Human hair follicle pigmentary unit as a direct target for modulators of melanogenesis, as studied by [14C]-2-Thiouracil incorporation

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-416

  Michelet, Jean François ^a   Gautier, Brigitte ^a   Gaillard, Olivier ^a   Bernard, Bruno Alain ^a   Benech, Florence ^a  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Alpha MSH; Forskolin; Greying; Kojic acid; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; FORSKOLIN; KOJIC ACID; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; THIOURACIL C 14; THIOURACIL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GREY HAIR; HAIR COLOR; HAIR DISCOLORATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; MELANOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA-MSH; BIOPSY; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PYRONES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THIOURACIL;

EID: 63149084062     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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