OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research is 1. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

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Circadian clock protein BMAL1 regulates melanogenesis through MITF in melanoma cells	35
Retrospective review of outcomes associated with metastatic melanoma patients treated with 1st‐line BRAF‐targeted therapy	32
Let’s talk about sex: A biological variable in immune response against melanoma	25
Cytoglobin functions as a redox regulator of melanogenesis in normal epidermal melanocytes	25
Molecular heterogeneity of quiescent melanocyte stem cells revealed by single‐cell RNA‐sequencing	25
CD52 mRNA expression predicts prognosis and response to immune checkpoint blockade in melanoma	23
Proceedings from the Melanoma Research Foundation Mucosal Melanoma Meeting (December 16, 2022, New York, USA)	22
Oral Melanoma in Older Adults: Epidemiology, Molecular Landscape, and Treatment Strategies	22
The Melanocyte and Nerve Fiber Cross‐Talk, Facilitated Also by Semaphorin‐4A, Enhances UV‐B‐Induced Melanogenesis	20
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25th International Pigment Cell Conference, Bilbao, Spain IPCC 2023	17
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Modeling of pigmentation disorders associated with MITF mutation in Waardenburg syndrome revealed an impaired melanogenesis pathway in iPS‐derived melanocytes	16
Impact of a SLC24A5 variant on the retinal pigment epithelium of a Japanese patient with oculocutaneous albinism type 6	16
Progress in melanoma treatment: Patient's perspectives	14
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Comprehensive Profiling of Acral Lentiginous Melanoma Reveals Downregulated Immune Activation Compared to Cutaneous Melanoma	14
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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	12
The AMP‐dependent kinase pathway is upregulated in BAP1 mutant uveal melanoma	12
PASPCR 2024 Annual Meeting, New York, NY	12
Single‐cell profiling of MC1R‐inhibited melanocytes	11
Neratinib kills B‐RAF V600E melanoma via ROS‐dependent autophagosome formation and death receptor signaling	11
Celebrating the life of James J. Nordlund, MD, a larger‐than‐life scholar, mentor, and friend	11
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Association Between Melanoma Metastasis and Metabolic Syndrome: A Cross‐Sectional Study in a Chinese Population	10
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Mouse Tail‐Skin Dissociation and Preparation of Live Single‐Cell Suspension for Downstream Analysis of Melanocytes	8
MetFinder: A Tool for Automated Quantitation of Metastatic Burden in Histological Sections From Preclinical Models	8
BORIS/CTCFL‐mediated chromatin accessibility alterations promote a pro‐invasive transcriptional signature in melanoma cells	8
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Meeting Report From the 2023 Cure Ocular Melanoma (CURE OM) Global Science Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2023	7
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Prognostic value of clinical and radiomic parameters in patients with liver metastases from uveal melanoma	7
Dominant Negative Mitf Allele Impacts Melanophore and Xanthophore Development and Reveals Collaborative Interactions With Tfec in Zebrafish Chromatophore Lineages	7
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Beyond the 5‐year milestone: Long‐term survivorship of melanoma patients treated off‐trial with anti‐PD‐1	6
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The delicate relation between melanocytes and skin immunity: A game of hide and seek	6
Two novel CreER^T2 transgenic mouse lines to study melanocytic cells in vivo	5
The metabolism of melanin synthesis—From melanocytes to melanoma	5
UVA Irradiation Promotes Melanoma Cell Proliferation Mediated by OPN3 Independently of ROS Production	5
Induced pluripotent stem cells reprogramming overcomes technical limitations for highly pigmented adult melanocyte amplification and integration in 3D skin model	5
Immune signatures in cutaneous melanoma correlate with survival independently of immunotherapy treatment	5
Acral lentiginous melanoma—Population, treatment, and survival using the NCDB from 2004 to 2015	5
Pathogenic Germline Variants in Uveal Melanoma Driver and BAP1‐Associated Genes in Finnish Patients with Uveal Melanoma	5
5,6‐Dihydroxyindole eumelanin content in human skin with varying degrees of constitutive pigmentation	5
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Topical antibiotics limit depigmentation in a mouse model of vitiligo	5
Special issue: “Biology of skin pigmentation and pigmentary diseases”	5
Three‐dimensional imaging for the analysis of human epidermal melanocytes	5
Genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity of multiple lentigines and precise diagnosis in four Chinese families with multiple lentigines	4
2‐Mercaptonicotinoyl glycine, a new potent melanogenesis inhibitor, exhibits a unique mode of action while preserving melanocyte integrity	4
ToF‐SIMS imaging reveals changes in tumor cell lipids during metastatic progression of melanoma	4
Durable complete response in a patient with leptomeningeal melanoma after treatment with dabrafenib, trametinib, and nivolumab	4
Cutaneous Pigment Cell Distributions and Skin Structure of Xenopus	4
Unsuspected consequences of synonymous and missense variants in OCA2 can be detected in blood cell RNA samples of patients with albinism	4
Segregation Between an Ornamental and a Disease Driver Gene Provides Insights Into Pigment Cell Regulation	4
Clinical and pathological characteristics of familial melanoma with germline TERT promoter variants	4
TFE3 promotes ferroptosis in melanoma	4
Causes of death and patterns of metastatic disease at the end of life for patients with advanced melanoma in the immunotherapy era	4
Advancements in melanoma cancer metastasis models	4
The OSUMMER lines: A series of ultraviolet‐accelerated NRAS‐mutant mouse melanoma cell lines syngeneic to C57BL/6	4
Connecting the dots: Melanoma cell of origin, tumor cell plasticity, trans‐differentiation, and drug resistance	4
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Clinicopathological features, current status, and progress of primary central nervous system melanoma diagnosis and treatment	4
The role of dacarbazine and temozolomide therapy after treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors in malignant melanoma patients: A case series and meta‐analysis	4
Checkpoint kinase 1 inhibitor + low‐dose hydroxyurea efficiently kills BRAF inhibitor‐ and immune checkpoint inhibitor‐resistant melanomas	3
Interplay of Light, Melatonin, and Circadian Genes in Skin Pigmentation Regulation	3
Corrigendum	3
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The Lipid Droplet Protein DHRS3 Is a Regulator of Melanoma Cell State	3
Establishment and characterization of an immortalized human giant congenital melanocytic nevi cell line	3
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Neutrophil‐to‐eosinophil ratio as a biomarker for clinical outcomes in advanced stage melanoma patients treated with anti‐PD‐1 therapy	3
Myron Gordon Award Lecture 2023: Painting the neural crest: How studying pigment cells illuminates neural crest cell biology	3
New Dermoscopy Pattern in Nevus‐Associated Melanomas	3
Conjunctival Melanoma: A Narrative Review of Current Knowledge	3
Epigenetic and pharmacological control of pigmentation via Bromodomain Protein 9 (BRD9)	3
Primary cutaneous melanoma in Black patients: An analysis of 2464 cases from the National Cancer Database 2004–2018	3
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Xenopus as a model system for studying pigmentation and pigmentary disorders	3
Optimisation of skin phototype classification	3
Piceatannol—Can It Be Used to Treat Hyperpigmentation of the Skin?	3
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Melanoma and Matrimony: Retrospective Study of Demographics, Marital Status, and Clinical Features of Patients With Acral Melanoma at a Single Academic Center	2
The Role of Two Tyrosinase‐Like Glycoenzymes in Defining the Final Hue of Parrot Plumage	2
AP‐3 complex subunit delta gene, ap3d1, regulates melanogenesis and melanophore survival via autophagy in zebrafish (Danio rerio)	2
In Memoriam: Rajasekharan (Shyam) Somasundaram (1956–2021)	2
Landscape of mutations in early stage primary cutaneous melanoma: An InterMEL study	2
Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma: An update on the developments in pathophysiology and clinical care	2
The classification of melanocytic gene signatures	2
In Memoriam: Soldano Ferrone MD, PhD (1940–2023)	2
The Yucatan miniature swine as a model for post‐inflammatory hyperpigmentation	2
B7‐H3 drives immunosuppression and Co‐targeting with CD47 is a new therapeutic strategy in β‐catenin activated melanomas	2
Characterization of PRAME immunohistochemistry reveals lower expression in pediatric melanoma compared to adult melanoma	2
X and Y Differences in Melanoma Survival Between the Sexes	2
The Skin Microbiome: A New Key Player in Melanoma, From Onset to Metastatic Stage	2
A prospective observational study to sequentially determine the dermoscopic features of vitiligo and its association with disease activity in patients on medical treatment	2
Emerging therapeutic strategies for metastatic uveal melanoma: Targeting driver mutations	2
Identification and functional assays of single‐nucleotide variants of opsins genes in melanocytic tumors	2
Protein‐based classification of melanoma differentiation subtypes	2
Melanoma central nervous system metastases: An update to approaches, challenges, and opportunities	2
Low‐Dose Baricitinib Plus Narrow‐Band Ultraviolet B for the Treatment of Progressive Non‐Segmental Vitiligo: A Prospective, Controlled, Open‐Label Study	2
Trained immunity in the pathogenesis of vitiligo	2
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RNA M6A modification shaping cutaneous melanoma tumor microenvironment and predicting immunotherapy response	2
Perspectives on the nanocarriers with miRNAs for targeting melanoma stemness through epigenetic regulation	2
RASGRF2 gene fusions identified in a variety of melanocytic lesions with distinct morphological features	2
An in vitro nevus explant model for studying the effects of ultraviolet radiation	2
Genetic Landscape of Mucosal Melanoma: Identifying Pathogenic Germline Variants	1
YAP facilitates melanoma migration through regulation of actin‐related protein 2/3 complex subunit 5 (ARPC5)	1
Molecular characterization of biphenotypic epithelioid and plexiform melanoma with deep penetrating nevus‐like features	1
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List of Reviewers for PCMR	1
The MITF regulatory network in melanoma	1
Clinicopathological features and associations in a series of South African acral melanomas	1
The 21st International Congress of the Society for Melanoma Research	1
Cholinergic Signaling Mediated by Muscarinic Receptors Triggers the Ultraviolet‐Induced Release of Melanosome in Cultured Melanoma Cells	1
List of reviewers for PCMR (01.01.2023–30.09.2023)	1
Seasonal variation of anti‐PD‐1 outcome in melanoma—Results from a Dutch patient cohort	1
Epilogue	1
Ulcerated melanoma: Systems biology evidence of inflammatory imbalance towards pro‐tumourigenicity	1
Oncogenic properties via MAPK signaling of the SOX5‐RAF1 fusion gene identified in a wild‐typeNRAS/BRAF giant congenital nevus	1
Detection of cell‐free tumor DNA in cerebrospinal fluid as a diagnostic biomarker for leptomeningeal melanoma metastasis: A case series	1
The Incorporation of Melanosomes by Senescent Keratinocytes Causes the Accumulation of Melanin due to Decreased Energy Metabolism	1
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Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Compound Glycyrrhizin Followed by Phototherapy for the Treatment of Progressive Vitiligo in Children	1
Genotypic spectrum of albinism in Mali	1
Cancer‐Associated Fibroblast Signature Can Predict Prognosis and Therapeutic Responses in Skin Cutaneous Melanoma	1
Non‐Steroidal Anti‐Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) sensitize melanoma cells to MEK inhibition and inhibit metastasis and relapse by inducing degradation of AXL	1
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Melanoma and subcutaneous adipose tissue: Role of peritumoral adipokines in disease characterization and prognosis	1