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Answer added to:4 What is the incidence of congenital melanocytic nevi associated with spina bifida occulta?Thanks for your input Dr Sriram.
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Question:Open How does melanosome transfer from melanocyte to keratinocyte? What is the mechanism?I'm working on melanocyte culture.
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Question:Open Anyone with experience in measuring Melanocyte-stimulating hormone in humans?Are levels detectable? Any specific product you would recommend?
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Answer added to:2 Can immortalized melanocytes be used as a control in melanoma metastatic assays? What kind of cell lineage should I use?Hi, Fabiola! If you need a control of normal, non-cancerous melanocytes, I recommend that you use NHEM cell line from Lonza (Normal Human Epidermal Me... [more]
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Answer added to:6 Vitiligoyes this book is available on Amazan.com.-the recent advances in melancycte -the vitiligo is curable -condition-by medicines,puva,phototherapy,surger... [more]
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Question:Open Where can you get the necessary media for autologous melanocyte culture and transplant? Any Indian agents marketing it?Autologous melanocyte culture and transplant is currently one of the best options in the treatment of resistant vitiligo.
About Melanocytes
Mammalian pigment cells that produce MELANINS, pigments found mainly in the EPIDERMIS, but also in the eyes and the hair, by a process called melanogenesis. Coloration can be altered by the number of melanocytes or the amount of pigment produced and stored in the organelles called MELANOSOMES. The large non-mammalian melanin-containing cells are called MELANOPHORES.
