Solar radiation induces acute and chronic reactions in human and animal skin. Chronic
repeated exposures are the primary cause of benign and malignant skin tumors, including …

Cell cycle progression is regulated by a wide variety of external factors, amongst them are
growth factors and extracellular matrix factors. During the last decades evidence has been …

Effects of sunlight have fascinated researchers for decades because nearly every living
thing on earth is likely to be exposed to sunlight and the ultraviolet (UV) fraction of it. In …

Melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers are among the most prevalent cancers in the
human population. Solar ultraviolet radiation is considered a major etiological factor but the …

Rosacea is a common and chronic inflammatory skin disease that affects over 10 million
Americans. Although the phenotypes of rosacea are clinically heterogeneous, they are all …

Exposure to solar radiation, particularly its ultraviolet (UV) B component, has a variety of
harmful effects on human health. Some of these effects include sunburn cell formation, basal …

The sun emits different types of ultraviolet (UV) light. Our skin is a natural target of UV
radiation which is involved in vitamin D 3 production in our body. UV radiation at high doses …

Human skin is exposed to infrared (IR) radiation (760 nm–1 mm) from natural as well as
artificial sources that are increasingly used for cosmetic or medical purposes …

Cisplatin is an important chemotherapeutic agent but can cause acute renal injury. Part of
this acute renal injury is mediated through tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α). The pathway …

Keratinocyte (KC) apoptosis plays a critical role in regulating epidermal development and
restraining carcinogenesis. Apoptosis balances proliferation to maintain epidermal …