OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is 3. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
X and Y Differences in Melanoma Survival Between the Sexes	70
Curation of OCA2 Variants of Uncertain Significance From Chinese Oculocutaneous Albinism Patients Based on Multiplex Assays	46
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	43
Low‐Dose Baricitinib Plus Narrow‐Band Ultraviolet B for the Treatment of Progressive Non‐Segmental Vitiligo: A Prospective, Controlled, Open‐Label Study	39
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	35
Risk factors for sentinel lymph node metastasis in Korean acral and non‐acral melanoma patients	33
Novel Variants in Medium and Low Penetrance Predisposing Genes in a Hungarian Malignant Melanoma Cohort With Increased Risk	33
Emerging therapeutic strategies for metastatic uveal melanoma: Targeting driver mutations	32
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In Memoriam: Soldano Ferrone MD, PhD (1940–2023)	20
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Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	19
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Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	18
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Three‐dimensional imaging for the analysis of human epidermal melanocytes	17
Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	15
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Midkine—A potential therapeutic target in melanoma	14
Varicella‐zoster virus in actively spreading segmental vitiligo skin: Pathological, immunochemical, and ultrastructural findings (a first and preliminary study)	14
Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	14
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Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	13

Laser capture microdissection provides a novel molecular profile of human primary cutaneous melanoma	12
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MITF E318K: A rare homozygous case with multiple primary melanoma	11
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Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	10
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	10
20th Anniversary of the Society for Melanoma Research: Celebrating two decades of progress in melanoma research	10
MITF deficiency and oncogenic GNAQ each promote proliferation programs in zebrafish melanocyte lineage cells	10
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	9
Survival benefit of sentinel lymph node biopsy in Asian melanoma patients	9
Nrf2 protein in melanoma progression, as a new means of treatment	9
Melanoma literacy among the general population of three western US states	9
Identification and characterization of the compound heterozygous variants of TYR gene in a northern Chinese family with Oculocutaneous albinism type 1	9
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	8
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	8
Dysbiosis of skin microbiome in melasma patients	8
Circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanogenesis through MITF in melanoma cells	7
The MFSD12 p.Tyr182His common variant is sufficient to alter mouse agouti coat color	7
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA‐sequencing	6
Molecular skin fluorescence imaging: A tool for evaluating early melanoma development	6
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	6
2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	5
How a membrane transporter keeps melanocytes in the red	5
Characterization of PRAME immunohistochemistry reveals lower expression in pediatric melanoma compared to adult melanoma	5
A Focused review on the pathophysiology of post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	5
In Memoriam: Rajasekharan (Shyam) Somasundaram (1956–2021)	5
BMI1 is required for melanocyte stem cell maintenance and hair pigmentation	5
Effects of EGFR‐TKI on epidermal melanin unit integrity: Therapeutic implications for hypopigmented skin disorders	4
Tape stripping and lipidomics reveal skin surface lipid abnormity in female melasma	4
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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	4
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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	4
Vitiligo non‐responding lesions to narrow band UVB have intriguing cellular and molecular abnormalities that may prevent epidermal repigmentation	4
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	4
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The role of melanocytes in the human choroidal microenvironment and inflammation: Insights from the transcriptome	4
25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	4
AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	4
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Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	4
Generation of Pmel‐dependent conditional and inducible Cre‐driver mouse line for melanocytic‐targeted gene manipulation	3
MitoCur‐1 induces ferroptosis to reverse vemurafenib resistance in melanoma through inhibition of USP14	3
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Brief history of the Society for Melanoma Research: A community of clinicians, researchers, and friends	3
A B‐cell or a key player? The different roles of B‐cells and antibodies in melanoma	3
Zebrafish as a new model for rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma	3

Age and urban–rural disparities in cutaneous melanoma mortality rates in the United States during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
Pharmacologic manipulation of skin pigmentation	3
Prediagnostic serum 25‐hydroxyvitamin D and leptin in relation to melanoma‐specific death and overall death	3
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	3
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Eosinophils and melanoma: Implications for immunotherapy	3
ToF‐SIMS imaging reveals changes in tumor cell lipids during metastatic progression of melanoma	3
Modeling of pigmentation disorders associated with MITF mutation in Waardenburg syndrome revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS‐derived melanocytes	3
Characteristics and outcomes of advanced melanoma patients with complete response and elective discontinuation of first‐line anti‐programmed death‐1 monotherapy: A real‐world multicentre observational	3
Progress in melanoma treatment: Patient's perspectives	3
Cell‐intrinsic melanin fails to protect melanocytes from ultraviolet‐mutagenesis in the absence of epidermal melanin	3
The Yucatan miniature swine as a model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	3