A spectroscopic study on the effect of ultra-violet solar radiation in Antarctica on the human skin fibroblast cells

A study on the effect of the solar ultra-violet radiation on the human skin fibroblast cells revealed that the production of matrix metalloproteinase-2 was inhibited by the radiation. A CO2 incubator connected by optical fibers to a reflector telescope for collecting the solar light was built at Syo...

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Main Authors: Tatsuyuki Yamamoto, Hideo Akiyoshi, Keisuke Yoshikiyo, Tetsuya Takahashi, Yukiko Tanabe, Sakae Kudoh, Satoshi Imura, Naoyuki Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-11-01
Series:Geoscience Frontiers
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987112001028