Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Article	Citations
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Basic facts, biological characteristics and research perspectives of an understudied disease	60
An update on Vitiligo pathogenesis	58
The enigma and challenges of vitiligo pathophysiology and treatment	47
Management of hyperpigmentation: Current treatments and emerging therapies	39
Chemical and biochemical control of skin pigmentation with special emphasis on mixed melanogenesis	37
Rab GTPases: Key players in melanosome biogenesis, transport, and transfer	35
An update on the implications of cyclin D1 in melanomas	32
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase gene silencing enhances chemosensitivity of melanoma cell lines	29
The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables	29
Participation of keratinocyte‐ and fibroblast‐derived factors in melanocyte homeostasis, the response to UV, and pigmentary disorders	27
The role of ferroptosis in melanoma	26
Alterations of the pigmentation system in the aging process	25
Genetics of non‐syndromic and syndromic oculocutaneous albinism in human and mouse	25
The fate of melanocyte: Mechanisms of cell death in vitiligo	23
The α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone/melanocortin‐1 receptor interaction: A driver of pleiotropic effects beyond pigmentation	22
First‐line atezolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced BRAFV600 wild‐type melanoma	22
The tumour immune landscape and its implications in cutaneous melanoma	21
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling in melanocyte pigmentation and melanomagenesis	21
Strategies in DNA vaccine for melanoma cancer	20
The role of technology in melanoma screening and diagnosis	20
Emerging strategies to treat rare and intractable subtypes of melanoma	20
Identification of melanoma‐specific exosomal miRNAs as the potential biomarker for canine oral melanoma	19
Targeted therapy and immunotherapy: Emerging biomarkers in metastatic melanoma	19
NRF2‐dependent stress defense in tumor antioxidant control and immune evasion	19
The structure and function of the mouse tyrosinase locus	18

Dark cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers are formed in the epidermis of Fitzpatrick skin types I/II and VI in vivo after exposure to solar‐simulated radiation	16
Cooperative behaviour and phenotype plasticity evolve during melanoma progression	16
The effect of aging and antioxidants on photoreactivity and phototoxicity of human melanosomes: An in vitro study	16
Circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanogenesis through MITF in melanoma cells	15
HPS11 and OCA8: Two new types of albinism associated with mutations in BLOC1S5 and DCT genes	15
Support for increased cardiovascular risk in non‐segmental vitiligo among Egyptians: A hospital‐based, case–control study	14
Current landscape of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Japan	14
Novel three‐way complex rearrangement of TRPM1‐PUM1‐LCK in a case of agminated Spitz nevi arising in a giant congenital hyperpigmented macule	14
The PI3K pathway induced by αMSH exerts a negative feedback on melanogenesis and contributes to the release of pigment	14
Artificial intelligence and melanoma: A comprehensive review of clinical, dermoscopic, and histologic applications	13
A Focused review on the pathophysiology of post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	13
Dhh‐expressing Schwann cell precursors contribute to skin and cochlear melanocytes, but not to vestibular melanocytes	13
Human TYRP1: Two functions for a single gene?	13
Molecular characterization of SLC24A5 variants and evaluation of Nitisinone treatment efficacy in a zebrafish model of OCA6	12
Premature senescence in human melanocytes after exposure to solar UVR: An exosome and UV‐miRNA connection	12
User guide to MiT‐TFE isoforms and post‐translational modifications	12
The unfolded protein and integrated stress response in melanoma and vitiligo	12
Altered expression of ferroptosis markers and iron metabolism reveals a potential role of ferroptosis in vitiligo	12
Immunotherapy for older patients with melanoma: From darkness to light?	11
The AMP‐dependent kinase pathway is upregulated in BAP1 mutant uveal melanoma	11
RASGRF2 gene fusions identified in a variety of melanocytic lesions with distinct morphological features	11
Speed rate (SR) as a new dynamic index of melanoma behavior	11
Endothelin signaling promotes melanoma tumorigenesis driven by constitutively active GNAQ	11
Vitiligo: Translational research and effective therapeutic strategies	11
Reconstructed human pigmented skin/epidermis models achieve epidermal pigmentation through melanocore transfer	10
Phenotypic plasticity of melanocytes derived from human adult skin	10
YAP facilitates melanoma migration through regulation of actin‐related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5)	10
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	10
The role of melanocytes in the human choroidal microenvironment and inflammation: Insights from the transcriptome	10
Genetic variants and mutational spectrum of Chinese Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome patients	9
Non‐invasive optical biopsy by multiphoton microscopy identifies the live morphology of common melanocytic nevi	9
Five novel mutations in SASH1 contribute to lentiginous phenotypes in Japanese families	9
Drosophila yellow‐h encodes dopaminechrome tautomerase: A new enzyme in the eumelanin biosynthetic pathway	9
Melanin‐concentrating hormone like and somatolactin. A teleost‐specific hypothalamic‐hypophyseal axis system linking physiological and morphological pigmentation	9
CD147 regulates melanoma metastasis via the NFAT1‐MMP‐9 pathway	9
New insights into the pathogenesis of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	9
Analysis of CRISPR‐Cas9 screens identifies genetic dependencies in melanoma	9
Multiple desmoplastic Spitz nevi with BRAF fusions in a patient with ring chromosome 7 syndrome	8
Acral lentiginous melanoma—Population, treatment, and survival using the NCDB from 2004 to 2015	8
Antihypertensives and melanoma: An updated review	8
A Phase 1 study of ADI‐PEG20 (pegargiminase) combined with cisplatin and pemetrexed in ASS1‐negative metastatic uveal melanoma	8
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	7
Genomic and signalling pathway characterization of the NZM panel of melanoma cell lines: A valuable model for studying the impact of genetic diversity in melanoma	7
Consideration of possible effects of vitamin D on established cancer, with reference to malignant melanoma	7
Transcriptomic analysis and ednrb expression in cochlear intermediate cells reveal developmental differences between inner ear and skin melanocytes	7
Volar location and degree of pigmentation are associated with poor survival and first metastasis pattern in acral melanoma	7
Germline loss‐of‐function variants in MBD4 are rare in Finnish patients with uveal melanoma	7
Heme oxygenase promotes B‐Raf‐dependent melanosphere formation	7
Instant isolation of highly purified human melanocytes from freshly prepared epidermal cell suspensions	6
Connexins in melanoma: Potential role of Cx46 in its aggressiveness	6

Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study	6
Type I interferon signaling limits viral vector priming of CD8+ T cells during initiation of vitiligo and melanoma immunotherapy	6
The feather pattern autosomal barring in chicken is strongly associated with segregation at the MC1R locus	6
Establishment of a mouse model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	6
Topical RT1640 treatment effectively reverses gray hair and stem cell loss in a mouse model of radiation‐induced canities	6
The impact of BRAF mutation status on clinical outcomes with anti‐PD‐1 monotherapy versus combination ipilimumab/nivolumab in treatment‐naïve advanced stage melanoma	6
The impaired unfolded protein‐premelanosome protein and transient receptor potential channels‐autophagy axes in apoptotic melanocytes in vitiligo	6
Recurrent co‐alteration of HDGF and SETDB1 on chromosome 1q drives cutaneous melanoma progression and poor prognosis	6
Tape stripping and lipidomics reveal skin surface lipid abnormity in female melasma	6
Induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived myeloid cells expressing OX40 ligand amplify antigen‐specific T cells in advanced melanoma	6
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	6
A novel BLOC1S5‐related HPS‐11 patient and zebrafish with bloc1s5 disruption	6
Dysregulation of CCN3 (NOV) expression in the epidermis of systemic sclerosis patients with pigmentary changes	5
Primary tumor characteristics and next‐generation sequencing mutations as biomarkers for melanoma immunotherapy response	5
Abrogation of RAB27A expression transiently affects melanoma cell proliferation	5
Presence and the roles of IL‐9/Th9 axis in vitiligo	5
Genome‐wide association study identifies CDH13 as a susceptibility gene for rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma	5
Investigating DNA methylation as a potential mediator between pigmentation genes, pigmentary traits and skin cancer	5
Melanocortin‐1 receptor (MC1R) genotypes do not correlate with size in two cohorts of medium‐to‐giant congenital melanocytic nevi	5
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of genomic alterations in acral melanoma	5
Establishment of cultured primary acral melanoma cells and animal models for Chinese patients	4
Non‐Steroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) sensitize melanoma cells to MEK inhibition and inhibit metastasis and relapse by inducing degradation of AXL	4
Germline variants in exonic regions have limited impact on immune checkpoint blockade clinical outcomes in advanced melanoma	4
Pharmacologic manipulation of skin pigmentation	4
A B‐cell or a key player? The different roles of B‐cells and antibodies in melanoma	4
A prospective observational study to sequentially determine the dermoscopic features of vitiligo and its association with disease activity in patients on medical treatment	4
Ulcerated melanoma: Systems biology evidence of inflammatory imbalance towards pro‐tumourigenicity	4
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	4
Eosinophils and melanoma: Implications for immunotherapy	4
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	4
Interferon‐gamma induces melanogenesis via post‐translational regulation of tyrosinase	4
Myron Gordon Award paper: Microbes, T‐cell diversity and pigmentation	4
Novel variants in the BLOC1S3 gene in patients presenting a mild form of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	4
Transient activation of tumoral DNA damage tolerance pathway coupled with immune checkpoint blockade exerts durable tumor regression in mouse melanoma	4
Cell‐intrinsic melanin fails to protect melanocytes from ultraviolet‐mutagenesis in the absence of epidermal melanin	3
Genetic predisposition to long telomeres is associated with increased mortality after melanoma: A study of 2101 melanoma patients from hospital clinics and the general population	3
Toxicity and response to ipilimumab and nivolumab in older patients with metastatic melanoma: A multicentre retrospective analysis	3
Seasonal variation in effect of anti‐PD‐1 initiation on overall survival among patients with advanced melanoma	3
Making a melanoma: Molecular and cellular changes underlying melanoma initiation	3
Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	3
Generation of Pmel‐dependent conditional and inducible Cre‐driver mouse line for melanocytic‐targeted gene manipulation	3
Varicella‐zoster virus in actively spreading segmental vitiligo skin: Pathological, immunochemical, and ultrastructural findings (a first and preliminary study)	3
NRASQ61K melanoma tumor formation is reduced by p38‐MAPK14 activation in zebrafish models and NRAS‐mutated human melanoma cells	3
Mitochondrial DNA‐depleter mouse as a model to study human pigmentary skin disorders	3
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Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	3
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Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	3
Image analysis systems to calculate the surface area of vitiligo lesions: A systematic review of measurement properties	3
Molecular characterization of biphenotypic epithelioid and plexiform melanoma with deep penetrating nevus‐like features	3
Neratinib kills B‐RAF V600E melanoma via ROS‐dependent autophagosome formation and death receptor signaling	3
Melanoma toolkit for early detection for primary care providers: A pilot study	3
Epigenetic and pharmacological control of pigmentation via Bromodomain Protein 9 (BRD9)	2
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19th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research	2
Morphological evolution in melanoma in situ using revised pattern analysis	2
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RAC1mutation is not a predictive biomarker for PI3’‐kinase‐β‐selective pathway‐targeted therapy	2
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	2
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NR2F1 regulates a Schwann cell precursor‐vs‐melanocyte cell fate switch in a mouse model of Waardenburg syndrome type IV	2
Impact of a SLC24A5 variant on the retinal pigment epithelium of a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 6	2
Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	2
Unveiling the mystery of Riehl's melanosis: An update from pathogenesis, diagnosis to treatment	2
Influence of germline genetic variants on dermoscopic features of melanoma	2
Intragenic NF1 deletions in sinonasal mucosal malignant melanoma	2
Donskoy cats as a new model of oculocutaneous albinism with the identification of a splice‐site variant in Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome 5 gene	2
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	2
Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	1
New insights into segmental vitiligo: A clinical and immunological comparison with nonsegmental vitiligo	1
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A twenty year perspective on melanoma therapy	1
Genetic analysis of multiple primary melanomas arising within the boundaries of congenital nevi depigmentosa	1
Immune‐modulatory effects of lenalidomide inhibited the progression of lesions in a vitiligo mouse model	1
Two novel CreERT2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	1
B6‐Dct‐H2BGFP bitransgenic mice: A standardized mouse model for in vivo characterization of melanocyte development and stem cell differentiation	1
Special issue: “Biology of skin pigmentation and pigmentary diseases”	1
TFE3 promotes ferroptosis in melanoma	1
Genomic analysis of metastatic melanoma in an adult with giant congenital melanocytic nevus	1
Clinicopathological features and associations in a series of South African acral melanomas	1

Zebrafish as a new model for rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma	1
Melanoma literacy among the general population of three western US states	1
Senescent no more	1
Dysbiosis of skin microbiome in melasma patients	1
Undereducation is afoot: Assessing the lack of acral lentiginous melanoma educational materials for skin of color	1
Melanoma in infants, caused by a gene fusion involving the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)	1
Optimisation of skin phototype classification	1
Seasonal variation of anti‐PD‐1 outcome in melanoma—Results from a Dutch patient cohort	1
Perspectives on the nanocarriers with miRNAs for targeting melanoma stemness through epigenetic regulation	1
Increased anti‐oxidative action compensates for collagen tissue degeneration in vitiligo dermis	1
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care	1
Melanoma and subcutaneous adipose tissue: Role of peritumoral adipokines in disease characterization and prognosis	1
The immunosuppressive role of Edn3 overexpression in the melanoma microenvironment	1
Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	1
MITF E318K: A rare homozygous case with multiple primary melanoma	1
Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	1
BMI1 is required for melanocyte stem cell maintenance and hair pigmentation	1
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	1
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the melanoma research community	1
Role of serine 365 in BRAF V600E sensitivity to RAF inhibition	1
Histopathologic abundance of pigmentation correlates with disease‐specific survival in malignant melanoma but is not independent of current AJCC pT stage	1
Small extracellular vesicle‐based human melanocyte and melanoma signature	1
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Establishment and characterization of an immortalized human giant congenital melanocytic nevi cell line	1
Oncogenic properties via MAPK signaling of the SOX5‐RAF1 fusion gene identified in a wild‐typeNRAS/BRAF giant congenital nevus	1
Proceeding Report of the Second Vitiligo International Symposium—November 9–10, 2018, Detroit, Michigan, USA	1
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AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	1
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	1
MITF deficiency and oncogenic GNAQ each promote proliferation programs in zebrafish melanocyte lineage cells	1