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protection against UV radiation.
Melanocytes also have a role in the
immune system.
Through a
process called melanogenesis,
melanocytes produce melanin,
which is...
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other important neuropeptides like
adrenocorticotropic hormone.: 554
Melanocytes in skin make and
secrete MSH in
response to
ultraviolet light, where...
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produced by skin
cells called melanocytes.
Variations in
genes that are part of the
immune system or part of
melanocytes have both been ****ociated with...
- α-
Melanocyte-stimulating
hormone (α-MSH) is an
endogenous peptide hormone and
neuropeptide of the
melanocortin family, with a
tridecapeptide structure...
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harmless (benign)
hyperplasia of
melanocytes which is
linear in its spread. This
means the
hyperplasia of
melanocytes is
restricted to the cell
layer directly...
-
Melanoma is a
group of
serious skin
cancers that
arise from
pigment cells (
melanocytes);
acral lentiginous melanoma is a kind of
lentiginous skin melanoma....
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poliosis is
marked by the lack of
melanin or
melanocytes in the hair bulbs,
though epidermal melanocytes typically remain unaffected unless ****ociated...
-
melanocytes,
which are
found in the
basal layer of the epidermis. Although, in general,
human beings possess a
similar concentration of
melanocytes in...
- an
increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or
melanocytes, but
instead have
melanocytes that
overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing...
- individuals.: 1175
Within the skin,
melanocytes are
present in the
basal layer of the epidermis; from these,
melanocytes originate dendrites that
reach keratinocytes...
