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Effects of selenium compounds on induction of DNA damage by broadband ultraviolet radiation in human keratinocytes by Rafferty, T.S., Green, M.H.L., Lowe, J.E., Arlett, C., Hunter, J.A.A., Beckett, G.J., McKenzie, R.C.

“…Summary Background Ultraviolet radiation (UVR), a ubiquitous environmental genotoxin for the skin, produces DNA damage. The trace element selenium induces…”
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Selenium protects primary human keratinocytes from apoptosis induced by exposure to ultraviolet radiation by Rafferty, T. S., Beckett, G. J., Walker, C., Bisset, Y. C., McKenzie, R. C.

“…Summary The generation of reactive oxygen species has been implicated in ultraviolet radiation (UVR)‐induced skin damage. In mice, increasing dietary selenium…”
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Inhibition of ultraviolet B radiation-induced interleukin 10 expression in murine keratinocytes by selenium compounds by Rafferty, T.S., Walker, C., Hunter, J.A.A., Beckett, G.J., Mckenzie, R.C.

“…Summary Background Selenium is an essential trace nutrient necessary for the normal function of the immune system. Selenium compounds protect mice against…”
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Differential expression of selenoproteins by human skin cells and protection by selenium from UVB-radiation-induced cell death by Rafferty, T S, McKenzie, R C, Hunter, J A, Howie, A F, Arthur, J R, Nicol, F, Beckett, G J

“…The generation of reactive oxygen species has been implicated as part of the mechanism responsible for UVB-radiation-induced skin damage. In mice, evidence…”
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cis-Urocanic Acid does not Induce the Expression of Immunosuppressive Cytokines in Murine Keratinocytes by Zak-Prelich, Malgorzata, Norval, Mary, Venner, Thomas J., Bisset, Yvonne, Walker, Craig, Rafferty, Teresa S., Sauder, Daniel N., McKenzie, Roderick C.

“…trans-Urocanic acid (UCA) acts as a chromophore for UV radiation in the epidermis and isomerizes to cis-UCA which then initiates some of the changes leading to…”
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Selenium: an essential element for immune function by McKenzie, Roderick C, S. Rafferty, Teresa, Beckett, Geoffrey J

“…The importance of selenium for optimal immune function is now apparent. Here, Roddie McKenzie and colleagues describe how selenium is involved in the function…”
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Selenium protects primary human keratinocytes from apoptosis induced by exposure to ultraviolet radiation: Selenium prevents UVR-induced apoptosis by Rafferty, T. S., Beckett, G. J., Walker, C., Bisset, Y. C., McKenzie, R. C.

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Dietary selenium levels determine epidermal langerhans cell numbers in mice by Rafferty, Teresa, Norval, Mary, El-Ghorr, Ali, Beckett, Geoff, Arthur, John, Nicol, Fergus, Hunter, John, McKenzie, Roderick

“…Selenium (Se) is a dietary trace element that is essential for effective immunity and protection from oxidative damage induced by ultraviolet radiation (UVR)…”
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Selenium compounds inhibit ultraviolet-B (UVB)-induced keratinocyte cytokine production and cell death by apoptosis by Rafferty, TS, Beckett, GJ, Hunter, JA, McKenzie, RC

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Selenium and the immune system by McKenzie, R. C, Arthur, J. R, Miller, S. M, Rafferty, T. S, Beckett, G. J

“…This chapter discusses the metabolism of selenium and its incorporation into selenium-containing proteins (selenoproteins), which mediate many of the immune…”
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