Two distinct types of mouse melanocyte: differential signaling requirement for the maintenance of non-cutaneous and dermal versus epidermal melanocytes.

Abstract excerpt

Unlike the thoroughly investigated melanocyte population in the hair follicle of the epidermis, the growth and differentiation requirements of the melanocytes in the eye, harderian gland and inner ear - the so-called non-cutaneous melanocytes - remain unclear. In this study, we investigated the in vitro and in vivo effects of the factors that regulate melanocyte development on the stem cells or the precursors of...

Topics

• Animals
• Cornea
• Dermis
• Endothelin-3
• Epidermal Cells
• Epidermis
• Flow Cytometry
• Harderian Gland
• Hepatocyte Growth Factor
• Melanocytes
• Mice