2004
Melanin acts as a potent UVB photosensitizer to cause an atypical mode of cell death in murine skin
Takeuchi S, Zhang W, Wakamatsu K, Ito S, Hearing VJ, Kraemer KH, Brash DE. Melanin acts as a potent UVB photosensitizer to cause an atypical mode of cell death in murine skin. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2004, 101: 15076-15081. PMID: 15477596, PMCID: PMC524044, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0403994101.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYellow miceTerminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nickTUNEL-positive cellsActive caspase-3Sunburn cellsPositive cellsBlack miceSkin cancerCongenic miceMurine skinDUTP nickDNA strand breaksMiceEpidermal sheetsHair folliclesAbility of melaninCaspase-3Sensitivity of individualsApoptosisLesionsUVA radiationRed hairCell deathHair shaftSunlight UV radiation
2003
Antigen-specific immunity does not mediate acute regression of UVB-induced p53-mutant clones
Remenyik É, Wikonkál NM, Zhang W, Paliwal V, Brash DE. Antigen-specific immunity does not mediate acute regression of UVB-induced p53-mutant clones. Oncogene 2003, 22: 6369-6376. PMID: 14508517, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206657.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntigen-specific immunityP53-mutant clonesUltraviolet BAcute regressionNatural killer T cellsKiller T cellsRag1 knockout miceChronic UVB irradiationMurine skin tumorsInduction of carcinomasSignificant differencesUVB carcinogenesisT cellsSkin tumorsKnockout micePersistence of clonesEpidermal thicknessMurine epidermisUVB irradiationEpidermal sheetsImmunityChronic irradiationGene 1MiceRegression