Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	26
SASH1 Mutations and Hereditary Disorders of Pigmentation: Review of Literature	21
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA ‐sequencing	21
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	20
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	18
Oral Melanoma in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Molecular Landscape, and Treatment Strategies	18
Fusion Gene Detection in Driver Mutation‐Negative Melanomas Using RNA ‐Based Anchored Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction	17
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	17
TRIM 63 Promotes the Malignant Behaviors of Melanoma Cells Through Ubiquitination of P 2 RY	17
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25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	15
Progress in melanoma treatment: Patient's perspectives	15
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Comprehensive Profiling of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Reveals Downregulated Immune Activation Compared to Cutaneous Melanoma	14
Modeling of pigmentation disorders associated with MITF mutation in Waardenburg syndrome revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS‐derived melanocytes	13
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Microfluidic Characterization and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells From Patients With Metastatic Melanoma	13
The Melanocyte and Nerve Fiber Cross‐Talk, Facilitated Also by Semaphorin‐4A, Enhances UV‐B‐Induced Melanogenesis	12
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Single‐cell profiling of MC1R‐inhibited melanocytes	11
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Celebrating the life of James J. Nordlund, MD, a larger‐than‐life scholar, mentor, and friend	10
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	10
Rapid Diagnosis and Subtyping of Hermansky‐Pudlak Syndrome With Flow Cytometry Analysis	10
First Report of Oculocutaneous Albinism Type I Among Baka Pygmies From Cameroon	10
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Association Between Melanoma Metastasis and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Chinese Population	9
BORIS / CTCFL ‐mediated chromatin accessibility alterations promote a pro‐invasive transcriptional signature in melano	9
Mouse Tail‐Skin Dissociation and Preparation of Live Single‐Cell Suspension for Downstream Analysis of Melanocytes	9
MetFinder: A Tool for Automated Quantitation of Metastatic Burden in Histological Sections From Preclinical Models	9
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Prognostic value of clinical and radiomic parameters in patients with liver metastases from uveal melanoma	9
Meeting Report From the 2023 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023	8
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Two novel CreERT2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	7
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	7
Three‐dimensional imaging for the analysis of human epidermal melanocytes	7
Beyond the 5‐year milestone: Long‐term survivorship of melanoma patients treated off‐trial with anti‐PD‐1	7
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	7
The metabolism of melanin synthesis—From melanocytes to melanoma	7
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	7
Dominant Negative Mitf Allele Impacts Melanophore and Xanthophore Development and Reveals Collaborative Interactions With Tfec in Zebrafish Chromatophore Lineages	7
SASH1 Modulates Melanin Synthesis and Melanoma Cell Metastasis via Suppression of the TGF ‐β Signaling Pathway	7
The Proposed Categorization of Vitiligo Lesions on the Hands	7
Topical antibiotics limit depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo	7
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	6
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	6
Prognostic and Predictive Value of ctDNA for Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	6
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Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	6
Patient Education in the Eye of the Beholder: Assessing the Effect of Skin Color Representation in Melanoma Educational Materials	6
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	6
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	6
Pigmentation and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Thickness: A Study of the Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships Between Ocular and Extraocular Pigmented Tissues	6
Durable complete response in a patient with leptomeningeal melanoma after treatment with dabrafenib, trametinib, and nivolumab	6
2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	6
ToF‐SIMS imaging reveals changes in tumor cell lipids during metastatic progression of melanoma	6
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	6
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Chicken Shank Color Determined by Inhibition of Dermal Melanin ( ID ) is Mediated by a Structural	6
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	6
Segregation Between an Ornamental and a Disease Driver Gene Provides Insights Into Pigment Cell Regulation	5
TFE3 promotes ferroptosis in melanoma	5
Extreme Tumor Mutational Burden Predicts Near‐Curative Outcomes With Checkpoint Immunotherapy in Melanoma: Half the Eligible, Half the Cure	5
Chemiexcitation in Ex Vivo Porcine Skin Model	5
Myron Gordon Award Lecture 2023: Painting the neural crest: How studying pigment cells illuminates neural crest cell biology	5
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	5
The role of dacarbazine and temozolomide therapy after treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in malignant melanoma patients: A case series and meta‐analysis	5

Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor + low‐dose hydroxyurea efficiently kills BRAF inhibitor‐ and immune checkpoint inhibitor‐resistant melanomas	5
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Excimer 308‐Nm Light in the Combination Treatment of Vitiligo: A Systematic Review and Network Meta‐Analysis	5
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Cutaneous Pigment Cell Distributions and Skin Structure of Xenopus	5
Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era	5
Clinicopathological features, current status, and progress of primary central nervous system melanoma diagnosis and treatment	5
Neutrophil‐to‐eosinophil ratio as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in advanced stage melanoma patients treated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy	5
Primary cutaneous melanoma in Black patients: An analysis of 2464 cases from the National Cancer Database 2004–2018	5
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Optimisation of skin phototype classification	4
New Dermoscopy Pattern in Nevus‐Associated Melanomas	4
An in vitro nevus explant model for studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation	4
Germline MC1R Variant Status and Efficacy of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients With Advanced Melanoma	4
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Interplay of Light, Melatonin, and Circadian Genes in Skin Pigmentation Regulation	4
The Lipid Droplet Protein DHRS3 Is a Regulator of Melanoma Cell State	4
RNA M6A modification shaping cutaneous melanoma tumor microenvironment and predicting immunotherapy response	4
Association of Pretreatment Tumour Microenvironment and Treatment Outcome in Patients With Locally Advanced Melanoma Treated With Isolated Limb Perfusion	4
An Integrated Investigation of SOX10 in Feather Color in Domestic Rock Pigeon ( Columba livia	4
Xenopus as a model system for studying pigmentation and pigmentary disorders	4
YAP Upregulation Contributes to Acquired Resistance to BET Inhibitors in Uveal Melanoma	4
Low‐Dose Baricitinib Plus Narrow‐Band Ultraviolet B for the Treatment of Progressive Non‐Segmental Vitiligo: A Prospective, Controlled, Open‐Label Study	3
In Memoriam: Soldano Ferrone MD, PhD (1940–2023)	3
The classification of melanocytic gene signatures	3
Conjunctival Melanoma: A Narrative Review of Current Knowledge	3
Piceatannol—Can It Be Used to Treat Hyperpigmentation of the Skin?	3
Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	3
LRP2 Expression in Melanoma Is Associated With a Transitory Cell State, Increased T Cell Infiltration, and Is Upregulated by IFNy Signaling	3
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The Role of Two Tyrosinase‐Like Glycoenzymes in Defining the Final Hue of Parrot Plumage	3
X and Y Differences in Melanoma Survival Between the Sexes	3
Characterization of PRAME immunohistochemistry reveals lower expression in pediatric melanoma compared to adult melanoma	3
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care	3
Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study	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
The Skin Microbiome: A New Key Player in Melanoma, From Onset to Metastatic Stage	3
Melanoma and Matrimony: Retrospective Study of Demographics, Marital Status, and Clinical Features of Patients With Acral Melanoma at a Single Academic Center	3
Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	3
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The Neuro‐Endocrinal Regulation in Vitiligo	3
Perspectives on the nanocarriers with miRNAs for targeting melanoma stemness through epigenetic regulation	3
Epigenetic and pharmacological control of pigmentation via Bromodomain Protein 9 (BRD9)	3
Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	3
AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	3
Emerging therapeutic strategies for metastatic uveal melanoma: Targeting driver mutations	3
List of reviewers for PCMR (01.01.2023–30.09.2023)	2
QUILPEN Provides Independent and Label‐Free Single‐Cell Quantification of Pigmentation Dynamics and Organelle Content	2
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Genetic Landscape of Mucosal Melanoma: Identifying Pathogenic Germline Variants	2
B7‐H3 drives immunosuppression and Co‐targeting with CD47 is a new therapeutic strategy in β‐catenin activated melanomas	2
The Yucatan miniature swine as a model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	2
Rare Germline Variants in CDKN2A ‐Negative Children and Adolescents With Cutaneous Melanoma	2
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Defining Important Aspects of Repigmentation in Vitiligo: Insights From Patients' Perspectives	2
Development and Validation of Vitiligo‐Specific‐Belief About Therapy Questionnaire (BTQ‐Vitiligo)	2
The Incorporation of Melanosomes by Senescent Keratinocytes Causes the Accumulation of Melanin due to Decreased Energy Metabolism	2
Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	2
Melanoma and subcutaneous adipose tissue: Role of peritumoral adipokines in disease characterization and prognosis	2
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Seasonal variation of anti‐PD‐1 outcome in melanoma—Results from a Dutch patient cohort	2
List of Reviewers for PCMR	2
A New Era in Leptomeningeal Disease ( LMD ): Recent Advancements in Immunocellular and Radiation Therapies in Melanoma LMD	2
Cholinergic Signaling Mediated by Muscarinic Receptors Triggers the Ultraviolet‐Induced Release of Melanosome in Cultured Melanoma Cells	2
The 21st International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research	2
Detection of cell‐free tumor DNA in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic biomarker for leptomeningeal melanoma metastasis: A case series	2
Oncogenic properties via MAPK signaling of the SOX5‐RAF1 fusion gene identified in a wild‐typeNRAS/BRAF giant congenital nevus	1
BET inhibition sensitizes innate checkpoint inhibitor resistant melanoma to anti‐CTLA‐4 treatment	1
Brief history of the Society for Melanoma Research: A community of clinicians, researchers, and friends	1
Unusual Autosomal Dominant Inheritance of Oculocutaneous Albinism Type 4 (OCA‐4): Clinical and Functional Features From A Chinese Family	1
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Meeting Abstracts of the ESPCR 2025 (European Society for Pigment Cell Research)	1
Uric acid is a major chemical constituent for the whitish coloration in the medaka leucophores	1
Twenty years of research in melanoma therapy–From “nothing works” to cures: A personal account	1
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Impact of Drug–Drug Interactions on Clinical Outcomes in Metastatic Melanoma Patients Treated With Combined BRAF/MEK Inhibitors: A Real‐World Study	1
Cancer‐Associated Fibroblast Signature Can Predict Prognosis and Therapeutic Responses in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma	1

Germline CDKN2A Variant Cascade Testing Across Four Generations Reveals Familial Melanoma–Breast Cancer Genotype–Phenotype Correlation	1
Laser capture microdissection provides a novel molecular profile of human primary cutaneous melanoma	1
PRMT6 Inhibits Malignant Progression of Melanoma by Antagonizing Trimethylation of Histone H3K4 to Downregulate ALDH1A1 Levels	1
MITF E318K: A rare homozygous case with multiple primary melanoma	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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Histopathologic abundance of pigmentation correlates with disease‐specific survival in malignant melanoma but is not independent of current AJCC pT stage	1
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	1
Dissecting the Spectrum of Rare BRAF Mutations in Melanoma: A Nation‐Wide Study by the Italian Melanoma Intergroup ( IMI	1
Genotypic spectrum of albinism in Mali	1
A twenty year perspective on melanoma therapy	1
20th Anniversary of the Society for Melanoma Research: Celebrating two decades of progress in melanoma research	1
The Roles of PTEN in Melanoma Suppression	1
Nrf2 protein in melanoma progression, as a new means of treatment	1
Synonymous but Significant: New Findings of Pathological Variants in Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome	1
Molecular skin fluorescence imaging: A tool for evaluating early melanoma development	1
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Identification and characterization of the compound heterozygous variants of TYR gene in a northern Chinese family with Oculocutaneous albinism type 1	1
Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Compound Glycyrrhizin Followed by Phototherapy for the Treatment of Progressive Vitiligo in Children	1
Neurological Mechanisms Exploration and Therapeutic Targets in Segmental Vitiligo Accompanied by White Hair	1
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