Red human hair pheomelanin is a potent pro-oxidant mediating UV-independent contributory mechanisms of melanomagenesis

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 244-252

  Panzella, Lucia ^a   Leone, Loredana ^a   Greco, Giorgia ^a,b   Vitiello, Giuseppe ^a,c   D'Errico, Gerardino ^a,c   Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   d'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CSGI (Consorzio per Io Sviluppo Dei Sistemi A Grande Interfase)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Melanin precursors; Melanoma; Pheomelanin; Pro oxidant; Redhair

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MELANIN PRECURSORS; MELANOMA; PHEOMELANIN; PRO-OXIDANT; REDHAIR;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARCINOGENESIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GLUTATHIONE; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; MELANINS; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAD; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84894038233     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12199     Document Type: Article

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