Search for dissertations about: "melanocytes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 36 swedish dissertations containing the word melanocytes.

  2. 1. Vitiligo and Piebaldism : Treatmant of Leucoderma by Transplantation of autologous melanocytes

    Author : Mats J. Olsson; Hugh Zachariae; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Medical sciences; leucoderma; leukoderma; vitiligo; piebaldism; melanocytes; pigmentation; cell culturing; serum-free; transplantation; surgery; autoimmune disease; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Dermatology and Venerology; dermatologi och venereologi;

    Abstract : Background: Vitiligo and piebaldism are disorders in which the affected skin lack epidermal melanocytes. Vitiligo is acquired and can clinically be subgrouped, but the aetiology is still not fully understood. The most common type, generalized vitiligo (vitiligo vulgaris) has autoimmune involvement and affects about 1. READ MORE

  4. 2. Epidermal Melanocyte Response to Radiotherapy

    Author : Per Fessé; Henrik Lindman; Ingela Turesson; Johan Ahlgren; Jan Nyman; Catharine West; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Melanocytes; fractionated radiotherapy; ΔNp63; MITF; PAX3; SOX10; p53; p21; BMI1; pRb; CXCR2; DNA-DSB; 53BP1; CXCR2;

    Abstract : Cutaneous interfollicular melanocytes protect the skin from UV-radiation (UVR), and their response to UVR is well established. To date, the response activated in melanocytes by repeated genotoxic insults from radiotherapy (RT) has not been explored. READ MORE

  5. 3. Identification and clinical evaluation of senescence-associated markers to distinguish melanocytic nevi from melanomas

    Author : Kyriakos Orfanidis; Ingrid Synnerstad; Jakob Wikström; John Paoli; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; senescence; nevi; melanoma; melanocytes; fibroblasts; ultraviolet UV radiation;

    Abstract : Melanoma is a form of cancer that develops in melanocytes. While it represents only 5% of skin malignancies, it is the most aggressive and lethal. Benign proliferation of these cells form the melanocytic nevi. The definitive diagnosis of melanocytic nevi or melanoma lesions is histopathologic. READ MORE

  6. 4. Antibody-based Profiling of Expression Patterns using Cell and Tissue Microarrays

    Author : Sara Strömberg; Fredrik Ponten; Joakim Lundeberg; Anna Asplund; Stephen Hewitt; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Pathology; antibody-based proteomics; tissue microarray; cell line; immunohistochemistry; melanocytes; image analysis; biomarker; Patologi;

    Abstract : In this thesis, methods to study gene and protein expression in cells and tissues were developed and utilized in combination with protein-specific antibodies, with the overall objective to attain greater understanding of protein function.To analyze protein expression in in vitro cultured cell lines, a cell microarray (CMA) was developed, facilitating antibody-based protein profiling of cell lines using immunohistochemistry (IHC). READ MORE

  7. 5. Regulation of UV induced apoptosis in human melanocytes

    Author : Cecilia Bivik; Inger Rosdahl; Karin Öllinger; Maria Shoshan; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; apoptosis; UV; melanocyte; lysosome; cathepsin; Bcl-2; Bax; Hsp70; JNK; Dermatology and venerology; Dermatologi och venerologi;

    Abstract : Malignant melanoma arises from the pigment producing melanocytes in epidermis and is the most aggressive type of skin cancer. The incidence of malignant melanoma is increasing faster than any other type of cancer in white population worldwide, with a doubling rate every 10-20 years. READ MORE