What is a vertebrate pigment cell?

Manfred Schartl¹, Lionel Larue², Makoto Goda³, Marcus W Bosenberg⁴, Hisashi Hashimoto⁵, Robert N Kelsh⁶

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¹ Department Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Würzburg, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
² Institut Curie, Normal and Pathological Development of Melanocytes CNRS UMR3347 INSERM U1021 Equipe labellisée - Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Orsay, France.
³ Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
⁴ Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
⁶ Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK.

PMID: 26247887
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12409

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What is a vertebrate pigment cell?

Manfred Schartl et al. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;29(1):8-14.

doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12409. Epub 2015 Nov 3.

Authors

Manfred Schartl¹, Lionel Larue², Makoto Goda³, Marcus W Bosenberg⁴, Hisashi Hashimoto⁵, Robert N Kelsh⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Würzburg, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
² Institut Curie, Normal and Pathological Development of Melanocytes CNRS UMR3347 INSERM U1021 Equipe labellisée - Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Orsay, France.
³ Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
⁴ Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
⁵ Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
⁶ Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK.

PMID: 26247887
DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12409

Abstract

On the basis of discussions emerging from a workshop and discussions at the 7th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research in Geneva in 2012, this manuscript outlines useful criteria for defining the bona fide pigment cells as a functional entity of the vertebrate body plan and differentiating them from 'pigmented' cells in general. It also proposes a nomenclature for various types of pigment cells of vertebrates.

Keywords: definition; nomenclature; pigment cell.

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Arnheiter H. Arnheiter H. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2016 Mar;29(2):117. doi: 10.1111/pcmr.12460. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2016. PMID: 26890051 No abstract available.

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