The effect of ultraviolet-light exposure on ornithine decarboxylase (ODC1) and pigmentation in human skin cells

• المؤلف الرئيسي: Ong, Yee Hwee
• مؤلفون آخرون: Leah Vardy
• التنسيق: Final Year Project
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: 2019
• الموضوعات: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/77761
• المؤسسة: Nanyang Technological University

Environmental stressors like UV light cause cellular damage that triggers protective and repair mechanisms. A common photo-protective response is an upregulation of skin pigmentation. This results in the formation of melanin caps around the nucleus of skin cells, which protect against DNA damage. Po...