The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a novel regulator of human melanogenesis

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 828-833

  Luecke, Sandra ^a   Backlund, Maria ^a   Jux, Bettina ^b   Esser, Charlotte ^b   Krutmann, Jean ^b   Rannug, Agneta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 formylindolo 3,2 b carbazole; AHR; Dioxin; Melanogenesis

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; MELANIN; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 2;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UPREGULATION;

BINDING SITES; CARBAZOLES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MELANINS; MELANOCYTES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TRYPTOPHAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 78049250999     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-148X.2010.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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