Proopiomelanocortin (POMC), the ACTH/melanocortin precursor, is secreted by human epidermal keratinocytes and melanocytes and stimulates melanogenesis

FASEB Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1844-1856

  Rousseau, Karine ^a   Kauser, Sobia ^b   Pritchard, Lynn E ^a   Warhurst, Anne ^a   Oliver, Robert L ^a   Slominski, Andrzej ^c   Wei, Edward T ^d   Thody, Anthony J ^e   Tobin, Desmond J ^b   White, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MSH; CRH receptors; Hair follicle melanocytes

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; CELL EXTRACT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SKIN; SKIN CELL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-MSH; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MELANOCORTINS; MELANOCYTES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN;

EID: 34249822507     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.06-7398com     Document Type: Article

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