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Stierner, Ulrika,1952Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Medicinska institutionen,Department medicine
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Urinary excretion of 5-S-cysteinyldopa in relation to skin type, UVB-induced erythema, and melanocyte proliferation in human skin.
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/164138
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5-S-Cysteinyldopa (5-S-CD) is found in all pigment-producing cells and is the major precursor of phaeomelanin. However, the melanocyte specificity of the compound has been questioned. In order to elucidate the origin of 5-S-CD, we have now systematically studied the relationship between the 5-S-CD excretion in urine and the size of the melanocyte organ, UV-induced melanocyte proliferation, skin type, and the erythemal reaction. The skin type had no influence on the basal excretion of 5-S-CD. There was no significant correlation between the basal 5-S-CD excretion and the size of the melanocyte organ; that is, the number of skin melanocytes and nevi. During the irradiation, subjects with skin type II developed a more pronounced erythema (p less than 0.01) and had a significantly higher 5-S-CD excretion than those with skin type III-IV (p less than 0.01). No correlation was found between 5-S-CD excretion and UV-induced melanocyte proliferation. The lack of correlation between the basal 5-S-CD excretion and skin type or number of melanocytes suggests that the basal 5-S-CD in urine is mainly of extra-melanocytic origin. Our findings favor the view that the increase in 5-S-CD excretion during UV irradiation is due to UV damage.
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Rosdahl, Inger,1943Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Medicinska institutionen,Department medicine
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Augustsson, AGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Medicinska institutionen,Department medicine
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Kågedal, B
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Göteborgs universitetMedicinska institutionen
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In:The Journal of investigative dermatology91:5, s. 506-100022-202X
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