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melanocyte
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Melanocytes
Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called…
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Review
2007
Review
2007
Melanocyte biology and skin pigmentation
Jennifer Y. Lin
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D. Fisher
Nature
2007
Corpus ID: 4185806
Melanocytes are phenotypically prominent but histologically inconspicuous skin cells. They are responsible for the pigmentation…
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Review
2006
Review
2006
MITF: master regulator of melanocyte development and melanoma oncogene.
Carmit Levy
,
M. Khaled
,
D. Fisher
Trends in molecular medicine
2006
Corpus ID: 38685845
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mechanisms of Hair Graying: Incomplete Melanocyte Stem Cell Maintenance in the Niche
E. Nishimura
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S. Granter
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D. Fisher
Science
2005
Corpus ID: 12057322
Hair graying is the most obvious sign of aging in humans, yet its mechanism is largely unknown. Here, we used melanocyte-tagged…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Melanocytes and the microphthalmia transcription factor network.
E. Steingrímsson
,
N. Copeland
,
N. Jenkins
Annual review of genetics
2004
Corpus ID: 25513359
The first mouse microphthalmia transcription factor (Mitf ) mutation was discovered over 60 years ago, and since then over 24…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
The neural crest
A. Graham
Current Biology
2003
Corpus ID: 16692702
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Dominant role of the niche in melanocyte stem-cell fate determination
E. Nishimura
,
S. Jordan
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+7 authors
S. Nishikawa
Nature
2002
Corpus ID: 4413029
Stem cells—which have the capacity to self-renew and generate differentiated progeny—are thought to be maintained in a specific…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
c-Kit triggers dual phosphorylations, which couple activation and degradation of the essential melanocyte factor Mi.
M. Wu
,
T. Hemesath
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+5 authors
D. Fisher
Genes & development
2000
Corpus ID: 21965664
Microphthalmia (Mi) is a bHLHZip transcription factor that is essential for melanocyte development and postnatal function. It is…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Arbutin: mechanism of its depigmenting action in human melanocyte culture.
K. Maeda
,
M. Fukuda
The Journal of pharmacology and experimental…
1996
Corpus ID: 25201012
Arbutin, a naturally occurring beta-D-glucopyranoside of hydroquinone, is effective in the topical treatment of various cutaneous…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Agouti protein is an antagonist of the melanocyte-stimulating-hormone receptor
D. Lu
,
D. Willard
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+8 authors
R. Cone
Nature
1994
Corpus ID: 4282784
THE genetic loci agouti and extension control the relative amounts of eumelanin (brownblack) and phaeomelanin (yellowred…
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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Melanocyte lineage-specific antigen gp100 is recognized by melanoma- derived tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes
A. Bakker
,
M. Schreurs
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+4 authors
C. Figdor
The Journal of experimental medicine
1994
Corpus ID: 215779754
We recently isolated a cDNA clone that encodes the melanocyte lineage- specific antigen glycoprotein (gp)100. Antibodies directed…
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