Light in Biology and Medicine: Volume 1

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Laser Time-Resolved Fluorescence Studies for Investigating Chromophore-Biosubstrate Interactions....Pages 1-9
Application of Polarized Luminescence in Biology and Medicine....Pages 11-19
Time-Resolved Fluorimetry using Synchrotron Radiation and Maximum Entropy Method of Analysis....Pages 21-29
Time-Resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Adenosine....Pages 31-38
Measurement of Biological Effective Irradiance and Irradiation....Pages 39-44
The Optical Absorption and Scattering Properties of Tissues in the Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelength Range....Pages 45-52
Photosensitization in a Light Scattering Medium....Pages 53-60
Optical Dosimetry in Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 61-66
Singlet Oxygen and Electron Transfer Induced Oxygenation Pathways in Reactions Photosensitized by Dicyanoanthracene and Hydroxy-Anthraquinones....Pages 67-76
Mediating Effects of DNA on Some Photochemical Processes....Pages 77-84
Action Spectra for Photoinactivation of Cells in the Presence of Tetra-(3-Hydroxyphenyl)Porphyrin, Chlorin e 6 and Aluminium Phthalocyanine Tetrasulphonate....Pages 85-89
Mechanisms of Photodynamic Damage Induced in Cellular Systems....Pages 91-94
Sister Chromatid Exchanges Induced by Photodynamic Treatment of Cells in The Presence of Photofrin II, Aluminium Phthalocyanine Tetrasulfonate and Tetra(3-Hydroxyphenyl)Porphyrin....Pages 95-103
The Role of the Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry of Tumors in the Selective Retention of Sensitizers and the Mechanisms of Photosensitized Tumor Destruction....Pages 105-113
New Developments and Future Prospects in the Clinical Applications of Photodynamic Therapy....Pages 115-120
Pdt of Bladder Tumor....Pages 121-126
Comparison of Fluorescing and Photosensitizing Properties of Different Porphyrin - Derivative - Preparations....Pages 127-132
New Sensitizers for Photodynamic Therapy of Cancer....Pages 133-141
Clinical and in Vitro Photochemistry of Bilirubin....Pages 143-151
Unwanted Side Effects and Optimization of Phototherapy....Pages 153-159
Long-Wavelength Phototherapy....Pages 161-171
Ultraviolet Radiation Phototherapy for Psoriasis The Use of a New Narrow Band Uvb Fluorescent Lamp....Pages 173-179
Home Uv Treatment of Psoriasis - An Update....Pages 181-182
5-Methoxypsoralen and Other New Furocoumarins in the Treatment of Psoriasis....Pages 183-188
Phototherapy of Pruritus....Pages 189-193
The Current Status of Laser Angioplasty....Pages 195-202
Photobiochemistry without Light: Intracellular Generation and Transfer of Electronic Energy....Pages 203-210
Histidine: A Clastogenic Factor....Pages 211-217
Alteration of Dna Structure: The Common Result of the Interaction Between DNA and Physical and Chemical Agents....Pages 219-226
UV-Enhanced Reactivation of UV-Irradiated SV40 is Due to Facilitated Transcription of the Viral Early Gene....Pages 227-232
Differential Reactivation and Mutagenesis of Single- and Double-Stranded DNA Viruses in Irradiated Cells from Ataxia Telangiectasia Patients....Pages 233-240
Defence Against Solar Radiation Damage to Human Skin Cells....Pages 241-246
The Mouse Tail Phototoxicity Test....Pages 247-253
Photohemolysis Techniques — An Update....Pages 255-259
Systemic Reactions in Phototoxicity....Pages 261-265
Minimizing Phototoxicity of Xenobiotics by In Vitro and In Vivo Research of their Structural Analogues....Pages 267-272
Reactive Oxygen Species and Other Mediators of Phototoxic Damage....Pages 273-279
Undesired Phototoxicity: Cutaneous Reactions to Systemic Drugs....Pages 281-283
UVB Induced Production of Keratinocyte Derived Suppressor Factors....Pages 285-292
A Systematic Influence of UV Radiation in Photocarcinogenesis....Pages 293-299
Differential Effects of Various Physicochemical Agents on Murine Ia- and Thy-1 Positive Dendritic Epidermal Cells....Pages 301-308
Immunogenetic Modulation of Photoinduced Skin Tumors....Pages 309-314
Photoreactivity of Different Psoralens in the Treatment of Vitiligo....Pages 315-319
Photoprotective Functions of Eumelanin: Biophysical and Biochemical Properties of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin....Pages 321-327
Enzymic and Light-Induced Conversion of 5,6-Dihydroxyindole(s) to Melanin(s)....Pages 329-336
Photoprotective Role of Melanin (Eumelanin) in Human Skin....Pages 337-344
Melanogenic Potential of Various Furocoumarins in Normal and Vitiliginous Skin....Pages 345-355
Guanylate Cyclase Activity and Phototransduction in the Rod Outer Segment....Pages 357-361
The Response of the Limulus Photoreceptor to the Absorption of Single Photons....Pages 363-371
Advanced Techniques in Photobehavioral Studies: Light Scattering Techniques....Pages 373-384
Advanced Techniques in Photobehavioral Studies: Computer-Aided Studies....Pages 385-392
The Photomotile Responses in Blue-Green Algae....Pages 393-400
The Photomotile Responses of Unicellular Eukaryotes....Pages 401-410
Hydra Photoresponses to Different Wavelengths....Pages 411-416
Absence of Cooperativity in the Primary Photoinduced Reaction of Bathointer- Mediate Formation in the Photocycle of Bacteriorhodopsin at Room Temperature....Pages 417-422
The Structure of Antenna Polypeptides From Phototropic Bacteria and Cyanobacteria....Pages 423-432
Stress and Adaptation in Photosynthesis....Pages 433-440
The Supramolecular Structure of the Light-Harvesting System of Cyanobacteria and Red Algae....Pages 441-449
Photomorphogenesis in the Natural Environment....Pages 451-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-461