,Girard D,Li T,Gupta AK,Giasson R,Blanchard L,Gaboury L,Balassy A,Turmel C,Laperrière A,Villeneuve L

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：: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：:Photo-Fries rearrangements of 4-dodecylphenyl phenylacetate have been investigated in polyethylene films with 0-71% crystallinity and in hexane over a range of temperatures. The results are compared to those reported previously from phenyl phenylacetate and 1-naphthyl tetradecanoate to assess the influence of a long a...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Luo C,Passin P,Weiss RG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosensitizer-functionalized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoparticles are promising materials for photodynamic therapy in cancer management. In this study, rGO is synthesized by a green route employing glucose as the reducing agent and functionalized with photosensitizer, protoporphyrin IX (PPIX) in a convenient, ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Shuvra Smita S,Das A,Barui A

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes were prepared from mixtures of dipalmitoyl-L-alpha-phosphatidylcholine and up to 40% mol:mol of N-stearoyl-L-histidine (NSH) in the presence of the hydrophobic sensitizer DHE. In the dark such liposomes are stable and retain entrapped salts. On photolysis with visible light, liposomes leak trapped ions at NS...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Chowdhary RK,Green CA,Morgan CG

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On direct photoexcitation, subpicosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy revealed that the 1B(u)-type singlet excited state of all-trans-lycopene in chloroform was about seven times more efficient than all-trans-beta-carotene in generating the radical cation. The time constant of radical cation generation from t...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Han RM,Wu YS,Feng J,Ai XC,Zhang JP,Skibsted LH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fabrea salina is a marine ciliate that shows photomotile responses such as positive phototaxis and a step-down photophobic reaction. We found that preilluminated F. salina cells show a phototactic response significantly greater than that of dark-adapted cells when exposed to the same phototactic light stimulus. In par...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Marangoni R,Colombetti G

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consecutive spectral analyses of ultraweak photon emission from sweet potato showing a defense response were conducted to observe the process of physiological transition. The spectrum showed a drastic transition from 2 to 10 h after inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum, during which the emission intensity increased slo...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Iyozumi H,Kato K,Makino T

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological consequences of exposure to UVA (320-400 nm) radiation are unclear. This study describes the relationship between the generation of epidermal cis-urocanic acid and the ability to respond to a contact-sensitizing agent, in hairless mice exposed to different UV radiation sources, which incorporate succ...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Reeve VE,Boehm-Wilcox C,Bosnic M,Cope R,Ley RD

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alignment of the primary structures of the hydrozoan photoproteins, aequorin, mitrocomin, clytin and obelin showed very strong amino acid sequence identities. The Ca(2+)-binding sites of the proteins were found to be highly conserved. The Ca(2+)-binding sites were also homologous to the Ca(2+)-binding sites of other C...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Tsuji FI,Ohmiya Y,Fagan TF,Toh H,Inouye S

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the maturation of red wines, the anthocyanins of grapes are transformed into pyranoanthocyanins, which possess a pyranoflavylium cation as their basic chromophore. Photophysical properties of the singlet and triplet excited states of a series of synthetic pyranoflavylium cations were determined at room temperat...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Silva GTM,Thomas SS,Silva CP,Schlothauer JC,Baptista MS,Freitas AA,Bohne C,Quina FH

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New thio- and seleno-analogs of psoralen were synthesized and analyzed for their photoreactivity toward DNA. Using oligonucleotides of defined sequence, we first showed that these derivatives predominantly generated interstrand crosslinks at 5'-TpA sites. We also observed a surprisingly high reactivity of 7H-thiopyran...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Collet M,Sage E,Piette J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect on the intraocular pressure (IOP) and the ciliary body (CB) morphology after four consecutive contact transcleral photodynamic treatments of the ciliary body (CB-PDT) with verteporfin in pigmented rabbits. Twenty-two pigmented rabbits underwent CB-PDT (study group), performed once (six rabbits) o...

journal_title：Photochemistry and photobiology

authors： Charisis SK,Naoumidi II,Ginis HS,Detorakis ET,Tsilimbaris MK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00