Melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (α‐MSH) increases cytosolic levels of cAMP as well as
tyrosinase activity in murine melanocytes. These activities depend upon the presence of …

Normal human skin melanocytes do not pigment consistently to α‐melanocyte stimulating
hormone (α‐MSH) in culture. The aim of this study was to establish media conditions in …

In vitro melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (MSH) stimulates melanogenesis in some, but not
all, melanocytes and melanoma cells. In an attempt to explain this variation in response to …

Tyrosinase mRNA, synthesis and activity were measured in the skin during the first 2 weeks
of life of C 3 H-HeA vy mice. Tyrosinase mRNA levels were found to peak on days 3–4 and …

Melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) specifically induces differentiation of mammalian
melanocytes. To further define the biochemical events elicited by this stimulus, we have …

Although melanocyte stimulating hormone (MSH) peptides are known to stimulate
pigmentation in man, previous reports suggest that human melanocytes are relatively …

Although the administration of melanocyte‐stimulating hormone (MSH) peptides results in
skin darkening in man, cultured human melanocytes have been reported to be unresponsive …

Although L‐tyrosine is well known for its melanogenic effect, the contribution of D‐tyrosine to
melanin synthesis was previously unexplored. Here, we reveal that, unlike L‐tyrosine, D …

Tyrosinase synthesis and its posttranslational processing was compared in hair follicular
melanocytes of C 3 H-HeA vy mice during eumelanogenesis and phaeomelanogenesis …

We investigated the effect of varying concentration of 1-tyrosine and 1-cysteine in culture
medium on melanin production by human skin melanocytes (skin phototype II/III). In addition …