Melanoma central nervous system metastases: current approaches, challenges, and opportunities.

abstract：:Retinoic acid (RA) is considered to control melanocytes; however, its precise mechanism remains unclear because of a bimodal effect, which promotes or inhibits melanin synthesis depending on the cell type, culture condition of melanocytes and skin conditions. In this study, we examined the effects of RA throughout eac...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Inoue Y,Hasegawa S,Yamada T,Date Y,Mizutani H,Nakata S,Matsunaga K,Akamatsu H

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the dynamic intra-tumor microenvironment, melanoma cells adopt distinct phenotypic states associated with differential expression of the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF). The response to hypoxia is driven by hypoxia-inducible transcription factors (HIFs) that reprogram metabolism an...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Louphrasitthiphol P,Ledaki I,Chauhan J,Falletta P,Siddaway R,Buffa FM,Mole DR,Soga T,Goding CR

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of melanin pigment within the iris is responsible for the visual impression of human eye colouration with complex patterns also evident in this tissue, including Fuchs' crypts, nevi, Wolfflin nodules and contraction furrows. The genetic basis underlying the determination and inheritance of these traits ha...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Sturm RA,Larsson M

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle is the central hub of oxidative metabolism, running in the classic forward direction to provide carbon for biosynthesis and reducing agents for generation of ATP. Our metabolic tracer studies in melanoma cells showed that in hypoxic conditions the TCA cycle is largely disconnected fr...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Filipp FV,Scott DA,Ronai ZA,Osterman AL,Smith JW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 308-nm excimer laser (EL) has been widely used to treat patients with localized vitiligo. However, data are rare on the influence of EL treatment on the risks of skin cancer. To evaluate the skin cancer risks after long-term EL treatment, we performed a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study using th...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Bae JM,Eun SH,Oh SH,Shin JH,Kang HY,Kim KH,Lee SC,Choi CW

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dyschromatosis symmetrica hereditaria (DSH) is a pigmentary genodermatosis caused by mutations in ADAR1. In this study, we performed mutation analysis on a family that included typical DSH patients. No mutations were found in any coding regions or exon-intron boundary regions of ADAR1, but a previously unreported non-...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Suganuma M,Kono M,Yamanaka M,Akiyama M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) technology offers a novel approach for conversion of human primary fibroblasts into melanocytes. During attempts to explore various protocols for differentiation of iPSCs into melanocytes, we found a distinct and self-renewing cell lineage that could differentiate into melanocytes,...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Hosaka C,Kunisada M,Koyanagi-Aoi M,Masaki T,Takemori C,Taniguchi-Ikeda M,Aoi T,Nishigori C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copy number variations (CNVs) have been shown to contribute substantially to disease susceptibility in several inherited diseases including cancer. We conducted a genome-wide search for CNVs in blood-derived DNA from 79 individuals (62 melanoma patients and 17 spouse controls) of 30 high-risk melanoma-prone families w...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Yang XR,Brown K,Landi MT,Ghiorzo P,Badenas C,Xu M,Hayward NK,Calista D,Landi G,Bruno W,Bianchi-Scarrà G,Aguilera P,Puig S,Goldstein AM,Tucker MA

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melasma is a common hyperpigmentary disorder. The impact on the quality of life of affected individuals is well demonstrated, demanding new therapeutic strategies. However, the treatment of melasma remains highly challenging. Melasma is often considered as the main consequence of female hormone stimulation on a predis...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Passeron T,Picardo M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complex genetic changes underlying metastatic melanoma need to be deciphered to develop new and effective therapeutics. Previously, genome-wide microarray analyses of human melanoma identified two reciprocal gene expression programs, including transcripts regulated by either transforming growth factor, beta 1 (TGF...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Hwang HW,Baxter LL,Loftus SK,Cronin JC,Trivedi NS,Borate B,Pavan WJ

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of present study was to evaluate CD4(+) /CD8(+) ratio and CD4(+) CD25(hi) FoxP3(+) Tregs in GV patients with reference to their effect on disease onset and progression. Flow cytometry was used for determination of CD4(+) /CD8(+) ratio and Tregs in 82 patients and 50 controls. CD8(+) T-cell counts were signific...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Dwivedi M,Laddha NC,Arora P,Marfatia YS,Begum R

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hair color and skin color are frequently coordinated in mammalian species. To explore this, we have studied mutations in two different G protein coupled pathways, each of which affects the darkness of both hair and skin color. In each mouse mutant (Gnaq(Dsk1), Gna11(Dsk7), and Mc1r(e)), we analyzed the melanocyte dens...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Van Raamsdonk CD,Barsh GS,Wakamatsu K,Ito S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although L-tyrosine is well known for its melanogenic effect, the contribution of D-tyrosine to melanin synthesis was previously unexplored. Here, we reveal that, unlike L-tyrosine, D-tyrosine dose-dependently reduced the melanin contents of human MNT-1 melanoma cells and primary human melanocytes. In addition, 500 μM...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Park J,Jung H,Kim K,Lim KM,Kim JY,Jho EH,Oh ES

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:NDRG2 (N-myc downstream-regulated gene 2) is a candidate tumor suppressor implicated in control of glioblastoma proliferation and dendritic cell differentiation. The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (Mitf) plays a crucial role in the melanocyte lineage and in melanoma by controlling survival, differentia...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Kim A,Yang Y,Lee MS,Yoo YD,Lee HG,Lim JS

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel mutation named ru2(d) /Hps5(ru2-d) , characterized by light-colored coats and ruby-eyes, prohibits differentiation of melanocytes by inhibiting tyrosinase (Tyr) activity, expression of Tyr, Tyr-related protein 1 (Tyrp1), Tyrp2, and Kit. However, it is not known whether the ru2(d) allele affects pheomelanin s...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Hirobe T,Ito S,Wakamatsu K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melanoma incidence continues to rise at an alarming rate while effective systemic therapies remain very limited. Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is required for development of melanocytes and is an amplified oncogene in a fraction of human melanomas. Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Yokoyama S,Feige E,Poling LL,Levy C,Widlund HR,Khaled M,Kung AL,Fisher DE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have become a widely used approach for genetic association studies of various human traits. A few GWAS have been conducted with the goal of identifying novel loci for pigmentation traits, melanoma, and non-melanoma skin cancer. Nevertheless, the phenotype variation explained by t...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Meng S,Zhang M,Liang L,Han J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4th international melanoma congress of the Society for Melanoma Research (SMR), organized by Marianne Berwick (University of New Mexico), Paul Chapman (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center), Rene Gonzalez (University of Colorado) and Ze'ev Ronai (Burnham Institute), was held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown New...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Fisher DE,Medrano EE,McMahon M,Soengas MS,Schuchter L,Wolchok JD,Merlino G

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural crest is a transient structure in vertebrate embryos that generates multiple neural and mesenchymal cell types as well as melanocytes. Melanocytes in the skin either derive directly from neural crest cells populating the skin via a dorsolateral migratory pathway or arise by detaching from nerves innervating...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Sommer L

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the main advantages of using inducible and conditional transgenes to study pigment cell biology is that they allow for genetic manipulation within melanocytes after roles in general neural crest or melanoblast development have been fulfilled. Specifically, we focus here on the ability of the Tyr::CreER(T) ...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Harris ML,Pavan WJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR-2) is a seven transmembrane G-protein-coupled receptor that could be activated by serine protease cleavage or by synthetic peptide agonists. We showed earlier that activation of PAR-2 with Ser-Leu-Ile-Gly-Arg-Leu-NH(2) (SLIGRL), a known PAR-2 activating peptide, induces keratinoc...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Lin CB,Chen N,Scarpa R,Guan F,Babiarz-Magee L,Liebel F,Li WH,Kizoulis M,Shapiro S,Seiberg M

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the contributions of Tyrp1 and Gpnmb to the iris transillumination defect (TID) in five age cohorts of BXD mice. Using systems genetics, we also evaluated the role of other known pigmentation genes (PGs). Mapping studies indicate that Tyrp1 contributes to the phenotype at all ages, yet the TID maps to ...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Swaminathan S,Lu H,Williams RW,Lu L,Jablonski MM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oncogenic BRAF and NRAS mutations drive human melanoma initiation. We used transgenic zebrafish to model NRAS-mutant melanoma, and the rapid tumor onset allowed us to study candidate tumor suppressors. We identified P38α-MAPK14 as a potential tumor suppressor in The Cancer Genome Atlas melanoma cohort of NRAS-mutant m...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Banik I,Cheng PF,Dooley CM,Travnickova J,Merteroglu M,Dummer R,Patton EE,Busch-Nentwich EM,Levesque MP

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcription factors initiate programs of gene expression and are catalysts in downstream molecular cascades that modulate a variety of cellular processes. Pax3 is a transcription factor that is important in the melanocyte and influences melanocytic proliferation, resistance to apoptosis, migration, lineage specifici...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Kubic JD,Young KP,Plummer RS,Ludvik AE,Lang D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a therapeutic standpoint, vitiligo is still regarded by many physicians as a simple problem of regenerative medicine, with the main aim to repopulate the depigmented skin with functional melanocytes from the margins of the lesions or from intact progenitors in hair follicles. However, recent research in vitiligo ...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Taïeb A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Melanoma Research Foundation (MRF) has charted a comprehensive assessment of the current state of melanoma research and care. Intensive discussions among members of the MRF Scientific Advisory Council and Breakthrough Consortium, a group that included clinicians and scientists, focused on four thematic areas - dia...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Merlino G,Herlyn M,Fisher DE,Bastian BC,Flaherty KT,Davies MA,Wargo JA,Curiel-Lewandrowski C,Weber MJ,Leachman SA,Soengas MS,McMahon M,Harbour JW,Swetter SM,Aplin AE,Atkins MB,Bosenberg MW,Dummer R,Gershenwald JE,Ha

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuregulin (NRG) signaling through the receptor tyrosine kinase, ERBB3, is required for embryonic development, and dysregulated signaling has been associated with cancer progression. Here, we show that NRG1/ERBB3 signaling inhibits melanocyte (MC) maturation and promotes undifferentiated, migratory and proliferative c...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Buac K,Xu M,Cronin J,Weeraratna AT,Hewitt SM,Pavan WJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) can play two roles: induce cellular senescence and convert skin melanocytes into melanoma. To assess whether this conversion might rely on melanocytes having to first acquire a senescent phenotype, we studied the effects of physiological doses of UVR (UVA + UVB) on quiescent melanocytes in ...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Sha J,Arbesman J,Harter ML

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many melanoma cells are resistant to the anti-proliferative effect of all trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Retinoic Acid Receptor-beta2 (RAR-beta2) mediates the ATRA growth inhibition. We found a correlation between the anti-proliferative activity of ATRA and expression of RAR-beta2. There was not a strict correlation betw...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Fan J,Eastham L,Varney ME,Hall A,Adkins NL,Chetel L,Sollars VE,Georgel P,Niles RM

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is a survival factor in melanocytes and melanoma cells. MITF regulates expression of antiapoptotic genes and promotes lineage-specific survival in response to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and to chemotherapeutics. SWI/SNF chromatin-remodeling enzymes interact with MI...

journal_title：Pigment cell & melanoma research

authors： Saladi SV,Wong PG,Trivedi AR,Marathe HG,Keenen B,Aras S,Liew ZQ,Setaluri V,de la Serna IL

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00