Immunoreactivity of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone, adrenocorticotrophic hormone and beta-endorphin in cutaneous malignant melanoma and benign melanocytic naevi

The Cloning of a Family of Genes That Encode the Melanocortin Receptors

1992 • 1,616 citations

Molecular cloning and expression of the human melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor cDNA

1992 • 595 citations

Production and release of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) derived peptides by human melanocytes and keratinocytes in culture: regulation by ultraviolet B

1996 • 320 citations

Binding of melanotropic hormones to the melanocortin receptor MC1R on human melanocytes stimulates proliferation and melanogenesis.

1996 • 313 citations

The Asp84Glu variant of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) is associated with melanoma

1996 • 309 citations

ACTH receptor, CYP11A1, CYP17 and CYP21A2 genes are expressed in skin.

1996 • 201 citations

Pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides induce IL-10 production in human monocytes.

1996 • 197 citations

Detection of proopiomelanocortin-derived antigens in normal and pathologic human skin.

1993 • 160 citations

Proopiomelanocortin, corticotropin releasing hormone and corticotropin releasing hormone receptor genes are expressed in human skin

1995 • 159 citations

On the potential role of proopiomelanocortin in skin physiology and pathology

1993 • 135 citations

ACTH receptor, CYP11A1, CYP17 and CYP21A2 genes are expressed in skin

1996 • 99 citations

Melanotropin receptors demonstrated in situ in human melanoma.

1990 • 85 citations

c-KIT receptor expression in cutaneous malignant melanoma and benign melanocytic naevi

1996 • 85 citations

Increased experimental metastatic capacity of a murine melanoma following induction of differentiation.

1986 • 72 citations

Proopiomelanocortin production by epidermal cells: evidence for an immune neuroendocrine network in the epidermis

1994 • 70 citations

Production of Immunosuppressing Melanotropins By Human Keratinocytes^a

1993 • 59 citations

Binding of melanotropic hormones to the melanocortin receptor MC1R on human melanocytes stimulates proliferation and melanogenesis

1996 • 56 citations

Experimental metastasis correlates with cyclic AMP accumulation in B16 melanoma clones

1984 • 56 citations

POMC gene expression in mouse and hamster melanoma cells

1991 • 54 citations

α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone stimulates protein kinase C activity in murine B16 melanoma

1992 • 46 citations

MSH receptor expression and the relationship to melanogenesis and metastatic activity in B16 melanoma

1992 • 39 citations

Anchorage-independent growth of murine melanoma in serum-less media is dependent on insulin or melanocyte-stimulating hormone

1985 • 31 citations

Alpha‐Melanocyte‐Stimulating Hormone Immunoreactivity in Human Melanoma Metastases Extracts

1989 • 24 citations

Influence of alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone on induction of contact hypersensitivity and tolerance

1994 • 23 citations

Partial characterization of IR-α-MSH peptides found in melanoma tumors

1992 • 22 citations

Experimental metastasis and differentiation of murine melanoma cells: actions and interactions of factors affecting different intracellular signalling pathways

1994 • 21 citations

Immunohistochemical evidence of α-, β- and γ3-melanocyte stimulating hormone expression in cutaneous malignant melanoma of nodular type

1995 • 17 citations

The Effect of α‐MSH on the Attachment of Human Melanocytes to Laminin and Fibronectin: Evidence for Specific α‐MSH Receptors on These Cells^a

1993 • 14 citations