 Melanins
"Melanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.
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D008543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.875.379 D23.767.620
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Melanins" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Melanins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanins" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Kozlova A, Bratashov D, Grishin O, Abdurashitov A, Prikhozhdenko E, Verkhovskii R, Shushunova N, Shashkov E, Zharov VP, Inozemtseva O. Dynamic blood flow phantom for in vivo liquid biopsy standardization. Sci Rep. 2021 01 13; 11(1):1185.
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Mudambi S, Pera P, Washington D, Remenyik E, Fidrus E, Shafirstein G, Bellnier D, Paragh G. Photodynamic therapy does not induce cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in the presence of melanin. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2018 Jun; 22:241-244.
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