Abdel‐Malek, Zalfa A.

MC 1R, the c AMP pathway, and the response to solar UV: extending the horizon beyond pigmentation

García‐Borrón, J. C., Abdel‐Malek, Z., & Jiménez‐Cervantes, C. (2014) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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α‐MSH activates immediate defense responses to UV‐induced oxidative stress in human melanocytes

Song, X., Mosby, N., Yang, J., Xu, A., Abdel‐Malek, Z., & Kadekaro, A. L. (2009) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

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Diversity of pigmentation in cultured human melanocytes is due to differences in the type as well as quantity of melanin

Wakamatsu, K., Kavanagh, R., Kadekaro, A. L., Terzieva, S., Sturm, R. A., Leachman, S., Abdel‐Malek, Z., & Ito, S. (2006) · Pigment Cell Research

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Melanocortin 1 receptor genotype: an important determinant of the damage response of melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation

Kadekaro, A. L., Leachman, S., Kavanagh, R. J., Swope, V., Cassidy, P., Supp, D., Sartor, M., Schwemberger, S., Babcock, G., Wakamatsu, K., et al. (2010) · The FASEB Journal

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Melanin content and MC1R function independently affect UVR-induced DNA damage in cultured human melanocytes

Hauser, J. E., Kadekaro, A. L., Kavanagh, R. J., Wakamatsu, K., Terzieva, S., Schwemberger, S., Babcock, G., Rao, M. B., Ito, S., & Abdel‐Malek, Z. A. (2006) · Pigment Cell Research

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The Melanocortin 1 Receptor and the UV Response of Human Melanocytes—A Shift in Paradigm†

Abdel‐Malek, Z. A., Knittel, J., Kadekaro, A. L., Swope, V. B., & Starner, R. (2008) · Photochemistry and Photobiology

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α‐MSH tripeptide analogs activate the melanocortin 1 receptor and reduce UV‐induced DNA damage in human melanocytes

Abdel‐Malek, Z. A., Ruwe, A., Kavanagh‐Starner, R., Kadekaro, A. L., Swope, V., Haskell‐Luevano, C., Koikov, L., & Knittel, J. J. (2009) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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Significance of the melanocortin 1 receptor in the DNA damage response of human melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation

Swope, V., Alexander, C., Starner, R., Schwemberger, S., Babcock, G., & Abdel‐Malek, Z. A. (2014) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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Endothelin‐1 and α‐melanocortin have redundant effects on global genome repair in UV‐irradiated human melanocytes despite distinct signaling pathways

Swope, V. B., Starner, R. J., Rauck, C., & Abdel‐Malek, Z. A. (2020) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

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