Jul 2002 · 600 pages · approx - 100 Colour and 200 Black and White Figures · 1-85317-410-6 · Hardback · 246 x 189 mm · ?5.00
Jean-Paul Ortonne MD:
Hospital Pasteur, Nice, France
Knowledge about the molecular mechanisms of skin tanning has increased dramatically over the last decade: this collection of chapters has brought together international experts to review their areas of research and point out the improvements in understanding that have come about and the new preventative strategies they suggest
Contents:
Endotelins in Melanocyte Emryogenesis
Microphthalmia in Melanocyte Development
Biochemistry of Melanogenesis and its Regulation
The Agouti in the Control of Melanogenesis
The Chemistry of Melanins and Melanogenesis
Tyrosinase
SOX10 in Melanocyte Development and Function
Regulation of Microphthalmia
The Wnt Signalling Pathway
Molecular Mechanisms of cAMP-Induced Melanogene sis
Cross-Talk Between the cAMP and MAP Kinase Pathways in Melanocytes
The Protein Kinase C Pathway
Biology and Disorders of Melanosome Biogenesis
PAR-2 Pathway Regulates Pigmentation by Affecting Melanosome
Myosine 5 as a Key Player in Melanosome Transport
Genetic Approach of Melanosome Transport in Mouse Melanocytes
Rab 27 and the Transport of Melanosomes
UV and Apoptosis
Molecular Mechanisms of UV-Induced