Title | Biologic Effects of Light 2001 [electronic resource] : Proceedings of a Symposium Boston, Massachusetts June 16-18, 2001 / edited by Michael F. Holick |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2002 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0937-0 |
Descript | XX, 500 p. online resource |
UV Measurement and Photobiological Evaluation -- Measurement of Photobiologically Weighted Irradiances and Exposures -- Detectors for UV Measurement โ State-of-the-Art and New Developments -- Measurement of Photobiological Exposure of Ocular Tissues -- UVR Measurement Error Sources: Spectral Response of Filtered Broadband Detectors -- Pulsed UVB Irradiation converts 7-Dehydrocholesterol to Previtamin D3 and Photoproducts -- Assessment of Design Configurations for the Therapeutic Use of Daylight -- Visual Significance of Yellow Optical Filters -- Suntanning and Pigmentation -- The Role of DNA Damage in Melanogenesis: Potential Role for Telomeres -- How Much Photoprotection Does a Tan Afford? -- Production and Persistence of UV-Induced Tan -- Effectiveness of Tanning Procedures -- Effects of Topically Applied Glycolic Acid (GA) on the Sensitivity of Human Skin to UV-Induced Damage -- Quantitative Evaulation of Pigmentation Following Repeated UV Irradiation by Microflash Spectrophotometer -- Validation of a Sun-Exposure Questionnaire for Adolescent Girls -- Vitamin D and Bone Health -- Seasonal Changes in the IGF Regulatory System and the Relationship to Bone Loss in Elderly Women -- Vitamin D: Importance for Bone Health, Cellular Health and Cancer Prevention -- Impact of Vitamin D and Calcium on Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Older Adults -- Hypovitaminosis D Myopathy -- Effects of Dietary Vitamin D and UVB Irradiance on voluntary Exposure to Ultraviolet Light, Growth and Survival of the Panther Chameleon Furcifer pardalis -- Production of Previtamin D3 by a Mercury Arc Lamp and a Hybrid Incandescent/Mercury Arc Lamp -- Vitamin D Insufficiency is Common and Underdiagnosed in African American Female Patients -- Non-Calcemic Effects of Vitamin D -- The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation on Cardiocirculatory Regulation and on Cardiovascular Risk -- Vitamin D Autocrine System and Cancer -- The Epidermal Vitamin D System -- Vitamin D and the Big Three: Cancers of the Colon, Breast, and Prostate -- An Ecologic Study of the Role of solar UV-B Radiation in Reducing the risk of Cancer Using Cancer Mortality Data, Dietary Supply Data, and Latitute for European Countries -- A Reduced 25-Hydroxyvitamin D-1?-Hydroxylase Activity in Human Prostate Cancer Cells Can be Restored by Gene Transfer -- Vitamin D, Sunlight and Colon Cancer: The Implications for the Presence of the 1?-Hydroxylase in the Normal and Malignant Colon Cancer Tissue -- Photoimmunology -- Ultraviolet A Radiation-Induced Signal Transduction in Human Keratinocytes -- UVB and UVA-1 Effects on HIV Activation -- Clinical Relevance of UVA 1-Induced T-Cell Apoptosis -- In Vitro Function of Double-Dose Platelets Treated with the Pathogen Inactivation HelinxTM; Technology -- Photomedicine and Photobiologic Aspects in Skin -- Light in the Treatment of Skin Disease -- Development of Personal UVB Sensor: Detection of Previtamin D Photosynthesis -- Light Emitting Diodes for Phototherapy for the Control of Jaundice -- Differential Effects of Ultraviolet A and Ultraviolet B Radiation on Risk of Melanoma: Epidemiological Evidence -- Combination Therapy of Melanoma Cells with Photoradiation and Sonolysis -- DNA Damage Caused by Photoexcited Ketoprofen Measured by the Comet Assay -- Photosensitization of Hepatitis A Virus and Other Non-Enveloped RNA Viruses by Meso-Substituted Porphyrins in Water and Human Plasma -- Real-Time Quantitative Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Analysis of the Vitamin D Pathway in UV Irradiated Keratinocytes -- Biologic Clocks -- Light and the Regulation of Mammalian Circadian Clock Genes -- Entrainment of the Drosophila Circadian Clock by Light -- Molecular Regulation of the Xenopus Circadian Clock -- The Role of Melanopsin and Other Opsins in Circadian Clock Resetting -- Circadian Rhythms -- Action Spectrum for Melatonin Suppression: Evidence for a Novel Circadian Photoreceptor in the Human Eye -- Entrainment of the Non-24-Hour Circadian Period of the Human Biological Clock to the 24-Hour Day