melanocyte

Only one such cell type, the melanocyte, has been identified in these animals.

This results in increased concentrations of the melanogenic enzymes within the melanocyte.

Because melanocyte cells continually produce pigment, in theory eye color can be changed.

Piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development.

A melanoblast is a precursor cell of a melanocyte.

The death of the melanocyte stem cells causes the onset of graying.

It is required for osteoclast and melanocyte maturation and function.

You over there, in the neural crest, you will be a melanocyte and help pigment a freckle.

The stria vascularis also contains pericyte, melanocyte, and endothelial cells.

Unlike cold-blooded animals, mammals and birds have only one class of chromatophore-like cell: the melanocyte.

Albinism results in the reduction of melanin production only, though the melanocyte (or melanophore) is still present.

Each melanocyte in the epidermis has several dendrites that stretch out to connect it with many keratinocytes.

Ultraviolet light induces melanin production from melanocyte cells to cause sun tanning of skin.

Hair gets its color from a pigment called melanin, which is produced by melanocyte cells in the hair follicles.

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Melanocyte stem cells are called melanoblasts.

This donation comes about because some keratinocytes may engulf the end of the melanocyte pseudopodia, which contain many melanosomes.

In intermediate cases, melanocyte migration is slowed, so that the pigment cells arrive late in development and have less time to intermingle.

It is the levels of these enzymes within a melanocyte that determines whether the cell will create eumelanin instead of pheomelanin.

There are in addition populations of cells producing somatostatin, angiotensin II and melanocyte stimulating hormone.

In contrast, all but one primer pair amplified the expected size fragments from melanocyte cDNA.

The ship chose melanin, the tanning agent stored in the humans' melanocyte cells, to serve as the basis for a photosynthetic process.

UV light stimulates melanocyte activity, and where concentrations of the cells are denser than surrounding areas, hyperpigmentation is effected.

A few surgical options include skin grafting, medical tattooing, and autologous melanocyte transplant, which is a procedure still in the experimental phase.

SLC45A2 is also a melanocyte differentiation antigen that is expressed in a high percentage of melanoma cell lines.