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ReviewEnvironmental and molecular mutagenesis2018

Roles of UVA radiation and DNA damage responses in melanoma pathogenesis.

Aiman Q Khan, Jeffrey B Travers, Michael G Kemp

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Review in Environmental and molecular mutagenesis, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 157 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aiman Q KhanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Jeffrey B TraversDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.
Michael G KempDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.ORCID 0000-0001-8203-0745
Wright State University · US

Funding

Platelet Activating Factor and Epidermic CytotoxicityR01HL062996 · NHLBI · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI TRAVERS, JEFFREY B. · 1999 to 2023
$7.2M
Wounding Therapy and PhotocarcinogenesisR01AG048946 · NIA · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI SPANDAU, DAN F, TRAVERS, JEFFREY B. · 2014 to 2024
$2.9M
Mechanisms of photocarcinogenesis in geriatric skinR01ES020866 · NIEHS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI SPANDAU, DAN F, TRAVERS, JEFFREY B. · 2012 to 2016
$1.7M
Oxidized Lipids and UV ImmunosuppressionI01BX000853 · VA · RLR VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Jeffrey B. Travers · 2011 to 2026
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IGF-1 and the initiation of non-melanoma skin cancerI01CX000809 · VA · RLR VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI TRAVERS, JEFFREY B. · 2014 to 2016
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BLRD VA I01 BX000853CSRD VA I01 CX000809NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL062996NIA NIH HHS R01 AG048946NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES020866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing incidence of melanoma is a serious public health issue that merits a thorough understanding of potential causative risk factors, which includes exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Though UVR has been classified as a complete carcinogen and has long been recognized for its ability to damage genomic DNA through both direct and indirect means, the precise mechanisms by which the UVA and UVB components of UVR contribute to the pathogenesis of melanoma have not been clearly defined. In this review, we therefore highlight recent studies that have addressed roles for UVA radiation in the generation of DNA damage and in modulating the subsequent cellular responses to DNA damage in melanocytes, which are the cell type that gives rise to melanoma. Recent research suggests that UVA not only contributes to the direct formation of DNA lesions but also impairs the removal of UV photoproducts from genomic DNA through oxidation and damage to DNA repair proteins. Moreover, the melanocyte microenvironment within the epidermis of the skin is also expected to impact melanomagenesis, and we therefore discuss several paracrine signaling pathways that have been shown to impact the DNA damage response in UV-irradiated melanocytes. Lastly, we examine how alterations to the immune microenvironment by UVA-associated DNA damage responses may contribute to melanoma development. Thus, there appear to be multiple avenues by which UVA may elevate the risk of melanoma. Protective strategies against excess exposure to UVA wavelengths of light therefore have the potential to decrease the incidence of melanoma. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 59:438-460, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Indexed as

DNA DamageDNA RepairHumansMelanocytesMelanomaNeoplasms, Radiation-InducedSignal TransductionSkinSkin NeoplasmsUltraviolet RaysATR kinaseDNA damageDNA damage checkpointsDNA damage signalingDNA repairimmune suppressionmelanocytesmelanomanucleotide excision repairskin cancerultraviolet A radiationultraviolet radiationWarburg effect

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PMID29466611
PMCPMC6031472
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