The Melanocyte: Its Structure, Function, and Subpopulations in Skin, Eyes, and Hair

Experimental analysis of the migration and differentiation of neuroblasts of the autonomic nervous system and of neurectodermal mesenchymal derivatives, using a biological cell marking technique

1974 • 651 citations

BIOCHEMISTRY OF MELANIN FORMATION

1950 • 623 citations

The neurocristopathiesA unifying concept of disease arising in neural crest maldevelopment

1974 • 591 citations

Mammalian Tyrosinase Catalyzes Three Reactions in the Biosynthesis of Melanin

1982 • 574 citations

Recent Advances in the Chemistry of Melanogenesis in Mammals

1980 • 458 citations

Biosynthesis of lysosomal enzymes in fibroblasts. Phosphorylation of mannose residues.

1980 • 404 citations

Origin of Pigment Cells from the Neural Crest in the Mouse Embryo

1947 • 363 citations

Vesicles and cisternae in the trans golgi apparatus of human fibroblasts are acidic compartments

1985 • 350 citations

Effects of Aging and Chronic Sun Exposure on Melanocytes in Human Skin

1979 • 317 citations

Racial Differences in the Fate of Melanosomes in Human Epidermis

1969 • 292 citations

Regulation of tyrosinase in human melanocytes grown in culture.

1983 • 288 citations

Common Origin of Pigment Cells

1979 • 283 citations

Mannose-6-phosphate receptors for lysosomal enzymes cycle between the Golgi complex and endosomes.

1986 • 270 citations

ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND CYTOCHEMICAL OBSERVATIONS ON B-16 AND HARDING-PASSEY MOUSE MELANOMAS THE ORIGIN OF PREMELANOSOMES AND COMPOUND MELANOSOMES

1968 • 264 citations

New regulators of melanin biosynthesis and the autodestruction of melanoma cells

1980 • 244 citations

Alteration of Racial Differences in Melanosome Distribution in Human Epidermis after Exposure to Ultraviolet Light

1972 • 162 citations

The Melanocytes of Mammals

1960 • 151 citations

The PUVA-induced pigmented macule: A lentiginous proliferation of large, sometimes cytologically atypical, melanocytes

1983 • 148 citations

The Distribution of Melanocytes in the Leptomeninges of the Human Brain

1984 • 143 citations

Mitotic activity in non-neoplastic melanocytes in vivo as determined by histochemical, autoradiographic, and electron microscope studies.

1975 • 117 citations

Cytochalasin B: Effects on Microfilaments and Movement of Melanin Granules within Melanocytes

1972 • 114 citations

Comparison of Eumelanogenesis and Pheomelanogenesis in Retinal and Follicular Melanocytes; Role of Vesculo-globular Bodies in Melanosome Differentiation

1979 • 113 citations

Golgi-melanosome relationship in human melanoma in vitro

1969 • 112 citations

L-Tyrosine-3, 5- ³ H Assay for Tyrosinase Development in Skin of Newborn Hamsters

1969 • 104 citations

Melanocyte-stimulating hormone, tyrosinase activity and the regulation of eumelanogenesis and phaeomelanogenesis in the hair follicular melanocytes of the mouse

1986 • 99 citations

Analysis of developmentally homogeneous neural crest cell populations in vitro

1981 • 98 citations

Selective Aberration and Pigment Loss in Melanosomes of Malignant Melanoma Cells in Vitro by Glycosylation Inhibitors: Premelanosomes as Glycoprotein

1983 • 80 citations

Hyperpigmentation, Melanosome Size, and Distribution Patterns of Melanosomes

1973 • 75 citations

Mammalian tyrosinase: Isozymic forms of the enzyme

1981 • 71 citations

Biology and diseases of dermal pigmentation

1982 • 69 citations

Immediate Pigment Darkening Phenomenon. A Reevaluation of Its Mechanisms

1986 • 68 citations

Changes in distribution pattern of cytoplasmic filaments in human melanocytes during ultraviolet-mediated melanin pigmentation. The role of the 100-Angstrom filaments in the elongation of melanocytic dendrites and in the movement and transfer of melanosomes.

1975 • 67 citations

Purification of hamster melanoma tyrosinases and structural studies of their asparagine-linked sugar chains

1984 • 66 citations

Ultrastructural change of melanosomes associated with agouti pattern formation in mouse hair

1975 • 64 citations

Transfer of Melanosomes in a Skin Equivalent Model In Vitro

1986 • 60 citations

Microtubule polarity confers direction to pigment transport in chromatophores.

1986 • 59 citations

Melanin Pigmentation: An in vivo Model for Studies of Melanosome Kinetics within Keratinocytes

1971 • 56 citations

Pigment cell development in rhesus monkey eyes: an electron microscopic and histochemical study

1973 • 54 citations

Functional Analysis of Tyrosinase Isozymes of Cultured Malignant Melanoma Cells During the Recovery Period Following Interrupted Melanogenesis Induced by Glycosylation Inhibitors

1984 • 52 citations

Ultrastructure and cell biology of pigment cells. Intracellular dynamics and the fine structure of melanocytes with special reference to the effects of MSH and cyclic AMP on microtubules and 10-nm filaments.

1973 • 51 citations

The Migration of Melanoblasts after Hatching into Pigment-Free Skin Grafts of the Common Fowl

1944 • 50 citations

Embryonic Development of Melanocytes in Human Hair and Epidermis

1966 • 50 citations

Characterization of a new melanosomal structural componentȁthe vesicula globular bodyȁby conventional transmission, high-voltage, and scanning electron microscopy

1974 • 50 citations

Morphologic Alterations of Epidermal Melanocytes and Melanosomes in PUVA Lentigines: A Comparative Ultrastructural Investigation of Lentigines Induced by PUVA and Sunlight

1984 • 46 citations

Mode of redifferentiation and melanogenesis of melanocytes in mouse hair follicles

1979 • 44 citations

Characterization of Biochemical Properties of Melanosomes for Structural and Functional Differentiation: Analysis of the Compositions of Lipids and Proteins in Melanosomes and Their Subfractions

1982 • 43 citations

Experimental pigment donation in vivo

1974 • 43 citations

Mammalian tyrosinase: Isolation by a simple new procedure and characterization of its steric requirements for cofactor activity

1978 • 43 citations

The development of pigment cells in the eyes of rhesus monkeys

1971 • 39 citations

Stimulation by Ionophores of Tyrosinase Activity of Mouse Melanoma Cells in Culture

1985 • 39 citations

An Analysis of the Source of Melanophores in Regenerating Feathers

1943 • 37 citations

The Lives of Pigment Cells

1986 • 32 citations

Importance of Glycoproteins in the Initiation of Melanogenesis: An Electron Microscopic Study of b-16 Melanoma Cells After Release from Inhibition of Glycosylation

1986 • 32 citations

Cytochemical localization of tyrosinase activity in pigmented epithelial cells of Rana pipiens and Xenopus laevis larvae

1972 • 32 citations

Zur Morphologic der epidermalen Melanineinheit

1969 • 31 citations

The ultrastructural effects of the I and S loci upon black-red melanin differentiation in the fowl

1971 • 28 citations

Choroidal melanocytes — a model for studying the aging process in nonreplicative differentiated cells

1979 • 26 citations

The Epidermal Melanocyte System in Newborn Human Skin. A Quantitative Histologic Study

1973 • 20 citations

Changes in melanosomes with age in iridial stromal melanocytes of rhesus macaques

1983 • 20 citations

Microheterogeneity of melanosome-bound tyrosinase from the harding-passey murine melanoma

1987 • 16 citations

Establishment of Proliferative, Pure Cultures of Pigmented Chicken Melanocytes from Neural Tubes

1985 • 16 citations

MORPHOGENESIS OF PIGMENT CELLS IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE OF THE PET MOUSE*

1963 • 11 citations

Refractoriness of Mouse Dermal Melanocytes to Hormones**From the Division of Dermatology, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, 23219, and the Department of Biology, University of Richmond, Virginia 23173.

1968 • 10 citations

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