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Photosensitivity in Rheumatic Diseases

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1 Photosensitivity in Rheumatic Diseases
Victoria P. Werth, Muhammad Bashir, Wei Zhang  Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings  Volume 9, Issue 1, Pages (January 2004) DOI: /j x Copyright © 2004 The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Model for pathogenesis of photosensitive autoimmune disease. Apoptotic cells are normally cleared by noninflammatory pathways that involve macrophages. In the presence of a number of genetic polymorphisms that lead to overexpression or underexpression of proteins involved in promoting apoptosis or impairing clearance of apoptotic cells, marked with *, various immune effector pathways that increase apoptotic death are triggered, as outlined in the box. Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings 2004 9, 57-63DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2004 The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Skin biopsy showing TUNEL + apoptotic keratinocytes in (a) UVA-irradiated skin 48 hours after irradiation (20 J/cm2), but not in (b) sham-irradiated normal skin. Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings 2004 9, 57-63DOI: ( /j x) Copyright © 2004 The Society for Investigative Dermatology, Inc Terms and Conditions


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