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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The present study was carried out to investigate the abundance of tyrosinase and related proteins (TRP-1 and TRP-2) in human epidermis and their relationship to melanin type. Positive immunocytochemical staining was seen for all three proteins in epidermal melanocytes. For each protein the numbers of positively stained melanocytes were similar in all subjects studied irrespective of skin type. Following 5 daily suberythemal doses of UVB the melanocytes were larger, more dendritic, and increased in number. With TRP-1 and TRP-2 the increase in number in response to UVB was unrelated to skin type and, hence, with melanin type but with tyrosinase there was a much greater increase in skin types III and IV than in skin type I and II. The enhanced numbers of tyrosinase-positive melanocytes were accompanied by increased staining intensity, suggesting a greater expression of tyrosinase in the melanocytes from skin types III and IV compared with skin types I and II. This increase in tyrosinase could be related to the greater levels of eumelanin found in skin types III and IV, and this is in keeping with the view that higher levels of tyrosinase are associated with the production of eumelanin than phaeomelanin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intramolecular Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Isomerases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Melanins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Monophenol Monooxygenase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidoreductases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TYRP1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/dopachrome isomerase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/eumelanin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/phaeomelanin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tyrosinase-related protein-1
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0893-5785
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
204-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The presence of tyrosinase and related proteins in human epidermis and their relationship to melanin type.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't