OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
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SASH1 Mutations and Hereditary Disorders of Pigmentation: Review of Literature	33
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Oral Melanoma in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Molecular Landscape, and Treatment Strategies	30
Fusion Gene Detection in Driver Mutation‐Negative Melanomas Using RNA‐Based Anchored Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction	29
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA‐sequencing	28
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	23
Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	23
Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	21
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	20
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	19
Progress in melanoma treatment: Patient's perspectives	16
25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	15
Comprehensive Profiling of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Reveals Downregulated Immune Activation Compared to Cutaneous Melanoma	15
Microfluidic Characterization and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells From Patients With Metastatic Melanoma	14
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The Melanocyte and Nerve Fiber Cross‐Talk, Facilitated Also by Semaphorin‐4A, Enhances UV‐B‐Induced Melanogenesis	14
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Impact of a SLC24A5 variant on the retinal pigment epithelium of a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 6	13
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Abstracts	12
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Modeling of pigmentation disorders associated with MITF mutation in Waardenburg syndrome revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS‐derived melanocytes	12

Single‐cell profiling of MC1R‐inhibited melanocytes	11
Sex Differences in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 3617 Cases From the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database	10
PASPCR 2024 Annual Meeting, New York, NY	9
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Celebrating the life of James J. Nordlund, MD, a larger‐than‐life scholar, mentor, and friend	9
Association Between Melanoma Metastasis and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Chinese Population	8
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Mouse Tail‐Skin Dissociation and Preparation of Live Single‐Cell Suspension for Downstream Analysis of Melanocytes	8
Prognostic value of clinical and radiomic parameters in patients with liver metastases from uveal melanoma	8
BORIS/CTCFL‐mediated chromatin accessibility alterations promote a pro‐invasive transcriptional signature in melanoma cells	7
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Beyond the 5‐year milestone: Long‐term survivorship of melanoma patients treated off‐trial with anti‐PD‐1	7
MetFinder: A Tool for Automated Quantitation of Metastatic Burden in Histological Sections From Preclinical Models	7
Rapid Diagnosis and Subtyping of Hermansky‐Pudlak Syndrome With Flow Cytometry Analysis	7
Dominant Negative Mitf Allele Impacts Melanophore and Xanthophore Development and Reveals Collaborative Interactions With Tfec in Zebrafish Chromatophore Lineages	7
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Meeting Report From the 2023 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023	7
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	7
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Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	6
Topical antibiotics limit depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo	6
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	6
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The metabolism of melanin synthesis—From melanocytes to melanoma	6
Three‐dimensional imaging for the analysis of human epidermal melanocytes	6
The Proposed Categorization of Vitiligo Lesions on the Hands	6
Two novel CreER^T2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	6
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	6
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	6
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2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	5
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	5
Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	5
Segregation Between an Ornamental and a Disease Driver Gene Provides Insights Into Pigment Cell Regulation	5
Patient Education in the Eye of the Beholder: Assessing the Effect of Skin Color Representation in Melanoma Educational Materials	5
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	5
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	5
Pigmentation and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Thickness: A Study of the Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships Between Ocular and Extraocular Pigmented Tissues	5
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	5
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	5
Prognostic and Predictive Value of ctDNA for Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	5
ToF‐SIMS imaging reveals changes in tumor cell lipids during metastatic progression of melanoma	5
Cutaneous Pigment Cell Distributions and Skin Structure of Xenopus	4
Durable complete response in a patient with leptomeningeal melanoma after treatment with dabrafenib, trametinib, and nivolumab	4
TFE3 promotes ferroptosis in melanoma	4
Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era	4
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Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor + low‐dose hydroxyurea efficiently kills BRAF inhibitor‐ and immune checkpoint inhibitor‐resistant melanomas	4

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Clinicopathological features, current status, and progress of primary central nervous system melanoma diagnosis and treatment	4
The role of dacarbazine and temozolomide therapy after treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in malignant melanoma patients: A case series and meta‐analysis	4
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	4
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Germline MC1R Variant Status and Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Advanced Melanoma	3
Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study	3
YAP Upregulation Contributes to Acquired Resistance to BET Inhibitors in Uveal Melanoma	3
Perspectives on the nanocarriers with miRNAs for targeting melanoma stemness through epigenetic regulation	3
RNA M6A modification shaping cutaneous melanoma tumor microenvironment and predicting immunotherapy response	3
New Dermoscopy Pattern in Nevus‐Associated Melanomas	3
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Xenopus as a model system for studying pigmentation and pigmentary disorders	3
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Optimisation of skin phototype classification	3
Piceatannol—Can It Be Used to Treat Hyperpigmentation of the Skin?	3
Conjunctival Melanoma: A Narrative Review of Current Knowledge	3
A prospective observational study to sequentially determine the dermoscopic features of vitiligo and its association with disease activity in patients on medical treatment	3
An Integrated Investigation of SOX10 in Feather Color in Domestic Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)	3
Association of Pretreatment Tumour Microenvironment and Treatment Outcome in Patients With Locally Advanced Melanoma Treated With Isolated Limb Perfusion	3
Interplay of Light, Melatonin, and Circadian Genes in Skin Pigmentation Regulation	3
Primary cutaneous melanoma in Black patients: An analysis of 2464 cases from the National Cancer Database 2004–2018	3
Neutrophil‐to‐eosinophil ratio as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in advanced stage melanoma patients treated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy	3
An in vitro nevus explant model for studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation	3
Epigenetic and pharmacological control of pigmentation via Bromodomain Protein 9 (BRD9)	3
Establishment and characterization of an immortalized human giant congenital melanocytic nevi cell line	3
The Lipid Droplet Protein DHRS3 Is a Regulator of Melanoma Cell State	3
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Myron Gordon Award Lecture 2023: Painting the neural crest: How studying pigment cells illuminates neural crest cell biology	3
Chemiexcitation in Ex Vivo Porcine Skin Model	3
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care	2
Characterization of PRAME immunohistochemistry reveals lower expression in pediatric melanoma compared to adult melanoma	2
Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	2
The Role of Two Tyrosinase‐Like Glycoenzymes in Defining the Final Hue of Parrot Plumage	2
Emerging therapeutic strategies for metastatic uveal melanoma: Targeting driver mutations	2
LRP2 Expression in Melanoma Is Associated With a Transitory Cell State, Increased T Cell Infiltration, and Is Upregulated by IFNy Signaling	2
The Neuro‐Endocrinal Regulation in Vitiligo	2
In Memoriam: Soldano Ferrone MD, PhD (1940–2023)	2
X and Y Differences in Melanoma Survival Between the Sexes	2
Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	2
AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	2
Melanoma and Matrimony: Retrospective Study of Demographics, Marital Status, and Clinical Features of Patients With Acral Melanoma at a Single Academic Center	2
The Skin Microbiome: A New Key Player in Melanoma, From Onset to Metastatic Stage	2
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Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	2
The classification of melanocytic gene signatures	2
Low‐Dose Baricitinib Plus Narrow‐Band Ultraviolet B for the Treatment of Progressive Non‐Segmental Vitiligo: A Prospective, Controlled, Open‐Label Study	2
The Yucatan miniature swine as a model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	2
Oncogenic properties via MAPK signaling of the SOX5‐RAF1 fusion gene identified in a wild‐typeNRAS/BRAF giant congenital nevus	1
B7‐H3 drives immunosuppression and Co‐targeting with CD47 is a new therapeutic strategy in β‐catenin activated melanomas	1
List of reviewers for PCMR (01.01.2023–30.09.2023)	1
Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	1
The 21st International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research	1
List of Reviewers for PCMR	1
Neurological Mechanisms Exploration and Therapeutic Targets in Segmental Vitiligo Accompanied by White Hair	1
Non‐Steroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) sensitize melanoma cells to MEK inhibition and inhibit metastasis and relapse by inducing degradation of AXL	1
Histopathologic abundance of pigmentation correlates with disease‐specific survival in malignant melanoma but is not independent of current AJCC pT stage	1
Ulcerated melanoma: Systems biology evidence of inflammatory imbalance towards pro‐tumourigenicity	1
Uric acid is a major chemical constituent for the whitish coloration in the medaka leucophores	1
Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Compound Glycyrrhizin Followed by Phototherapy for the Treatment of Progressive Vitiligo in Children	1
Genotypic spectrum of albinism in Mali	1
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Cholinergic Signaling Mediated by Muscarinic Receptors Triggers the Ultraviolet‐Induced Release of Melanosome in Cultured Melanoma Cells	1
Genetic Landscape of Mucosal Melanoma: Identifying Pathogenic Germline Variants	1
Melanoma and subcutaneous adipose tissue: Role of peritumoral adipokines in disease characterization and prognosis	1
Development and Validation of Vitiligo‐Specific‐Belief About Therapy Questionnaire (BTQ‐Vitiligo)	1
The prognostic implications of cuproptosis‐related gene signature and the potential of PPIC as a promising biomarker in cutaneous melanoma	1
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Cancer‐Associated Fibroblast Signature Can Predict Prognosis and Therapeutic Responses in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma	1
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Seasonal variation of anti‐PD‐1 outcome in melanoma—Results from a Dutch patient cohort	1
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Detection of cell‐free tumor DNA in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic biomarker for leptomeningeal melanoma metastasis: A case series	1
The Incorporation of Melanosomes by Senescent Keratinocytes Causes the Accumulation of Melanin due to Decreased Energy Metabolism	1
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A twenty year perspective on melanoma therapy	1
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	1
Impact of Drug–Drug Interactions on Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated With Combined BRAF/MEK Inhibitors: A Real‐World Study	1
Epilogue	1