1.  
Vitiligo Etiology and Treatment: Parameters Derived From a Patient Survey

...disease expansion through an adaptive, antigen-specific immune response to melanocytes. The current study was performed to obtain further knowledge of......1993). These etiological pathways share progressive loss of skin melanocytes as the prime hallmark of vitiligo (...
12/10/2010 | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association

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Malignant Melanoma

...Melanoma is a malignant tumor of the melanocytes. Melanoma lesions usually demonstrate asymmetry, irregular borders with uneven surfaces......basal layer of the skin are pigment-synthesizing cells called melanocytes, which produce melanin. Two major forms of melanin are eumelanin...
4/29/2013 | Plastic Surgical Nursing - Featured Journal


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Anatomical and Physiological Basis for Corneotrophic Care of the Skin

...About 8% of the epidermal cells are melanocytes, which produce and store the pigment melanin. Melanin is a......absorbs ultraviolet (UV) light. The long, slender projections of the melanocytes extend and transfer granules of melanin to keratinocytes and form...
9/16/2009 | Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing

5.  
Anatomy and Physiology of the Skin

...epidermis harbors a number of other cell populations, such as melanocytes, Langerhans cells, and Merkel cells, but the keratinocyte cell type......individual cell populations pass not only one another but also melanocytes and Langerhans cells as they move toward the surface of...
8/15/2011 | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association

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Identifying skin cancers

... * melanocytes: dendritic (tree-shaped) cells found in the lower portion......that gives the skin color. When exposed to the sun, melanocytes produce more pigment, causing the skin to darken. A mole...
8/11/2008 | LPN2009

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The Robin Weber Immunology Symposium

...The epidermis is also made up of Langerhans cells and melanocytes. Langerhans cells account for 2%-3% of the cells in......to alert the body that something is not quite right. Melanocytes make up 1%-2% of the skin and produce melanin...
12/29/2011 | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association

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Assessing skin color changes

...In this condition, which may be hereditary, melanocytes (cells that produce melanin) die or stop forming melanin. Depigmented...
7/25/2011 | Nursing2013

9.  
The Epidermal Skin Barrier: Implications for the Wound Care Practitioner, Part I

... * Melanocytes synthesize and secrete melanin-containing organelles called melanosomes......changes of the epidermis occur with aging. The number of melanocytes, Merkel cells, and Langerhans cells decrease, and the dermal-epidermal...
11/29/2004 | Advances in Skin & Wound Care: The Journal for Prevention and Healing

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What's Your Diagnosis?

...appearing in childhood and adolescence. Nevus cells are derived from melanocytes. The color of nevi may fade to flesh color as......by deep shave biopsy. Melanoma is a cancer of the melanocytes, the cells responsible for pigment production. Left untreated, this may...
12/10/2010 | Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association

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