Uveal melanocytes do not respond to or express receptors for alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

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Published in Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci on October 01, 2006

Authors

Li Li1, Dan-Ning Hu, Huiquan Zhao, Steven A McCormick, James J Nordlund, Raymond E Boissy

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0592, USA.

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