… melanocytes (arrows) have smaller nuclei and inconspicuous cytoplasm compared with the
surrounding keratinocytes. Melanocytes … in the number of melanocytes. (Image courtesy of …

… on the subject of melanocyte proliferation and signal … melanocytes (3–7). This article is
focused on normal human and mouse melanocytes, with some references to avian melanocytes …

… melanocytes are typically attached to other melanocytes, unlike cutaneous intrafollicular
melanocytes … The anterior structures of the eye that overlay choroidal melanocytes (eg, Bruch's …

… the genes and proteins involved in melanocyte development. In addition, work on …
melanocyte development and differentiation, melanocyte stem cells and the role of the melanocyte …

… (1) those where functional melanocytes are initially correctly in place and are later … , where
melanocyte function in distinct areas of the skin is lost; (2) those where functional melanocytes …

… Melanocytes may therefore act as important local regulators of … melanocytes, and it is possible
that the melanocortins regulate the release of other signalling molecules from melanocytes…

… the melanocyte … melanocyte fully achieves its status as a dynamic cell type that is highly
responsive to its environment. This paper focuses on the physiological aspects of the melanocyte …

… matrix keratinocyte and melanocyte proliferation and activity … melanocytes are long-living
cells, while hair melanocytes die … melanocytes die through apoptosis, but new melanocytes …

In veterinary medicine, our understanding of the biology and regulation of melanocytic
function is mostly based on information realized from human and murine studies. Improved …

More than 15 years ago, we have proposed that melanocytes are sensory and regulatory
cells with computing capability, which transform external and/or internal signals/energy into …