Iron upregulates melanogenesis in cultured retinal pigment epithelial cells.

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Published in Exp Eye Res on September 30, 2014

Authors

Natalie Wolkow1, Yafeng Li1, Arvydas Maminishkis2, Ying Song1, Oleg Alekseev1, Jared Iacovelli1, Delu Song1, Jennifer C Lee1, Joshua L Dunaief3

Author Affiliations

1: F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 305 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
2: Section of Epithelial and Retinal Physiology and Disease, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 10, Rm. 10B04, MSC 1861, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
3: F.M. Kirby Center for Molecular Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 305 Stellar-Chance Laboratories, 422 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: jdunaief@mail.med.upenn.edu.

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