Wakamatsu, Kazumasa

Chemiexcitation of melanin derivatives induces DNA photoproducts long after UV exposure

Premi, S., Wallisch, S., Mano, C. M., Weiner, A. B., Bacchiocchi, A., Wakamatsu, K., Bechara, E. J. H., Halaban, R., Douki, T., & Brash, D. E. (2015) · Science

Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studiesmelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 550

Melanins and melanogenesis: Methods, standards, protocols

d'Ischia, M., Wakamatsu, K., Napolitano, A., Briganti, S., Garcia‐Borron, J., Kovacs, D., Meredith, P., Pezzella, A., Picardo, M., Sarna, T., et al. (2013) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 484

Current challenges in understanding melanogenesis: Bridging chemistry, biological control, morphology, and function

Simon, J. D., Peles, D., Wakamatsu, K., & Ito, S. (2009) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 391

UV-induced DNA damage and melanin content in human skin differing in racial/ethnic origin

Tadokoro, T., Kobayashi, N., Zmudzka, B. Z., Ito, S., Wakamatsu, K., Yamaguchi, Y., Korossy, K. S., Miller, S. A., Beer, J. Z., & Hearing, V. J. (2003) · The FASEB Journal

Skin Protection and Agingmelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 378

Topical drug rescue strategy and skin protection based on the role of Mc1r in UV-induced tanning

D'Orazio, J. A., Nobuhisa, T., Cui, R., Arya, M., Spry, M., Wakamatsu, K., Igras, V., Kunisada, T., Granter, S. R., Nishimura, E. K., et al. (2006) · Nature

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 350

Pheomelanin as well as Eumelanin Is Present in Human Epidermis

Thody, A. J., Higgins, E. M., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., Burchill, S. A., & Marks, J. M. (1991) · Journal of Investigative Dermatology

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 311

Regulation of human skin pigmentation and responses to ultraviolet radiation

Miyamura, Y., Coelho, S. G., Wolber, R., Miller, S. A., Wakamatsu, K., Zmudzka, B. Z., Ito, S., Smuda, C., Passeron, T., Choi, W., et al. (2007) · Pigment Cell Research

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 250

New melanic pigments in the human brain that accumulate in aging and block environmental toxic metals

Zecca, L., Bellei, C., Costi, P., Albertini, A., Monzani, E., Casella, L., Gallorini, M., Bergamaschi, L., Moscatelli, A., Turro, N. J., et al. (2008) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatmentsmelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 240

Melanin acts as a potent UVB photosensitizer to cause an atypical mode of cell death in murine skin

Takeuchi, S., Zhang, W., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., Hearing, V. J., Kraemer, K. H., & Brash, D. E. (2004) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 196

Chemical analysis of constitutive pigmentation of human epidermis reveals constant eumelanin to pheomelanin ratio

Del Bino, S., Ito, S., Sok, J., Nakanishi, Y., Bastien, P., Wakamatsu, K., & Bernerd, F. (2015) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management

Cited by 150

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

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 137

Photodegradation of Eumelanin and Pheomelanin and Its Pathophysiological Implications

Ito, S., Wakamatsu, K., & Sarna, T. (2018) · Photochemistry and Photobiology

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 136

Eumelanin and pheomelanin concentrations in human epidermis before and after UVB irradiation

Hennessy, A., Oh, C., Diffey, B., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., & Rees, J. (2005) · Pigment Cell Research

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 132

Chemical degradation of melanins: Application to identification of dopamine-melanin

ITO, S., & WAKAMATSU, K. (1998) · Pigment Cell Research

melanin and skin pigmentationCultural Heritage Materials Analysis

Cited by 131

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

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 130

Adaptive melanin response of the soil fungus Aspergillus niger to UV radiation stress at ‘Evolution Canyon’, Mount Carmel, Israel

Singaravelan, N., Grishkan, I., Beharav, A., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., & Nevo, E. (2008) · PLoS ONE

Evolution and Genetic Dynamicsmelanin and skin pigmentation

Cited by 129

Interaction of major coat color gene functions in mice as studied by chemical analysis of eumelanin and pheomelanin

LAMOREUX, M. L., WAKAMATSU, K., & ITO, S. (2001) · Pigment Cell Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 128

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

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 128

Nle4DPhe7α-Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormone Increases the Eumelanin:Phaeomelanin Ratio in Cultured Human Melanocytes

Hunt, G., Kyne, S., Wakamatsu, K., Ito, S., & Thody, A. J. (1995) · Journal of Investigative Dermatology

melanin and skin pigmentationMelanoma and MAPK Pathways

Cited by 118

Chemical analysis of late stages of pheomelanogenesis: Conversion of dihydrobenzothiazine to a benzothiazole structure

Wakamatsu, K., Ohtara, K., & Ito, S. (2009) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationMicrobial Metabolism and Applications

Cited by 116

Regulation of DHICA-mediated antioxidation by dopachrome tautomerase: Implication for skin photoprotection against UVA radiation

Jiang, S., Liu, X.-M., Dai, X., Zhou, Q., Lei, T.-C., Beermann, F., Wakamatsu, K., & Xu, S.-Z. (2010) · Free Radical Biology and Medicine

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 85

UVA‐induced oxidative degradation of melanins: fission of indole moiety in eumelanin and conversion to benzothiazole moiety in pheomelanin

Wakamatsu, K., Nakanishi, Y., Miyazaki, N., Kolbe, L., & Ito, S. (2012) · Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

Cited by 84

Norepinephrine and its metabolites are involved in the synthesis of neuromelanin derived from the locus coeruleus

Wakamatsu, K., Tabuchi, K., Ojika, M., Zucca, F. A., Zecca, L., & Ito, S. (2015) · Journal of Neurochemistry

melanin and skin pigmentationParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Cited by 76

Short- and long-term effects of UV radiation on the pigmentation of human skin

Coelho, S. G., Choi, W., Brenner, M., Miyamura, Y., Yamaguchi, Y., Wolber, R., Smuda, C., Batzer, J., Kolbe, L., Ito, S., et al. (2009) · Journal of Investigative Dermatology Symposium Proceedings

melanin and skin pigmentationSkin Protection and Aging

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