REGULATION OF HUMAN MELANOCYTE GROWTH, DENDRICITY, AND MELANIZATION BY KERATINOCYTE DERIVED FACTORS
REGULATION OF HUMAN MELANOCYTE GROWTH, DENDRICITY, AND MELANIZATION BY KERATINOCYTE DERIVED FACTORS
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DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12709595
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发表时间:
1989-04-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
GILCHREST, BA
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作者:
GORDON, PR;MANSUR, CP;GILCHREST, BA
Epidermal pigmentation involves the synthesis of melanin in melanocytes and its transfer to surrounding keratinocytes, where it functions in photoprotection. To investigate the possible role of the keratinocyte in regulating pigmentation, human heratinocytes were incubated for 24 h in a defined culture medium, which was then transferred to pure human melanocyte cultures. After 1 week, the conditioned medium produced a fourfold increase in melanocyte yield and a seven- fold increase in total melanin. Increased melanocyte dendricity was clearly visible within 24 h as well. Ultrafiltration of the keratinocyte-conditioned medium suggested approximately one-half of the growth promoting activity as well as most of the dendricity and melanization stimulating activities were of low molecular weight (