| Literature DB >> 29477191 |
Shanna L Bowman1, Michael S Marks2.
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The mechanisms by which melanins are transferred from melanocytes and stored within keratinocytes to generate skin pigmentation are hotly debated. Correia et al. and Hurbain et al. provide evidence that melanin cores of melanosomes are secreted from melanocytes and taken up and stored within non-degradative membranous organelles in keratinocytes in the basal epidermis of human skin.Entities:
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Year: 2018 PMID: 29477191 PMCID: PMC5832358 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.11.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Invest Dermatol ISSN: 0022-202X Impact factor: 8.551