Skin pigmentation is an important human phenotypic trait whose regulation, in spite of recent advances, has not yet been fully understood. The pigment melanin is produced in melanosomes by melanocytes in a complex process called melanogenesis. The melanocyte interacts with endocrine, immune, inflamm...

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Main Authors: Inês Ferreira dos Santos Videira, Daniel Filipe Lima Moura, Sofia Magina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2013-02-01
Series:Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0365-05962013000100076