OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is 5. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
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Oral Melanoma in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Molecular Landscape, and Treatment Strategies	32
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	31
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	30
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	29
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA ‐sequencing	24
Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	24
Fusion Gene Detection in Driver Mutation‐Negative Melanomas Using RNA ‐Based Anchored Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction	22
Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	21
SASH1 Mutations and Hereditary Disorders of Pigmentation: Review of Literature	21
Progress in melanoma treatment: Patient's perspectives	17
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25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	16
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Modeling of pigmentation disorders associated with MITF mutation in Waardenburg syndrome revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS‐derived melanocytes	15
The Melanocyte and Nerve Fiber Cross‐Talk, Facilitated Also by Semaphorin‐4A, Enhances UV‐B‐Induced Melanogenesis	15
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Microfluidic Characterization and Analysis of Circulating Tumor Cells From Patients With Metastatic Melanoma	15
Impact of a SLC24A5 variant on the retinal pigment epithelium of a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 6	14
Comprehensive Profiling of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Reveals Downregulated Immune Activation Compared to Cutaneous Melanoma	14
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Single‐cell profiling of MC1R‐inhibited melanocytes	12

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Sex Differences in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 3617 Cases From the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database	10
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PASPCR 2024 Annual Meeting, New York, NY	9
Rapid Diagnosis and Subtyping of Hermansky‐Pudlak Syndrome With Flow Cytometry Analysis	9
Celebrating the life of James J. Nordlund, MD, a larger‐than‐life scholar, mentor, and friend	9
Mouse Tail‐Skin Dissociation and Preparation of Live Single‐Cell Suspension for Downstream Analysis of Melanocytes	9
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Prognostic value of clinical and radiomic parameters in patients with liver metastases from uveal melanoma	8
Association Between Melanoma Metastasis and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Chinese Population	8
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BORIS / CTCFL ‐mediated chromatin accessibility alterations promote a pro‐invasive transcriptional signature in melano	8
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MetFinder: A Tool for Automated Quantitation of Metastatic Burden in Histological Sections From Preclinical Models	8
Dominant Negative Mitf Allele Impacts Melanophore and Xanthophore Development and Reveals Collaborative Interactions With Tfec in Zebrafish Chromatophore Lineages	7
Two novel CreER^T2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	7
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	7
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	7
Beyond the 5‐year milestone: Long‐term survivorship of melanoma patients treated off‐trial with anti‐PD‐1	7
Meeting Report From the 2023 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023	7
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SASH1 Modulates Melanin Synthesis and Melanoma Cell Metastasis via Suppression of the TGF ‐β Signaling Pathway	6
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	6
The metabolism of melanin synthesis—From melanocytes to melanoma	6
Patient Education in the Eye of the Beholder: Assessing the Effect of Skin Color Representation in Melanoma Educational Materials	6
Three‐dimensional imaging for the analysis of human epidermal melanocytes	6
Topical antibiotics limit depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo	6
The Proposed Categorization of Vitiligo Lesions on the Hands	6
2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	6
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	6
Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	5
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	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
The role of dacarbazine and temozolomide therapy after treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in malignant melanoma patients: A case series and meta‐analysis	5
Clinicopathological features, current status, and progress of primary central nervous system melanoma diagnosis and treatment	5
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	5
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	5
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	5
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	5
Durable complete response in a patient with leptomeningeal melanoma after treatment with dabrafenib, trametinib, and nivolumab	5
Cutaneous Pigment Cell Distributions and Skin Structure of Xenopus	5
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The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	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
Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor + low‐dose hydroxyurea efficiently kills BRAF inhibitor‐ and immune checkpoint inhibitor‐resistant melanomas	5
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Segregation Between an Ornamental and a Disease Driver Gene Provides Insights Into Pigment Cell Regulation