Biologic Effects of Light 2001

1. Vitamin D and Bone Health

   1. Impact of Vitamin D and Calcium on Bone and Mineral Metabolism in Older Adults

      • Bess Dawson-Hughes

      Pages 175-183

   2. Hypovitaminosis D Myopathy

      • Henning Glerup, Erik F. Eriksen

      Pages 185-192

   3. Effects of Dietary Vitamin D and UVB Irradiance on Voluntary Exposure to Ultraviolet Light, Growth and Survival of the Panther Chameleon

      • Gary W. Ferguson, William H. Gehrmann, Stephen H. Hammack, Tai C. Chen, Michael F. Holick

      Pages 193-203

   4. Production of Previtamin D3 by a Mercury Arc Lamp and a Hybrid Incandescent/Mercury Arc Lamp

      • E. A. Holick, Z. Lu, M. T. Holick, T. C Chen, J. Sheperd, M. F. Holick

      Pages 205-212

   5. Vitamin D Insufficiency is Common and Underdiagnosed in African American Female Patients

      • S. Shewakramani, V. Tangpricha, D. Rakita, M. F. Holick

      Pages 213-215

2. Non-Calcemic Effects of Vitamin D

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217

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   2. The Role of Ultraviolet Radiation on Cardiocirculatory Regulation and on Cardiovascular Risk

      • Rolfdieter Krause, Jeanette Dobberke, Malte Buehring, Werner Hopfenmueller, Heinrich Kaase, Tai C. Chen et al.

      Pages 219-229

   3. Vitamin D Autocrine System and Cancer

      • Tai C. Chen, Michael F. Holick

      Pages 231-243

   4. The Epidermal Vitamin D System

      • Siegfried Segaert, Petra De Haes, Roger Bouillon

      Pages 245-253

   5. Vitamin D and the Big Three: Cancers of the Colon, Breast, and Prostate

      • Gary G. Schwartz

      Pages 255-265

   6. An ecologic study of the role of solar UV-B radiation in reducing the risk of cancer using cancer mortality data, dietary supply data, and latitude for European countries

      • William B. Grant

      Pages 267-276

   7. A Reduced 25-Hydroxyvitamin D-1α-Hydroxylase Activity in Human Prostate Cancer Cells can be Restored by Gene Transfer

      • Michael V. Young, Lyman W. Whitlatch, John N. Flanagan, Michael F. Holick, Tai C. Chen, Gary G. Schwartz et al.

      Pages 277-280

   8. Vitamin D, Sunlight and Colon Cancer: The Implications for the Presence of the 1α-Hydroxylase in Normal and Malignant Colon Cancer Tissue

      • Vin Tangpricha, John N. Flanagan, Tai C. Chen, Michael F. Holick, Robert M. Beazley, Peter R. Holt et al.

      Pages 281-285

3. Photoimmunology

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 287-287

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   2. Ultraviolet a Radiation-Induced Signal Transduction in Human Keratinocytes

      • Jean Krutmann, Susanne Grether-Beck

      Pages 289-296

   3. UVB and UVA-1 Effects on HIV Activation

      • Ponciano D. Cruz Jr.

      Pages 297-301

   4. Clinical Relevance of Uva1-Induced T-Cell Apoptosis

      • Akimichi Morita, Jean Krutmann

      Pages 303-311

   5. In vitro Function of Double-Dose Platelets Treated with the Pathogen Inactivation Helinx™ Technology

      • K. Janetzko, L. Corash, L. Lin, J. Flament, H. Klüter

      Pages 313-323

4. Photomedicine and Photobiologic Aspects in Skin

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 325-325

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   2. Light in the Treatment of Skin Disease

      • Herbert Hönigsmann

      Pages 327-340

As humans ventured into the twentieth century, the industrialized countries were confronted with the scourge of rickets. Although solariums were becoming common in the early 1900s and phototherapy was gaining popularity as a result of the awarding of a Nobel Prize to Finsen in 1903, it wasn't until 1921 when Hess and Unger demonstrated that rickets could be cured by exposure to sunlight that the healthful benefit of sun exposure appreciated. In 1941, Apperly (Cancer Research; 1: 191-195, 1941) noted that the occasional increased risk of skin cancer was associated with a decreased risk of many other more common and serious cancers. The alarming increase in the number of cases of skin cancer, especially melanoma, has caused great concern about the negative role of sunlight in health. The Sixth International Arnold Rikli Symposium on the Biologic Effects of Light was held in Boston, Massachusetts from June 16th - 18th, 2001. The goal of this Symposium was to focus on the very popular practice of tanning either by sunlight or by artificial light sources and the overall impact this practice has on health and disease. The program was organized by members of the Scientific Advisory Committee and my co-chair emeritus, Professor Ernst G. Jung. The Program Committee organized an outstanding state-of-the-art program that was enthusiastically received by the participants.

• DNA
• HIV
• Vitamin D
• apoptosis
• bone
• cancer prevention
• growth
• immunology
• metabolism
• mortality
• prevention
• prostate cancer
• signal transduction
• tissue
• diabetes

• Boston, USA

  Michael F. Holick

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