Melanin has a role in Ca2+ homeostasis in human melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-132

  Hoogduijn, M J ^a   Smit, N P ^b   Van Der Laarse, A ^b   Van Nieuwpoort, A F ^b   Wood, J M ^a   Thody, A J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Endothelin; Melanin; Melanocyte; Skin; Uptake

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ENDOTHELIN 1; MELANIN; TYROSINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CAUCASIAN; CELL HETEROGENEITY; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; NEGRO; PIGMENTATION; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EPIDERMIS; GENETICS; HOMEOSTASIS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIN-1; EPIDERMIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MALE; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; TYROSINE;

EID: 0037648524     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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