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Abstract
This article reviews the current knowledge in photobiology and photomedicine about the influence of monochromatic, quasimonochromatic, and bread-band radiation of red-to-near infrared (IR-A) part on solar spectrum upon mammalian cells and human skin. The role of cytochrome c oxidase as the photoacceptor and photosignal transducer is underlined and its photosensitivity at certain circumstances is discussed. The role of ATP as a critical signaling molecule is discussed. (c) 2010 IUBMBEntities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20681024 DOI: 10.1002/iub.359
Source DB: PubMed Journal: IUBMB Life ISSN: 1521-6543 Impact factor: 3.885