Pigmentation Disorders: A Short Review
, 2015 Pigmentation disorders are a group of diseases caused by changes in the levels of the pigment melanin produced by melanocytes, the cells that manufacture pigment in the skin, or due to the accumulation of other pigments in the skin. These can be examined
Ragıp İsmail Engin
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Pigmentation abnormalities in nucleotide excision repair disorders: Evidence and hypotheses [PDF]
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 2018 Skin pigmentation abnormalities are manifested in several disorders associated with deficient DNA repair mechanisms such as nucleotide excision repair (NER) and double‐strand break (DSB) diseases, a topic that has not received much attention up to now ...
Zeinab Kasraian +7 more
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Generating Functional and Highly Proliferative Melanocytes Derived from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Promising Tool for Biotherapeutic Approaches to Treat Skin Pigmentation Disorders. [PDF]
Int J Mol Sci, 2023 Saidani M +11 more
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Mechanism, Formulation, and Efficacy Evaluation of Natural Products for Skin Pigmentation Treatment
PharmaceuticsSkin pigmentation typically arises from the excessive secretion and accumulation of melanin, resulting in a darker complexion compared to normal skin. Currently, the local application of chemical drugs is a first-line strategy for pigmentation disorders,
Xueli Peng +9 more
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Skin Pigmentation and Pigmentary Disorders: Focus on Epidermal/Dermal Cross-Talk [PDF]
Annals of Dermatology, 2016 Variation in human skin and hair color is the most notable aspect of human variability and several studies in evolution, genetics and developmental biology contributed to explain the mechanisms underlying human skin pigmentation, which is responsible for
Emanuela Bastonini +2 more
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A Short Review of Pigmentation Disorders in Systemic Diseases
, 2015 Since ages, the skin colour is an important issue for human race. Melanocyte abnormalities are mentioned during the fetal developmental stages in literature from ancient cultures. The deciding factor for the pigmentation is melanin.
Mohit Vijay Rojekar
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Apigenin promotes melanogenesis and melanosome transport through the c-KIT/Raf-1/MAPK/CREB pathway in HEMCs [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyIntroductionApigenin, a natural flavonoid with well-established antioxidant, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory activities, has recently attracted attention for its pigmentation-promoting effects.
Jinpeng Lv +8 more
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First record of pigmentation disorder in the Fringe-lipped Bat Trachops cirrhosus (Spix, 1823) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from southeast Brazil [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2019 Piebaldism is a genetic pigmentation disorder, which is caused by absence of melanocytes in parts of the skin and/or hair follicles, with eyes and claws normally pigmented.
Ianna Borloti +2 more
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Disease-Gene Networks of Skin Pigmentation Disorders and Reconstruction of Protein-Protein Interaction Networks. [PDF]
Bioengineering (Basel), 2022 D'Arcy C +7 more
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Pathological modelling of pigmentation disorders associated with Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS-derived melanocytes. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2018 Lo Cicero A +10 more
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