Melanocytes

"Melanocytes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called melanogenesis. Coloration can be altered by the number of melanocytes or the amount of pigment produced and stored in the organelles called MELANOSOMES. The large non-mammalian melanin-containing cells are called MELANOPHORES.

Descriptor ID	D008544
MeSH Number(s)	A11.436.613
Concept/Terms	Melanocytes Melanocytes Melanocyte

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Melanocytes".

Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Epithelial Cells [A11.436]
Melanocytes [A11.436.613]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Melanocytes".

Melanocytes
Melanosomes

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Bar chart showing 71 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2000 and 2002 and 2006 and 2009 and 2013

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	1	2
1998	2	0	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	3	2	5
2001	2	0	2
2002	2	3	5
2003	0	1	1
2005	2	1	3
2006	5	0	5
2007	1	1	2
2008	2	1	3
2009	1	4	5
2010	1	1	2
2011	3	0	3
2012	1	2	3
2013	4	1	5
2014	2	2	4
2015	2	1	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	2	1	3
2018	1	0	1
2019	2	1	3
2020	2	1	3
2021	0	1	1
2023	0	2	2
2024	0	1	1

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Alsoudi AF, Parvus MN, Pulido J, Chevez-Barrios P, Teh BS, Bernicker E, Miles S, Schefler A. MULTIPLYING BROWN SPOTS. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2024 Sep 01; 18(5):642-646.

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Mudhar HS, Krishna Y, Cross S, Auw-Haedrich C, Barnhill R, Cherepanoff S, Eagle R, Farmer J, Folberg R, Grossniklaus H, Herwig-Carl MC, Hyrcza M, Lassalle S, Loeffler KU, Moulin A, Milman T, Verdijk RM, Heegaard S, Coupland SE. A Multicenter Study Validates the WHO 2022 Classification for Conjunctival Melanocytic Intraepithelial Lesions With Clinical and Prognostic Relevance. Lab Invest. 2024 01; 104(1):100281.

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Fazio J, Heras A, Stein E, Zitelli J. Melanoma Antigen Recognized by T Cells With Blue Chromogen Improves Identification of Melanocytes From Background Melanized Keratinocytes on Frozen Sections. Dermatol Surg. 2023 07 01; 49(7):709-711.

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Chung J, Shevchenko A, Lee JB. Evolution of a melanoma in situ to a sarcomatoid dedifferentiated melanoma. J Cutan Pathol. 2021 Jul; 48(7):943-947.

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Fernandez C, Hoeltzel G, Werner-Wasik M, Kenyon LC, Shi W. Definitive radiotherapy for meningeal brainstem melanocytoma: a case report. Br J Neurosurg. 2023 Oct; 37(5):1307-1310.

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Chung J, Yuan ZM, Lee JB. Clinical and histopathological features of pagetoid Spitz nevi of the thigh. J Cutan Pathol. 2020 Dec; 47(12):1143-1149.

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Shah SM, Starr MR, Dalvin LA, Comfere NI, AbouChehade JE, Hodge DO, Iezzi R, Bakri SJ. INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CUTANEOUS KERATINOCYTIC AND MELANOCYTIC MALIGNANCIES IN PATIENTS WITH AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION. Retina. 2020 May; 40(5):857-865.

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Petit V, Raymond J, Alberti C, Pouteaux M, Gallagher SJ, Nguyen MQ, Aplin AE, Delmas V, Larue L. C57BL/6 congenic mouse NRASQ61K melanoma cell lines are highly sensitive to the combination of Mek and Akt inhibitors in vitro and in vivo. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2019 11; 32(6):829-841.

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Marous CL, Marous MR, Welch RJ, Shields JA, Shields CL. CHOROIDAL MELANOMA, SECTOR MELANOCYTOSIS, AND RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIAL MICRODETACHMENTS IN BIRT-HOGG-DUB? SYNDROME. Retin Cases Brief Rep. 2019 Summer; 13(3):202-206.

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Chua V, Orloff M, Teh JL, Sugase T, Liao C, Purwin TJ, Lam BQ, Terai M, Ambrosini G, Carvajal RD, Schwartz G, Sato T, Aplin AE. Stromal fibroblast growth factor 2 reduces the efficacy of bromodomain inhibitors in uveal melanoma. EMBO Mol Med. 2019 02; 11(2).

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