Sphingosylphosphorylcholine is a Melanogenic Stimulator for Human Melanocytes

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 670-678

  Higuchi, Kazuhiko ^a   Kawashima, Makoto ^a   Ichikawa, Yoshiaki ^b   Imokawa, Genji ^a,b,c  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c Kao Biological Science Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melanocytes; Sphingosylphosphorylcholine; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSYLPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; THIOURACIL DERIVATIVE; THYMIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR M; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; MELANOGENESIS; MICROPHTHALMIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; UPREGULATION;

CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTORS, ENDOTHELIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SPHINGOSINE; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0345708124     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1600-0749.2003.00097.x     Document Type: Article

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