ArticlePhotochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology2013
Spectral effects of UV on psoriasis.
Article in Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Indoor salt water baths followed by artificial ultraviolet B light for chronic plaque psoriasis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Direct Effects of 308-nm Excimer Light on Keratinocyte Proliferation and Differentiation in Human Organ-Cultured Skin.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Climatotherapy at the Dead Sea for psoriasis is a highly effective anti-inflammatory treatment in the short term: An immunohistochemical study.Experimental dermatology · 2022Article
- Seasonal Variation of Psoriasis and Its Impact in the Therapeutic Management: A Retrospective Study on Chinese Patients.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2021Article
- Goeckerman Therapy of Psoriasis: Genotoxicity, Dietary Micronutrients, Homocysteine, andInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- A clinical review of phototherapy for psoriasis.Lasers in medical science · 2018Review
- A Dynamic Model for Prediction of Psoriasis Management by Blue Light Irradiation.Frontiers in physiology · 2017Article
- Effects of narrow band UVB (311 nm) irradiation on epidermal cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2013Review
- Molecular Mechanisms of UV-Induced Apoptosis and Its Effects on Skin Residential Cells: The Implication in UV-Based Phototherapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2013Article
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Abstract
Ultraviolet B (UVB) is a highly effective, relatively safe, affordable and widely used therapeutic option for moderate psoriasis. Several types of UVB lamp are available to treat psoriasis, both broadband and narrowband, allowing a choice of spectral emission. However despite years of clinical use, the mechanism of action of UVB in clearing psoriasis remained incompletely understood. Moreover, there has been little insight into how the relative effectiveness of different UVB wavelengths linked to the mechanism of action, although it is known that the action spectrum for clearance of psoriasis differs from the action spectrum of erythema. This paper examines the existing literature from which our current treatments have evolved, and offers new insight into the use of keratinocyte apoptosis as a biomarker which may help to optimise UV treatment in the future. When combined with a systems biology approach, this potential biomarker may provide insight into which wavelengths of UV are the most effective in clearing psoriasis, allowing a more rational and potentially an individually tailored approach to optimising phototherapy for psoriasis.
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