OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is 6. 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 2020-07-01 to 2024-07-01.)

Article	Citations
An update on Vitiligo pathogenesis	61
Management of hyperpigmentation: Current treatments and emerging therapies	48
Rab GTPases: Key players in melanosome biogenesis, transport, and transfer	44
Chemical and biochemical control of skin pigmentation with special emphasis on mixed melanogenesis	39
The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables	37
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase gene silencing enhances chemosensitivity of melanoma cell lines	33
Participation of keratinocyte‐ and fibroblast‐derived factors in melanocyte homeostasis, the response to UV, and pigmentary disorders	33
Genetics of non‐syndromic and syndromic oculocutaneous albinism in human and mouse	31
The α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone/melanocortin‐1 receptor interaction: A driver of pleiotropic effects beyond pigmentation	30
Alterations of the pigmentation system in the aging process	29
The role of ferroptosis in melanoma	29
The fate of melanocyte: Mechanisms of cell death in vitiligo	28
Strategies in DNA vaccine for melanoma cancer	25
The role of technology in melanoma screening and diagnosis	24
The tumour immune landscape and its implications in cutaneous melanoma	23
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling in melanocyte pigmentation and melanomagenesis	22
The structure and function of the mouse tyrosinase locus	22
First‐line atezolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced BRAF^V600 wild‐type melanoma	22
NRF2‐dependent stress defense in tumor antioxidant control and immune evasion	20
Identification of melanoma‐specific exosomal miRNAs as the potential biomarker for canine oral melanoma	20
The effect of aging and antioxidants on photoreactivity and phototoxicity of human melanosomes: An in vitro study	18
Support for increased cardiovascular risk in non‐segmental vitiligo among Egyptians: A hospital‐based, case–control study	17
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	17
Artificial intelligence and melanoma: A comprehensive review of clinical, dermoscopic, and histologic applications	17
A Focused review on the pathophysiology of post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	16

The PI3K pathway induced by αMSH exerts a negative feedback on melanogenesis and contributes to the release of pigment	15
Circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanogenesis through MITF in melanoma cells	15
Current landscape of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Japan	15
Human TYRP1: Two functions for a single gene?	15
Dhh‐expressing Schwann cell precursors contribute to skin and cochlear melanocytes, but not to vestibular melanocytes	15
HPS11 and OCA8: Two new types of albinism associated with mutations in BLOC1S5 and DCT genes	15
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	14
The AMP‐dependent kinase pathway is upregulated in BAP1 mutant uveal melanoma	14
Altered expression of ferroptosis markers and iron metabolism reveals a potential role of ferroptosis in vitiligo	13
User guide to MiT‐TFE isoforms and post‐translational modifications	13
Vitiligo: Translational research and effective therapeutic strategies	13
The unfolded protein and integrated stress response in melanoma and vitiligo	12
Immunotherapy for older patients with melanoma: From darkness to light?	12
RASGRF2 gene fusions identified in a variety of melanocytic lesions with distinct morphological features	11
Reconstructed human pigmented skin/epidermis models achieve epidermal pigmentation through melanocore transfer	11
Analysis of CRISPR‐Cas9 screens identifies genetic dependencies in melanoma	11
Phenotypic plasticity of melanocytes derived from human adult skin	11
YAP facilitates melanoma migration through regulation of actin‐related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5)	11
The role of melanocytes in the human choroidal microenvironment and inflammation: Insights from the transcriptome	11
A Phase 1 study of ADI‐PEG20 (pegargiminase) combined with cisplatin and pemetrexed in ASS1‐negative metastatic uveal melanoma	11
Melanin‐concentrating hormone like and somatolactin. A teleost‐specific hypothalamic‐hypophyseal axis system linking physiological and morphological pigmentation	11
Genetic variants and mutational spectrum of Chinese Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome patients	10
Consideration of possible effects of vitamin D on established cancer, with reference to malignant melanoma	10
New insights into the pathogenesis of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	10
Five novel mutations in SASH1 contribute to lentiginous phenotypes in Japanese families	10
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	10
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	10
Acral lentiginous melanoma—Population, treatment, and survival using the NCDB from 2004 to 2015	9
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	9
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	9
Drosophila yellow‐h encodes dopaminechrome tautomerase: A new enzyme in the eumelanin biosynthetic pathway	9
Transcriptomic analysis and ednrb expression in cochlear intermediate cells reveal developmental differences between inner ear and skin melanocytes	9
The impaired unfolded protein‐premelanosome protein and transient receptor potential channels‐autophagy axes in apoptotic melanocytes in vitiligo	9
Multiple desmoplastic Spitz nevi with BRAF fusions in a patient with ring chromosome 7 syndrome	9
Eosinophils and melanoma: Implications for immunotherapy	8
Type I interferon signaling limits viral vector priming of CD8⁺ T cells during initiation of vitiligo and melanoma immunotherapy	8
Tape stripping and lipidomics reveal skin surface lipid abnormity in female melasma	8
Connexins in melanoma: Potential role of Cx46 in its aggressiveness	8
The feather pattern autosomal barring in chicken is strongly associated with segregation at the MC1R locus	8
Antihypertensives and melanoma: An updated review	8
Recurrent co‐alteration of HDGF and SETDB1 on chromosome 1q drives cutaneous melanoma progression and poor prognosis	8
Volar location and degree of pigmentation are associated with poor survival and first metastasis pattern in acral melanoma	7
Heme oxygenase promotes B‐Raf‐dependent melanosphere formation	7
The impact of BRAF mutation status on clinical outcomes with anti‐PD‐1 monotherapy versus combination ipilimumab/nivolumab in treatment‐naïve advanced stage melanoma	7
Establishment of a mouse model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	7
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of genomic alterations in acral melanoma	6
Investigating DNA methylation as a potential mediator between pigmentation genes, pigmentary traits and skin cancer	6
Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study	6
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	6
Topical RT1640 treatment effectively reverses gray hair and stem cell loss in a mouse model of radiation‐induced canities	6

A novel BLOC1S5‐related HPS‐11 patient and zebrafish with bloc1s5 disruption	6
A B‐cell or a key player? The different roles of B‐cells and antibodies in melanoma	6