"Melanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.
| Descriptor ID |
D008543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.875.379 D23.767.620
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| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanins" by people in Profiles.
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Mandloi S, Gargano SM, Duffy AN, Benedict PA, Shing SR, Kahn C, Hannikainen P, Pineda-Reyes JP, Bray D, Toskala EM, Rabinowitz M, Rosen M, Farrell C, Evans JJ, Nyquist GG. The Presence of Pigment Incontinence in Sinonasal Mucosal Melanoma. Laryngoscope. 2025 04; 135(4):1321-1325.
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Polettini A, Cone EJ, Gorelick DA, Huestis MA. Incorporation of methamphetamine and amphetamine in human hair following controlled oral methamphetamine administration. Anal Chim Acta. 2012 May 13; 726:35-43.
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Trufant JW, Brenn T, Fletcher CD, Virata AR, Cook DL, Bosenberg MW. Melanotic schwannoma arising in association with nevus of Ota: 2 cases suggesting a shared mechanism. Am J Dermatopathol. 2009 Dec; 31(8):808-13.
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Alexeev V, Yoon K. Distinctive role of the cKit receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in mammalian melanocytes. J Invest Dermatol. 2006 May; 126(5):1102-10.
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Scheidweiler KB, Cone EJ, Moolchan ET, Huestis MA. Dose-related distribution of codeine, cocaine, and metabolites into human hair following controlled oral codeine and subcutaneous cocaine administration. J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2005 May; 313(2):909-15.
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Hustad CM, Perry WL, Siracusa LD, Rasberry C, Cobb L, Cattanach BM, Kovatch R, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA. Molecular genetic characterization of six recessive viable alleles of the mouse agouti locus. Genetics. 1995 May; 140(1):255-65.
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Mintz B, Klein-Szanto AJ. Malignancy of eye melanomas originating in the retinal pigment epithelium of transgenic mice after genetic ablation of choroidal melanocytes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Dec 01; 89(23):11421-5.
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Klein-Szanto A, Bradl M, Porter S, Mintz B. Melanosis and associated tumors in transgenic mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1991 Jan 01; 88(1):169-73.
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Lloyd WC, Eagle RC, Shields JA, Kwa DM, Arbizo VV. Congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. Electron microscopic and morphometric observations. Ophthalmology. 1990 Aug; 97(8):1052-60.
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Eagle RC. Iris pigmentation and pigmented lesions: an ultrastructural study. Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 1988; 86:581-687.