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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	23
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA ‐sequencing	22
TRIM 63 Promotes the Malignant Behaviors of Melanoma Cells Through Ubiquitination of P 2 RY	20
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	18
Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	17
SASH1 Mutations and Hereditary Disorders of Pigmentation: Review of Literature	17
Oral Melanoma in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Molecular Landscape, and Treatment Strategies	16
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	16
Copy Number Analysis in Congenital Nevi: Concordance and Diagnostic Limitations of aCGH , sWGS , a	16
Fusion Gene Detection in Driver Mutation‐Negative Melanomas Using RNA ‐Based Anchored Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction	16
25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	15
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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
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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Celebrating the life of James J. Nordlund, MD, a larger‐than‐life scholar, mentor, and friend	11

Sex Differences in Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: A Retrospective Cohort Analysis of 3617 Cases From the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Database	11
PASPCR 2024 Annual Meeting, New York, NY	11
First Report of Oculocutaneous Albinism Type I Among Baka Pygmies From Cameroon	11
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Single‐cell profiling of MC1R‐inhibited melanocytes	10
Impact of Multigene Panel Testing in High‐Risk Uveal Melanoma Patients	10
MelOD : The Melanoma Omics Dashboard for Multimodal Data Exploration	10
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Prognostic value of clinical and radiomic parameters in patients with liver metastases from uveal melanoma	9
Mouse Tail‐Skin Dissociation and Preparation of Live Single‐Cell Suspension for Downstream Analysis of Melanocytes	9
Rapid Diagnosis and Subtyping of Hermansky‐Pudlak Syndrome With Flow Cytometry Analysis	9
BORIS / CTCFL ‐mediated chromatin accessibility alterations promote a pro‐invasive transcriptional signature in melano	9
MetFinder: A Tool for Automated Quantitation of Metastatic Burden in Histological Sections From Preclinical Models	9
Meeting Report From the 2023 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023	8
Association Between Melanoma Metastasis and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Chinese Population	8
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Dominant Negative Mitf Allele Impacts Melanophore and Xanthophore Development and Reveals Collaborative Interactions With Tfec in Zebrafish Chromatophore Lineages	8
Characterizing the Mutational Landscape of In‐Transit Melanoma Metastases	8
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CD40 Agonist Therapy in Melanoma: Translating Preclinical Promise Into Clinical Practice	7
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	7
Two novel CreER^T2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	7
SASH1 Modulates Melanin Synthesis and Melanoma Cell Metastasis via Suppression of the TGF ‐β Signaling Pathway	7
Histopathological Analysis Revealed Melanosome‐Retaining Fibroblasts and Autophagy‐Impaired Macrophages in Ashy Dermatosis	7
Topical antibiotics limit depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo	7
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	7
Beyond the 5‐year milestone: Long‐term survivorship of melanoma patients treated off‐trial with anti‐PD‐1	7
Rare Melanomas: An Area of Urgent Research and Clinical Need	7
The metabolism of melanin synthesis—From melanocytes to melanoma	7
The Proposed Categorization of Vitiligo Lesions on the Hands	6
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	6
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	6
ToF‐SIMS imaging reveals changes in tumor cell lipids during metastatic progression of melanoma	6
Prognostic and Predictive Value of ctDNA for Metastatic Uveal Melanoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis	6
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	6
2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	6
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	6
Pigmentation and Retinal Pigment Epithelium Thickness: A Study of the Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships Between Ocular and Extraocular Pigmented Tissues	6
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
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	6
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	6
Meeting Report From the 2025 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, October 2025	6
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	6
Durable complete response in a patient with leptomeningeal melanoma after treatment with dabrafenib, trametinib, and nivolumab	5
Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era	5
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	5
Clinicopathological features, current status, and progress of primary central nervous system melanoma diagnosis and treatment	5

Segregation Between an Ornamental and a Disease Driver Gene Provides Insights Into Pigment Cell Regulation	5
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Primary cutaneous melanoma in Black patients: An analysis of 2464 cases from the National Cancer Database 2004–2018	5
Chemiexcitation in Ex Vivo Porcine Skin Model	5
Comparison of Disease Progression Between Amelanotic Melanoma and Melanotic Melanoma	5
Chicken Shank Color Determined by Inhibition of Dermal Melanin ( ID ) is Mediated by a Structural	5
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Cutaneous Pigment Cell Distributions and Skin Structure of Xenopus	5
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Extreme Tumor Mutational Burden Predicts Near‐Curative Outcomes With Checkpoint Immunotherapy in Melanoma: Half the Eligible, Half the Cure	5
Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor + low‐dose hydroxyurea efficiently kills BRAF inhibitor‐ and immune checkpoint inhibitor‐resistant melanomas	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
TFE3 promotes ferroptosis in melanoma	5
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An Evolutionary Patient Journey in Uveal Melanoma	5
Myron Gordon Award Lecture 2023: Painting the neural crest: How studying pigment cells illuminates neural crest cell biology	5
Neutrophil‐to‐eosinophil ratio as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in advanced stage melanoma patients treated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy	5