Stepping up melanocytes to the challenge of UV exposure

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-186

  Abdel Malek, Zalfa A ^a   Kadekaro, Ana Luisa ^a   Swope, Viki B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Melanocyte; Melanogenesis; Oxidative stress; Paracrine factors; UV

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN DERIVATIVE; ANTIOXIDANT; CYCLIC AMP; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); DNA; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FORSKOLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROANTHOCYANIDIN; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P53; PT PT OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NRF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR 1;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFICACY; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SKIN CANCER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUN EXPOSURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77949375374     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00679.x     Document Type: Review

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