Cell stress and implications of the heat-shock response in skin |
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Authors: | M. Charveron M. Calvo Y. Gall |
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Affiliation: | (1) Institut de Recherche Pierre Fabre, Pôle Recherche et Evaluation, BP74, 31322 Castanet-Tolosan, France;(2) Laboratoire de Pharmacologie cellulaire cutanée, C. H. U. Rangueil, Toulouse, France;(3) Centre Jean-Louis Alibert, C. H. U. Rangueil, Toulouse, France |
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Abstract: | Heat-shock proteins (HSPs), or so-called stress proteins may play an important role in cutaneous pathophysiology. HSPs are a group of highly conserved molecules that are expressed by all cells when subjected to heat or other forms of physical or chemical stress. The physiological roles of stress proteins are varied and are important in stress and nonstress conditions. They bind to other cellular proteins and participate in protein folding pathways during stress and also during the synthesis of new polypeptides. HSPs are also essential for thermotolerance and for prevention and repair of damage caused in DNA after ultraviolet exposure. Although HSPs are expressed in the skin in both epidermis and dermis, HSPs may influence many other cellular processes in the inflammatory and immune skin response. Many authors have speculated on a link between HSPs and human skin disease characterized by inflammation and proliferation.Abbreviations HSP heat-shock protein - IL-1 interleukin-1 |
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Keywords: | cellular injury heat-shock proteins skin cells stress proteins UV radiation |
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