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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Basic facts, biological characteristics and research perspectives of an understudied disease	61
An update on Vitiligo pathogenesis	59
The enigma and challenges of vitiligo pathophysiology and treatment	49
Management of hyperpigmentation: Current treatments and emerging therapies	41
Rab GTPases: Key players in melanosome biogenesis, transport, and transfer	38
Chemical and biochemical control of skin pigmentation with special emphasis on mixed melanogenesis	38
The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables	31
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase gene silencing enhances chemosensitivity of melanoma cell lines	30
Participation of keratinocyte‐ and fibroblast‐derived factors in melanocyte homeostasis, the response to UV, and pigmentary disorders	28
The role of ferroptosis in melanoma	27
Alterations of the pigmentation system in the aging process	26
Genetics of non‐syndromic and syndromic oculocutaneous albinism in human and mouse	25
The α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone/melanocortin‐1 receptor interaction: A driver of pleiotropic effects beyond pigmentation	24
The fate of melanocyte: Mechanisms of cell death in vitiligo	23
The role of technology in melanoma screening and diagnosis	23
Strategies in DNA vaccine for melanoma cancer	22
The tumour immune landscape and its implications in cutaneous melanoma	22
First‐line atezolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced BRAF^V600 wild‐type melanoma	22
The structure and function of the mouse tyrosinase locus	21
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling in melanocyte pigmentation and melanomagenesis	21
Identification of melanoma‐specific exosomal miRNAs as the potential biomarker for canine oral melanoma	20
Emerging strategies to treat rare and intractable subtypes of melanoma	20
NRF2‐dependent stress defense in tumor antioxidant control and immune evasion	19
The effect of aging and antioxidants on photoreactivity and phototoxicity of human melanosomes: An in vitro study	18
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	16

Support for increased cardiovascular risk in non‐segmental vitiligo among Egyptians: A hospital‐based, case–control study	16
Novel three‐way complex rearrangement of TRPM1‐PUM1‐LCK in a case of agminated Spitz nevi arising in a giant congenital hyperpigmented macule	15
Circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanogenesis through MITF in melanoma cells	15
HPS11 and OCA8: Two new types of albinism associated with mutations in BLOC1S5 and DCT genes	15
Current landscape of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Japan	14
The PI3K pathway induced by αMSH exerts a negative feedback on melanogenesis and contributes to the release of pigment	14
Vitiligo: Translational research and effective therapeutic strategies	13
Artificial intelligence and melanoma: A comprehensive review of clinical, dermoscopic, and histologic applications	13
Human TYRP1: Two functions for a single gene?	13
Dhh‐expressing Schwann cell precursors contribute to skin and cochlear melanocytes, but not to vestibular melanocytes	13
A Focused review on the pathophysiology of post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	13
Premature senescence in human melanocytes after exposure to solar UVR: An exosome and UV‐miRNA connection	12
Altered expression of ferroptosis markers and iron metabolism reveals a potential role of ferroptosis in vitiligo	12
The unfolded protein and integrated stress response in melanoma and vitiligo	12
User guide to MiT‐TFE isoforms and post‐translational modifications	12
Molecular characterization of SLC24A5 variants and evaluation of Nitisinone treatment efficacy in a zebrafish model of OCA6	12
The AMP‐dependent kinase pathway is upregulated in BAP1 mutant uveal melanoma	12
Speed rate (SR) as a new dynamic index of melanoma behavior	11
Endothelin signaling promotes melanoma tumorigenesis driven by constitutively active GNAQ	11
RASGRF2 gene fusions identified in a variety of melanocytic lesions with distinct morphological features	11
Immunotherapy for older patients with melanoma: From darkness to light?	11
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	11
Reconstructed human pigmented skin/epidermis models achieve epidermal pigmentation through melanocore transfer	10
The role of melanocytes in the human choroidal microenvironment and inflammation: Insights from the transcriptome	10
YAP facilitates melanoma migration through regulation of actin‐related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5)	10
Phenotypic plasticity of melanocytes derived from human adult skin	10
Non‐invasive optical biopsy by multiphoton microscopy identifies the live morphology of common melanocytic nevi	10
CD147 regulates melanoma metastasis via the NFAT1‐MMP‐9 pathway	9
New insights into the pathogenesis of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	9
Analysis of CRISPR‐Cas9 screens identifies genetic dependencies in melanoma	9
Genetic variants and mutational spectrum of Chinese Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome patients	9
Multiple desmoplastic Spitz nevi with BRAF fusions in a patient with ring chromosome 7 syndrome	9
Five novel mutations in SASH1 contribute to lentiginous phenotypes in Japanese families	9
Drosophila yellow‐h encodes dopaminechrome tautomerase: A new enzyme in the eumelanin biosynthetic pathway	9
Melanin‐concentrating hormone like and somatolactin. A teleost‐specific hypothalamic‐hypophyseal axis system linking physiological and morphological pigmentation	9
Acral lentiginous melanoma—Population, treatment, and survival using the NCDB from 2004 to 2015	8
A Phase 1 study of ADI‐PEG20 (pegargiminase) combined with cisplatin and pemetrexed in ASS1‐negative metastatic uveal melanoma	8
Antihypertensives and melanoma: An updated review	8
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
Transcriptomic analysis and ednrb expression in cochlear intermediate cells reveal developmental differences between inner ear and skin melanocytes	7
Recurrent co‐alteration of HDGF and SETDB1 on chromosome 1q drives cutaneous melanoma progression and poor prognosis	7
Volar location and degree of pigmentation are associated with poor survival and first metastasis pattern in acral melanoma	7
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	7
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	7
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	7
Consideration of possible effects of vitamin D on established cancer, with reference to malignant melanoma	7
Germline loss‐of‐function variants in MBD4 are rare in Finnish patients with uveal melanoma	7
The impaired unfolded protein‐premelanosome protein and transient receptor potential channels‐autophagy axes in apoptotic melanocytes in vitiligo	7
Heme oxygenase promotes B‐Raf‐dependent melanosphere formation	7
Establishment of a mouse model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	7

A novel BLOC1S5‐related HPS‐11 patient and zebrafish with bloc1s5 disruption	6
Tape stripping and lipidomics reveal skin surface lipid abnormity in female melasma	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
The feather pattern autosomal barring in chicken is strongly associated with segregation at the MC1R locus	6
Induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived myeloid cells expressing OX40 ligand amplify antigen‐specific T cells in advanced melanoma	6
Connexins in melanoma: Potential role of Cx46 in its aggressiveness	6
Type I interferon signaling limits viral vector priming of CD8⁺ T cells during initiation of vitiligo and melanoma immunotherapy	6
Instant isolation of highly purified human melanocytes from freshly prepared epidermal cell suspensions	6
Topical RT1640 treatment effectively reverses gray hair and stem cell loss in a mouse model of radiation‐induced canities	6