Uveal Melanocytes Do Not Respond To or Express Receptors for α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone

1 October 2006

journal article
Published by Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) in Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science

Vol. 47 (10) , 4507-4512
https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.06-0391

Abstract

Purpose. Whereas cutaneous pigmentation increases after exposure to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, ocular pigmentation does not. This study was designed to examine the evidence that α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH), which is thought to be the mediator of UV response in the skin, has any role to play in uveal melanocytes.

Keywords

TYROSINE HYDROXYLASE
HORMONE
CATECHOL OXIDASE

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