Tyrosinase may protect human melanocytes from the cytotoxic effects of the superoxide anion

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Valverde, P ^a   Manning, P ^a   Todd, C ^a   McNeil, C J ^a   Thody, A J ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Melanin; Melanocyte stimulating hormone; Oxidative stress; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE OXIDASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0029805691     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1996.tb00125.x     Document Type: Article

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