Novel method for isolating human melanoblasts from keratinocyte culture

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 489-494

  Cho, Eun Gyung ^a   Bin, Bum Ho ^a   Choi, Hyunjung ^a   Park, Phil June ^a   Kang, Hak Hee ^a   Lee, Tae Ryong ^a  

^a AmorePacific Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BRN2; Calcium pulse; Cell growth; Human melanoblast; Keratinocyte; Melanocyte

Indexed keywords

ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; CALCIUM; CELL MARKER; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 19; MELANIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P63; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KERATIN; MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MITF PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR BRN-2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR POU;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; KERATINOCYTE; MELANOBLAST; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MELANOMA; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMISTRY; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; EPIDERMIS; NEURAL CREST; NEWBORN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; PROCEDURES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SHAPE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATINOCYTES; KERATINS; MELANOCYTES; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NEURAL CREST; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; POU DOMAIN FACTORS; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 84898879014     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12221     Document Type: Article

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