Pheomelanin-induced oxidative stress: Bright and dark chemistry bridging red hair phenotype and melanoma

Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 721-733

  Napolitano, Alessandra ^a   Panzella, Lucia ^a   Monfrecola, Giuseppe ^a   d'Ischia, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Melanoma; Oxidative stress; Pheomelanin; Reactive oxygen species; Red hair; UV

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN; PHEOMELANIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN TUMOR;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HAIR COLOR; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MELANINS; MELANOMA; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 1; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84907982348     PISSN: 17551471     EISSN: 1755148X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12262     Document Type: Review

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