ULTRAVIOLET A LIGHT ON DISEASE ACTIVITY AND IMMUNE FUNCTION/LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of long-term low dose ultra-A1 (320-400 nm) light on delayed type hypersensitivity, T-lymphocyte of subset populations, and t-lymphocyte function of normal human subjects as determined by in vitro lymphocyte assays. The same observations will be made on patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and the effects of this light on the laboratory and clinical parameters of SLE will be measured.