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Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 History of UV Lamps, Types, and Their Applications
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    Chapter 2 Ultraviolet Light Induced Generation of Reactive Oxygen Species
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    Chapter 3 UV-Induced Molecular Signaling Differences in Melanoma and Non-melanoma Skin Cancer
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    Chapter 4 Xeroderma Pigmentosa Group A (XPA), Nucleotide Excision Repair and Regulation by ATR in Response to Ultraviolet Irradiation
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    Chapter 5 Impact of Ultraviolet Light on Vitiligo
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    Chapter 6 Polymorphous Light Eruption
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    Chapter 7 Ultraviolet Radiations: Skin Defense-Damage Mechanism
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    Chapter 8 Ultraviolet Photobiology in Dermatology
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    Chapter 9 Ultraviolet A-1 in Dermatological Diseases
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    Chapter 10 Photodermatoses in the Pigmented Skin
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    Chapter 11 Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine-Immunology: A Psychobiological Concept
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    Chapter 12 Ultraviolet B Radiation: The Vitamin D Connection
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    Chapter 13 Role of Vitamin D in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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    Chapter 14 Asthma and Allergy “Epidemic” and the Role of Vitamin D Deficiency
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    Chapter 15 Vitamin D Metabolism and the Implications for Atherosclerosis
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    Chapter 16 Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
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    Chapter 17 Impact of UV Radiation on Genome Stability and Human Health
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    Chapter 18 Vitamin D, Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors
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    Chapter 19 Biofilms: Microbial Strategies for Surviving UV Exposure
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    Chapter 20 UV Induced Mutagenicity in Water: Causes, Detection, Identification and Prevention
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    Chapter 21 Role of Ultraviolet Disinfection in the Prevention of Surgical Site Infections
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    Chapter 22 UV Disinfection of Wastewater and Combined Sewer Overflows
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    Chapter 23 Phototherapy in Atopic Dermatitis
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    Chapter 24 Phototherapy of Psoriasis, a Chronic Inflammatory Skin Disease
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    Chapter 25 Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”?
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    Chapter 26 From UV Protection to Protection in the Whole Spectral Range of the Solar Radiation: New Aspects of Sunscreen Development
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    Chapter 27 Safety and Efficacy of Phototherapy in the Management of Eczema
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    Chapter 28 UV Driven Tanning Salons: Danger on Main Street
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    Chapter 29 Dose Quantification in UV Phototherapy
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Chapter title
Ultraviolet Irradiation of Blood: “The Cure That Time Forgot”?
Chapter number 25
Book title
Ultraviolet Light in Human Health, Diseases and Environment
Published in
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2017
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56017-5_25
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Book ISBNs
978-3-31-956016-8, 978-3-31-956017-5
Authors

Michael R. Hamblin, Hamblin, Michael R.

Abstract

Ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI) was extensively used in the 1940s and 1950s to treat many diseases including septicemia, pneumonia, tuberculosis, arthritis, asthma and even poliomyelitis. The early studies were carried out by several physicians in USA and published in the American Journal of Surgery. However with the development of antibiotics, UBI use declined and it has now been called "the cure that time forgot". Later studies were mostly performed by Russian workers and in other Eastern countries and the modern view in Western countries is that UBI remains highly controversial.This chapter discusses the potential of UBI as an alternative approach to current methods used to treat infections, as an immune-modulating therapy and as a method for normalizing blood parameters. No resistance of microorganisms to UV irradiation has been reported, and multi-antibiotic resistant strains are as susceptible as their wild-type counterparts. Low and mild doses of UV kill microorganisms by damaging the DNA, while any DNA damage in host cells can be rapidly repaired by DNA repair enzymes. However the use of UBI to treat septicemia cannot be solely due to UV-mediated killing of bacteria in the blood-stream, as only 5-7% of blood volume needs to be treated with UV to produce the optimum benefit. UBI may enhance the phagocytic capacity of various phagocytic cells (neutrophils and dendritic cells), inhibit lymphocytes, and oxidize blood lipids. The oxidative nature of UBI may have mechanisms in common with ozone therapy and other oxygen therapies. There may be some similarities to extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) using psoralens and UVA irradiation. However there are differences between UBI and ECP in that UBI tends to stimulate the immune system, while ECP tends to be immunosuppressive. With the recent emergence of bacteria that are resistant to all known antibiotics, UBI should be more investigated as an alternative approach to infections, and as an immune-modulating therapy.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 13%
Other 10 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 7 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 8%
Researcher 6 7%
Other 14 17%
Unknown 28 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 19 23%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 7%
Physics and Astronomy 5 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 4%
Other 14 17%
Unknown 32 39%
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