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| ULTRAVIOLET-IRRADIATION INDUCES ACUTE CHANGES IN MELANOCYTIC NEVI |
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| Author(s): TRONNIER M, SMOLLE J, WOLFF HH |
| Source: JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY Volume: 104 Issue: 4 Pages: 475-478 Published: APR 1995 |
| Times Cited: 49 References: 18 |
| Abstract: Ultraviolet (UV) light represents one of the factors that might play a role in the initiation and promotion of malignant transformation of human melanocytes. To determine the short-term effects of UV irradiation on melanocytic nevi in vivo, we investigated one half of symmetric melanocytic nevi after a single UV exposure with double the patient's minimal erythema dose. This half was compared with the nonirradiated, shielded half of the same nevus. The different parts were examined histologically for differences and immunohistochemically for the presence of HMB-45 antigen and proliferating cell nuclear antigen. The features were assessed quantitatively by image analysis. One week after the single UV irradiation, we observed a significant increase of suprabasally located melanocytes and a markedly enhanced expression of HMB-45, whereas proliferative activity of the cells was unchanged. In nevi that were excised 2 or 3 weeks after irradiation, no significant differences were observed between the irradiated and the nonirradiated part. The results indicate that a single UV irradiation may induce transient melanocytic activation with morphologic and histologic changes. Although these data do not formally assess resemblance to melanoma, these changes may be similar to those of melanoma in situ. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
| Reprint Address: TRONNIER, M (reprint author), UNIV LUBECK, DEPT DERMATOL, RATZEBURGER ALLEE 160, D-23538 LUBECK, GERMANY |
Addresses:
1. GRAZ UNIV, DEPT DERMATOL, GRAZ, AUSTRIA |
| Publisher: BLACKWELL SCIENCE PUBL INC CAMBRIDGE, 238 MAIN ST, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02142 |
| Subject Category: Dermatology |
| IDS Number: QR532 |
| ISSN: 0022-202X |
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