Definition of Melanocytes. Meaning of Melanocytes. Synonyms of Melanocytes

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- protection against UV radiation. Melanocytes also have a role in the immune system. Through a process called melanogenesis, melanocytes produce melanin, which is...
- other important neuropeptides like adrenocorticotropic hormone.: 554  Melanocytes in skin make and secrete MSH in response to ultraviolet light, where...
- Melanoma is a group of serious skin cancers that arise from pigment cells (melanocytes); acral lentiginous melanoma is a kind of lentiginous skin melanoma....
- an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing...
- produced by skin cells called melanocytes. Variations in genes that are part of the immune system or part of melanocytes have both been ****ociated with...
- harmless (benign) hyperplasia of melanocytes which is linear in its spread. This means the hyperplasia of melanocytes is restricted to the cell layer directly...
- α-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) is an endogenous peptide hormone and neuropeptide of the melanocortin family, with a tridecapeptide structure...
- containing the endogenous photoprotectant melanin, from epidermal melanocytes. Each melanocyte in the epidermis has several dendrites that stretch out to connect...
- are expressed in melanocytes that migrate to the skin surface later in development. In bi-colored tortoises**** cats, the melanocytes arrive relatively...
- melanocytes, which are found in the basal layer of the epidermis. Although, in general, human beings possess a similar concentration of melanocytes in...