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Ethnic variation in tyrosinase and TYRP1 expression in photoexposed and photoprotected human skin.
Pigment cell research - 1 Feb 2003
Alaluf Simon, Barrett Karen, Blount Margaret, Carter Nik
Abstract excerpt
The relative expression of a number of key mediators of human pigmentation including tyrosinase, tyrosinase related protein-1 (TYRP1), endothelin-1 and adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) proteins were analysed and quantified in immunohistochemically stained skin sections using semiquantitative computer assisted image analysis. Comparisons were made between a range of different ethnic skin types including...
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