Published in J Invest Dermatol on February 01, 2004
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The genetics of sun sensitivity in humans. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 1.84
Host phenotype characteristics and MC1R in relation to early-onset basal cell carcinoma. J Invest Dermatol (2011) 1.19
Malignant melanoma in the 21st century: the emerging molecular landscape. Mayo Clin Proc (2008) 1.13
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Cutaneous malignant melanoma incidences analyzed worldwide by sex, age, and skin type over personal Ultraviolet-B dose shows no role for sunburn but implies one for Vitamin D3. Dermatoendocrinol (2016) 0.75
Physiological variation in the erythemal response to ultraviolet radiation and photoadaptation. J Invest Dermatol (2004) 2.76
Inactivation of Drosophila DJ-1 leads to impairments of oxidative stress response and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 2.58
Topical drug rescue strategy and skin protection based on the role of Mc1r in UV-induced tanning. Nature (2006) 2.09
UV-induced DNA damage and melanin content in human skin differing in racial/ethnic origin. FASEB J (2003) 1.88
Advanced chemical methods in melanin determination. Pigment Cell Res (2002) 1.78
Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2009) 1.78
Protection against UVR involves MC1R-mediated non-pigmentary and pigmentary mechanisms in vivo. J Invest Dermatol (2010) 1.65
Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2009) 1.62
Long-term outcome of frozen shoulder. J Shoulder Elbow Surg (2007) 1.62
Comparison of structural and chemical properties of black and red human hair melanosomes. Photochem Photobiol (2005) 1.54
Chemistry of mixed melanogenesis--pivotal roles of dopaquinone. Photochem Photobiol (2008) 1.47
Serum levels of pigmentation markers are elevated in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Blood Purif (2007) 1.46
Predicting phenotype from genotype: normal pigmentation. J Forensic Sci (2010) 1.43
Regulation of human skin pigmentation and responses to ultraviolet radiation. Pigment Cell Res (2007) 1.41
How robust are the Dermatology Life Quality Index and other self-reported subjective symptom scores when exposed to a range of experimental biases? Acta Derm Venereol (2010) 1.38
Ion-exchange and adsorption of Fe(III) by Sepia melanin. Pigment Cell Res (2004) 1.32
Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2011) 1.31
Melanin acts as a potent UVB photosensitizer to cause an atypical mode of cell death in murine skin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2004) 1.31
Slc7a11 gene controls production of pheomelanin pigment and proliferation of cultured cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2005) 1.28
Quantitative analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin in humans, mice, and other animals: a comparative review. Pigment Cell Res (2003) 1.26
The structure of neuromelanin as studied by chemical degradative methods. J Neurochem (2003) 1.24
Melanins and melanogenesis: methods, standards, protocols. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2013) 1.23
Melanocortin 1 receptor genotype: an important determinant of the damage response of melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation. FASEB J (2010) 1.23
Interaction of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome genes in the regulation of lysosome-related organelles. Traffic (2006) 1.23
Identification of glypican-3 as a novel tumor marker for melanoma. Clin Cancer Res (2004) 1.22
Strength and cost of an induced immune response are associated with a heritable melanin-based colour trait in female tawny owls. J Anim Ecol (2009) 1.21
Melanin content and MC1R function independently affect UVR-induced DNA damage in cultured human melanocytes. Pigment Cell Res (2006) 1.20
Human melanocortin 1 receptor variants, receptor function and melanocyte response to UV radiation. J Cell Sci (2002) 1.19
Comparisons of the structural and chemical properties of melanosomes isolated from retinal pigment epithelium, iris and choroid of newborn and mature bovine eyes. Photochem Photobiol (2005) 1.18
Motion analysis: a validated method for showing skill levels in arthroscopy. Arthroscopy (2008) 1.17
Adaptive melanin response of the soil fungus Aspergillus niger to UV radiation stress at "Evolution Canyon", Mount Carmel, Israel. PLoS One (2008) 1.17
Independent regulation of hair and skin color by two G protein-coupled pathways. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2009) 1.16
Direct chemical evidence for eumelanin pigment from the Jurassic period. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2012) 1.14
Pharmacological characterization of loss of function mutations of the human melanocortin 1 receptor that are associated with red hair. J Invest Dermatol (2004) 1.13
The usefulness of 4-amino-3-hydroxyphenylalanine as a specific marker of pheomelanin. Pigment Cell Res (2002) 1.13
The neuromelanin of human substantia nigra: physiological and pathogenic aspects. Pigment Cell Res (2004) 1.12
Industrializing skin cancer care: better and cheaper? J R Soc Med (2012) 1.09
DNA repair gene polymorphisms and genetic predisposition to cutaneous melanoma. Carcinogenesis (2007) 1.08
Cutaneous photobiology. The melanocyte vs. the sun: who will win the final round? Pigment Cell Res (2003) 1.07
New melanic pigments in the human brain that accumulate in aging and block environmental toxic metals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 1.07
Regulation of eumelanin/pheomelanin synthesis and visible pigmentation in melanocytes by ligands of the melanocortin 1 receptor. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2008) 1.07
Pael receptor induces death of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra via endoplasmic reticulum stress and dopamine toxicity, which is enhanced under condition of parkin inactivation. Hum Mol Genet (2006) 1.06
4-S-Cysteaminylphenol-loaded magnetite cationic liposomes for combination therapy of hyperthermia with chemotherapy against malignant melanoma. Cancer Sci (2007) 1.06
Terahertz pulsed spectroscopy of human Basal cell carcinoma. Appl Spectrosc (2006) 1.06
Variation in epidermal morphology in human skin at different body sites as measured by reflectance confocal microscopy. Acta Derm Venereol (2010) 1.02
Molecular and phenotypic analysis of 25 recessive, homozygous-viable alleles at the mouse agouti locus. Genetics (2002) 1.02
Agouti protein, mahogunin, and attractin in pheomelanogenesis and melanoblast-like alteration of melanocytes: a cAMP-independent pathway. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2009) 1.02
Raman spectroscopy as a non-invasive technique for the quantification of melanins in feathers and hairs. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2013) 0.98
Pigmentation effects of solar-simulated radiation as compared with UVA and UVB radiation. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2008) 0.97
Inactivation of Pmel alters melanosome shape but has only a subtle effect on visible pigmentation. PLoS Genet (2011) 0.97
Sagittal plane kinematics of a mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty at 10 years: a comparative in vivo fluoroscopic analysis. J Arthroplasty (2004) 0.96
Unexpected endocrine features and normal pigmentation in a young adult patient carrying a novel homozygous mutation in the POMC gene. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2008) 0.95
Eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations in human epidermis before and after UVB irradiation. Pigment Cell Res (2005) 0.94
Comparison of the structural and physical properties of human hair eumelanin following enzymatic or acid/base extraction. Pigment Cell Res (2003) 0.94
Diversity of pigmentation in cultured human melanocytes is due to differences in the type as well as quantity of melanin. Pigment Cell Res (2006) 0.93
Human hair melanins: what we have learned and have not learned from mouse coat color pigmentation. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res (2011) 0.93
Tyrosinase-related proteins suppress tyrosinase-mediated cell death of melanocytes and melanoma cells. Exp Cell Res (2004) 0.92
Cutaneous photoprotection and melanoma susceptibility: reaching beyond melanin content to the frontiers of DNA repair. Front Biosci (2006) 0.92
Characterization of the pigment produced by the planarian, Dugesia ryukyuensis. Pigment Cell Res (2006) 0.92
Vibrational characterization of pheomelanin and trichochrome F by Raman spectroscopy. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc (2013) 0.91
Melanoma-targeted chemo-thermo-immuno (CTI)-therapy using N-propionyl-4-S-cysteaminylphenol-magnetite nanoparticles elicits CTL response via heat shock protein-peptide complex release. Cancer Sci (2010) 0.90