Skin melanocytes: biology and development
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Termedia Sp. z.o.o. in Advances in Dermatology and Allergology
- Vol. 1 (1), 30-41
- https://doi.org/10.5114/pdia.2013.33376
Abstract
In the human skin, melanocytes are present in the epidermis and hair follicles. The basic features of these cells are the ability to melanin production and the origin from neural crest cells. This last element is important because there are other cells able to produce melanin but of different...Keywords
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