Published in Front Biosci on September 01, 2006
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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
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 the human melanocortin 1 receptor expression in epidermal melanocytes by paracrine and endocrine factors and by ultraviolet radiation. Pigment Cell Res (2002) 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
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Defining MC1R regulation in human melanocytes by its agonist α-melanocortin and antagonists agouti signaling protein and β-defensin 3. J Invest Dermatol (2012) 1.01
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Comparison of the structural and physical properties of human hair eumelanin following enzymatic or acid/base extraction. Pigment Cell Res (2003) 0.94
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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
Characterization of the pigment produced by the planarian, Dugesia ryukyuensis. Pigment Cell Res (2006) 0.92
Tyrosinase-related proteins suppress tyrosinase-mediated cell death of melanocytes and melanoma cells. Exp Cell Res (2004) 0.92
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