"Melanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.
| Descriptor ID |
D008543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.125.072.050.875.379 D23.767.620
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 2018 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Melanins" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 and the ethnicity link - is there a photochemical link? Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2021 Jan; 20(1):183-188.
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Medicinal Mushrooms against Influenza Viruses. Int J Med Mushrooms. 2021; 23(2):1-11.
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Unraveling the roles of vitamin D status and melanin during Covid-19 (Review). Int J Mol Med. 2021 01; 47(1):92-100.
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The Role of Melanin in Fungal Pathogenesis for Animal Hosts. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2019; 422:1-30.
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Soft-tissue evidence for homeothermy and crypsis in a Jurassic ichthyosaur. Nature. 2018 12; 564(7736):359-365.
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Pathological characteristics and genetic features of melanin-producing medullary thyroid carcinoma. Diagn Pathol. 2018 Nov 13; 13(1):86.
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Exophiala dermatitidis isolates from various sources: using alternative invertebrate host organisms (Caenorhabditis elegans and Galleria mellonella) to determine virulence. Sci Rep. 2018 08 24; 8(1):12747.
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Iron restriction inside macrophages regulates pulmonary host defense against Rhizopus species. Nat Commun. 2018 08 20; 9(1):3333.
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Spectroscopic Characterization of Natural Melanin from a Streptomyces cyaneofuscatus Strain and Comparison with Melanin Enzymatically Synthesized by Tyrosinase and Laccase. Molecules. 2018 Aug 01; 23(8).
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De Novo Molecular Design of a Novel Octapeptide That Inhibits In Vivo Melanogenesis and Has Great Transdermal Ability. J Med Chem. 2018 Aug 09; 61(15):6846-6857.