UVA-induced oxidative degradation of melanins: fission of indole moiety in eumelanin and conversion to benzothiazole moiety in pheomelanin

Investigating the role of melanin in UVA/UVB- and hydrogen peroxide-induced cellular and mitochondrial ROS production and mitochondrial DNA damage in human melanoma cells

(2011) Helen Swalwell et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Determination of Melanin Synthetic Pathways

(2011) Vincent J. Hearing   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Photodamage determination of human hair

(2011) Estibalitz Fernández et al.   JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY

Usefulness of alkaline hydrogen peroxide oxidation to analyze eumelanin and pheomelanin in various tissue samples: application to chemical analysis of human hair melanins

(2011) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

The Red and the Black

(2010) John D. Simon et al.   ACCOUNTS OF CHEMICAL RESEARCH

Regulation of DHICA-mediated antioxidation by dopachrome tautomerase: Implication for skin photoprotection against UVA radiation

(2010) Shan Jiang et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Intensity-dependent Direct Solar Radiation- and UVA-induced Radical Damage to Human Skin and DNA, Lipids and Proteins

(2010) Rachel Haywood et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

The deceptive nature of UVA tanning versus the modest protective effects of UVB tanning on human skin

(2010) Yoshinori Miyamura et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Human hair melanins: what we have learned and have not learned from mouse coat color pigmentation

(2010) Shosuke Ito et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Isomeric cysteinyldopas provide a (photo)degradable bulk component and a robust structural element in red human hair pheomelanin

(2009) Giorgia Greco et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

UVA tanning is involved in the increased incidence of skin cancers in fair-skinned young women

(2009) Sergio G. Coelho et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure

(2009) Kazumasa Wakamatsu et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function

(2009) John D Simon et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Role of Ocular Melanin in Ophthalmic Physiology and Pathology

(2008) Dan-Ning Hu et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Quantification of Naturally Occurring Pyrrole Acids in Melanosomes

(2008) Weslyn C. Ward et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Comparable Photoreactivity of Hair Melanosomes, Eu- and Pheomelanins at Low Concentrations: Low Melanin a Risk Factor for UVA Damage and Melanoma?

(2008) Rachel M. Haywood et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

The Phototoxicity of Aged Human Retinal Melanosomes

(2008) Bartosz Różanowski et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY

Pigmentation effects of solar-simulated radiation as compared with UVA and UVB radiation

(2008) Rainer Wolber et al.   Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

Chemistry of Mixed Melanogenesis—Pivotal Roles of Dopaquinone

(2007) Shosuke Ito et al.   PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY