 Melanins
"Melanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.
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D008543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.875.379 D23.767.620
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanins" by people in Profiles.
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LaBerge GS, Duvall E, Grasmick Z, Haedicke K, Galan A, Leverett J, Baswan S, Yim S, Pawelek J. Recent Advances in Studies of Skin Color and Skin Cancer. Yale J Biol Med. 2020 03; 93(1):69-80.
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Rivenson Y, Wang H, Wei Z, de Haan K, Zhang Y, Wu Y, G?naydin H, Zuckerman JE, Chong T, Sisk AE, Westbrook LM, Wallace WD, Ozcan A. Virtual histological staining of unlabelled tissue-autofluorescence images via deep learning. Nat Biomed Eng. 2019 06; 3(6):466-477.
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Lindholm K, Moran CA. Primary mediastinal melanotic schwannian tumors: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of 5 cases. Ann Diagn Pathol. 2018 Dec; 37:103-106.
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Singer MS, Mason PA, Smilanich AM. Ecological immunology mediated by diet in herbivorous insects. Integr Comp Biol. 2014 Nov; 54(5):913-21.
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Mason AP, Smilanich AM, Singer MS. Reduced consumption of protein-rich foods follows immune challenge in a polyphagous caterpillar. J Exp Biol. 2014 Jul 01; 217(Pt 13):2250-60.
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Eilers S, Bach DQ, Gaber R, Blatt H, Guevara Y, Nitsche K, Kundu RV, Robinson JK. Accuracy of self-report in assessing Fitzpatrick skin phototypes I through VI. JAMA Dermatol. 2013 Nov; 149(11):1289-94.
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Jenkins BR, Vitousek MN, Safran RJ. Signaling stress? An analysis of phaeomelanin-based plumage color and individual corticosterone levels at two temporal scales in North American barn swallows, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster. Horm Behav. 2013 Sep; 64(4):665-72.
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Baldea I, Costin GE, Shellman Y, Kechris K, Olteanu ED, Filip A, Cosgarea MR, Norris DA, Birlea SA. Biphasic pro-melanogenic and pro-apoptotic effects of all-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) on human melanocytes: time-course study. J Dermatol Sci. 2013 Nov; 72(2):168-76.
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Kadam RS, Scheinman RI, Kompella UB. Pigmented-MDCK (P-MDCK) cell line with tunable melanin expression: an in vitro model for the outer blood-retinal barrier. Mol Pharm. 2012 Nov 05; 9(11):3228-35.
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Durairaj C, Chastain JE, Kompella UB. Intraocular distribution of melanin in human, monkey, rabbit, minipig and dog eyes. Exp Eye Res. 2012 May; 98:23-7.
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