Patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare inherited disease, accumulate photosensitizing protoporphyrin in the dermis, which results in severe dermal pain and incapacitating phototoxic ...

Melanocytes can absorb ultraviolet radiation (UVR) and survive considerable genotoxic stress. The skin is the main barrier to the external environment, and relies on melanocytes to provide, among ...

A new study has found that UVA radiation damages the DNA in human melanocyte cells, causing mutations that can lead to melanoma. Melanocytes, which contain a substance called melanin that darkens the ...

Melanocyte melanin synthesis creates constitutive ROS vulnerability, and impaired Nrf2-mediated antioxidant responses enable ...

Clear cell sarcoma (CCS) is associated with the EWS/ATF1 oncogene that is created by chromosomal fusion of the Ewings Sarcoma oncogene (EWS) and the cellular transcription factor ATF1. The melanocytic ...

Share on Pinterest A study discovered a new underlying mechanism with stem cells causing the hair to turn gray, which could lead to potential treatment. BONNINSTUDIO/Stocksy Hair follicles contain ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Melanocyte-keratinocyte transplant procedures are rare in the U.S. due to a need for specialized equipment. The ...

A new study has shown that, for the first time, Wnt signaling, already known to control many biological processes, between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells can dictate hair pigmentation. A new ...

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) have generated the first “atlas” of human melanocytes located throughout the body. In analyzing the atlas data further ...

Certain stem cells have a unique ability to move between growth compartments in hair follicles, but get stuck as people age and so lose their ability to mature and maintain hair color, a new study ...