Epidermal keratinocytes from light vs. Dark skin exhibit differential degradation of melanosomes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1226-1233

  Ebanks, Jody P ^a,b   Koshoffer, Amy ^b   Wickett, R Randall ^a   Schwemberger, Sandy ^c   Babcock, George ^a,c   Hakozaki, Tomohiro ^d   Boissy, Raymond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

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

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN COLOR; TIME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79955993480     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.22     Document Type: Article

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