Immunotherapy
Investigators at University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science have published new data on immunotherapy
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 16th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Carbon monoxide signalling reduces photocarcinogenesis in the hairless mouse.' "Exposure of the skin of mice to UVA (320-400 nm) radiation has been shown to provide protection against the immunosuppressive effects of UVB (290-320 nm) radiation. The UVA protection was mediated via the UVA induction of the stress protein heme oxygenase-1, and its enzymatic product carbon monoxide (CO)," investigators in Sydney, Australia report.
"Because UVB-induced immunosuppression is an accompanying and prerequisite feature of the promotion phase of photocarcinogenesis, the potential for immunoprotective CO to act as an anti-skin cancer...
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