Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Article	Citations
Acral lentiginous melanoma: Basic facts, biological characteristics and research perspectives of an understudied disease	65
An update on Vitiligo pathogenesis	60
Management of hyperpigmentation: Current treatments and emerging therapies	44
Rab GTPases: Key players in melanosome biogenesis, transport, and transfer	42
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	34
Participation of keratinocyte‐ and fibroblast‐derived factors in melanocyte homeostasis, the response to UV, and pigmentary disorders	32
Nicotinamide N‐methyltransferase gene silencing enhances chemosensitivity of melanoma cell lines	30
The role of ferroptosis in melanoma	28
The α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone/melanocortin‐1 receptor interaction: A driver of pleiotropic effects beyond pigmentation	27
Genetics of non‐syndromic and syndromic oculocutaneous albinism in human and mouse	27
The fate of melanocyte: Mechanisms of cell death in vitiligo	26
Alterations of the pigmentation system in the aging process	26
Strategies in DNA vaccine for melanoma cancer	24
The tumour immune landscape and its implications in cutaneous melanoma	23
The role of technology in melanoma screening and diagnosis	23
First‐line atezolizumab monotherapy in patients with advanced BRAFV600 wild‐type melanoma	22
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) signaling in melanocyte pigmentation and melanomagenesis	21
The structure and function of the mouse tyrosinase locus	21
Identification of melanoma‐specific exosomal miRNAs as the potential biomarker for canine oral 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
Support for increased cardiovascular risk in non‐segmental vitiligo among Egyptians: A hospital‐based, case–control study	16
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
Dhh‐expressing Schwann cell precursors contribute to skin and cochlear melanocytes, but not to vestibular melanocytes	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
Novel three‐way complex rearrangement of TRPM1‐PUM1‐LCK in a case of agminated Spitz nevi arising in a giant congenital hyperpigmented macule	15
The PI3K pathway induced by αMSH exerts a negative feedback on melanogenesis and contributes to the release of pigment	14
Current landscape of Oculocutaneous Albinism in Japan	14
Human TYRP1: Two functions for a single gene?	14
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	14
A Focused review on the pathophysiology of post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	14
Vitiligo: Translational research and effective therapeutic strategies	13
Artificial intelligence and melanoma: A comprehensive review of clinical, dermoscopic, and histologic applications	13
User guide to MiT‐TFE isoforms and post‐translational modifications	13
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
The AMP‐dependent kinase pathway is upregulated in BAP1 mutant uveal melanoma	12
Premature senescence in human melanocytes after exposure to solar UVR: An exosome and UV‐miRNA connection	12
Phenotypic plasticity of melanocytes derived from human adult skin	11
Speed rate (SR) as a new dynamic index of melanoma behavior	11
Endothelin signaling promotes melanoma tumorigenesis driven by constitutively active GNAQ	11
Non‐invasive optical biopsy by multiphoton microscopy identifies the live morphology of common melanocytic nevi	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
New insights into the pathogenesis of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	10
Analysis of CRISPR‐Cas9 screens identifies genetic dependencies in melanoma	10
Melanin‐concentrating hormone like and somatolactin. A teleost‐specific hypothalamic‐hypophyseal axis system linking physiological and morphological pigmentation	10
The role of melanocytes in the human choroidal microenvironment and inflammation: Insights from the transcriptome	10
Reconstructed human pigmented skin/epidermis models achieve epidermal pigmentation through melanocore transfer	10
YAP facilitates melanoma migration through regulation of actin‐related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5)	10
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
Acral lentiginous melanoma—Population, treatment, and survival using the NCDB from 2004 to 2015	9
Drosophila yellow‐h encodes dopaminechrome tautomerase: A new enzyme in the eumelanin biosynthetic pathway	9
Five novel mutations in SASH1 contribute to lentiginous phenotypes in Japanese families	9
CD147 regulates melanoma metastasis via the NFAT1‐MMP‐9 pathway	9
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	9
Transcriptomic analysis and ednrb expression in cochlear intermediate cells reveal developmental differences between inner ear and skin melanocytes	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
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	8
Recurrent co‐alteration of HDGF and SETDB1 on chromosome 1q drives cutaneous melanoma progression and poor prognosis	8
The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	8
Consideration of possible effects of vitamin D on established cancer, with reference to malignant melanoma	8
Establishment of a mouse model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	7
The feather pattern autosomal barring in chicken is strongly associated with segregation at the MC1R locus	7
Volar location and degree of pigmentation are associated with poor survival and first metastasis pattern in acral melanoma	7
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	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
Type I interferon signaling limits viral vector priming of CD8+ T cells during initiation of vitiligo and melanoma immunotherapy	7
Heme oxygenase promotes B‐Raf‐dependent melanosphere formation	7
Connexins in melanoma: Potential role of Cx46 in its aggressiveness	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
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
Topical RT1640 treatment effectively reverses gray hair and stem cell loss in a mouse model of radiation‐induced canities	6
Melanocortin‐1 receptor (MC1R) genotypes do not correlate with size in two cohorts of medium‐to‐giant congenital melanocytic nevi	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
Eosinophils and melanoma: Implications for immunotherapy	6
Induced pluripotent stem cell‐derived myeloid cells expressing OX40 ligand amplify antigen‐specific T cells in advanced melanoma	6
Pharmacologic manipulation of skin pigmentation	5
Dysregulation of CCN3 (NOV) expression in the epidermis of systemic sclerosis patients with pigmentary changes	5
Ulcerated melanoma: Systems biology evidence of inflammatory imbalance towards pro‐tumourigenicity	5
Primary tumor characteristics and next‐generation sequencing mutations as biomarkers for melanoma immunotherapy response	5
Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	5
Interferon‐gamma induces melanogenesis via post‐translational regulation of tyrosinase	5
Abrogation of RAB27A expression transiently affects melanoma cell proliferation	5
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	5
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of genomic alterations in acral melanoma	5
Genome‐wide association study identifies CDH13 as a susceptibility gene for rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma	5
Non‐Steroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) sensitize melanoma cells to MEK inhibition and inhibit metastasis and relapse by inducing degradation of AXL	5
Presence and the roles of IL‐9/Th9 axis in vitiligo	5
A prospective observational study to sequentially determine the dermoscopic features of vitiligo and its association with disease activity in patients on medical treatment	4
Germline variants in exonic regions have limited impact on immune checkpoint blockade clinical outcomes in advanced melanoma	4
Transient activation of tumoral DNA damage tolerance pathway coupled with immune checkpoint blockade exerts durable tumor regression in mouse melanoma	4
Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	4
Unveiling the mystery of Riehl's melanosis: An update from pathogenesis, diagnosis to treatment	4
NRASQ61K melanoma tumor formation is reduced by p38‐MAPK14 activation in zebrafish models and NRAS‐mutated human melanoma cells	4
Novel variants in the BLOC1S3 gene in patients presenting a mild form of Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome	4
A B‐cell or a key player? The different roles of B‐cells and antibodies in melanoma	4
Establishment of cultured primary acral melanoma cells and animal models for Chinese patients	4
Myron Gordon Award paper: Microbes, T‐cell diversity and pigmentation	4
Impact of a SLC24A5 variant on the retinal pigment epithelium of a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 6	4
Varicella‐zoster virus in actively spreading segmental vitiligo skin: Pathological, immunochemical, and ultrastructural findings (a first and preliminary study)	4
Genetic predisposition to long telomeres is associated with increased mortality after melanoma: A study of 2101 melanoma patients from hospital clinics and the general population	3
Cell‐intrinsic melanin fails to protect melanocytes from ultraviolet‐mutagenesis in the absence of epidermal melanin	3
Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	3
Neutrophil‐to‐eosinophil ratio as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in advanced stage melanoma patients treated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy	3
Molecular characterization of biphenotypic epithelioid and plexiform melanoma with deep penetrating nevus‐like features	3
NR2F1 regulates a Schwann cell precursor‐vs‐melanocyte cell fate switch in a mouse model of Waardenburg syndrome type IV	3
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Generation of Pmel‐dependent conditional and inducible Cre‐driver mouse line for melanocytic‐targeted gene manipulation	3
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	3
Toxicity and response to ipilimumab and nivolumab in older patients with metastatic melanoma: A multicentre retrospective analysis	3
Increased anti‐oxidative action compensates for collagen tissue degeneration in vitiligo dermis	3
Mitochondrial DNA‐depleter mouse as a model to study human pigmentary skin disorders	3
Melanoma toolkit for early detection for primary care providers: A pilot study	3
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	3
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MITF deficiency and oncogenic GNAQ each promote proliferation programs in zebrafish melanocyte lineage cells	3
Image analysis systems to calculate the surface area of vitiligo lesions: A systematic review of measurement properties	3
Seasonal variation in effect of anti‐PD‐1 initiation on overall survival among patients with advanced melanoma	3
Neratinib kills B‐RAF V600E melanoma via ROS‐dependent autophagosome formation and death receptor signaling	3
Making a melanoma: Molecular and cellular changes underlying melanoma initiation	3
Epigenetic and pharmacological control of pigmentation via Bromodomain Protein 9 (BRD9)	2
Influence of germline genetic variants on dermoscopic features of melanoma	2
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B7‐H3 drives immunosuppression and Co‐targeting with CD47 is a new therapeutic strategy in β‐catenin activated melanomas	2
Morphological evolution in melanoma in situ using revised pattern analysis	2
Melanoma literacy among the general population of three western US states	2
Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	2
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	2
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care	2
Role of serine 365 in BRAF V600E sensitivity to RAF inhibition	2
19th International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research	2
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	2
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RAC1mutation is not a predictive biomarker for PI3’‐kinase‐β‐selective pathway‐targeted therapy	2
New insights into segmental vitiligo: A clinical and immunological comparison with nonsegmental vitiligo	2
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Intragenic NF1 deletions in sinonasal mucosal malignant melanoma	2
Donskoy cats as a new model of oculocutaneous albinism with the identification of a splice‐site variant in Hermansky–Pudlak Syndrome 5 gene	2
Dysbiosis of skin microbiome in melasma patients	2
BMI1 is required for melanocyte stem cell maintenance and hair pigmentation	2
Small extracellular vesicle‐based human melanocyte and melanoma signature	1
Perspectives on the nanocarriers with miRNAs for targeting melanoma stemness through epigenetic regulation	1
Undereducation is afoot: Assessing the lack of acral lentiginous melanoma educational materials for skin of color	1
Genetic analysis of multiple primary melanomas arising within the boundaries of congenital nevi depigmentosa	1
A twenty year perspective on melanoma therapy	1
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Dynamic regulation of chromatin accessibility during melanocyte stem cell activation	1

Clinicopathological features and associations in a series of South African acral melanomas	1
AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	1
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	1
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in the melanoma research community	1
MITF E318K: A rare homozygous case with multiple primary melanoma	1
Establishment and characterization of an immortalized human giant congenital melanocytic nevi cell line	1
Special issue: “Biology of skin pigmentation and pigmentary diseases”	1
Optimisation of skin phototype classification	1
Seasonal variation of anti‐PD‐1 outcome in melanoma—Results from a Dutch patient cohort	1
B6‐Dct‐H2BGFP bitransgenic mice: A standardized mouse model for in vivo characterization of melanocyte development and stem cell differentiation	1
Melanoma and subcutaneous adipose tissue: Role of peritumoral adipokines in disease characterization and prognosis	1
Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	1
Senescent no more	1
The MFSD12 p.Tyr182His common variant is sufficient to alter mouse agouti coat color	1
Two novel CreERT2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	1
The immunosuppressive role of Edn3 overexpression in the melanoma microenvironment	1
Melanoma in infants, caused by a gene fusion involving the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)	1
Histopathologic abundance of pigmentation correlates with disease‐specific survival in malignant melanoma but is not independent of current AJCC pT stage	1
Immune‐modulatory effects of lenalidomide inhibited the progression of lesions in a vitiligo mouse model	1
Oncogenic properties via MAPK signaling of the SOX5‐RAF1 fusion gene identified in a wild‐typeNRAS/BRAF giant congenital nevus	1
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Zebrafish as a new model for rhododendrol‐induced leukoderma	1
Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	1
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