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Compared with other organs, human skin 1s considered to be more iniluenced by environmental 6tressei; such as heat and ultravlolet(UV). To date, there has been few reports of heat shock protelns(HSPs) at human organ level. When orqan cultured normal human skin was heated at 45'C for 30 min. HSP-72 was detected in the nuclei of the epidermis by immunofluorescence methods using anti-HSP-72 monoclonal antibody. iie also intend to report the induction of HSP-72 by other stresses such as uV, heavy metals and chemicals II, orqan cultured skin.
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