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Key facts
- Cell.Name
- Melanocyte
- Cell.Latin
- melanocytus
- Cell.Image
- Illu skin02.jpg
- Cell.Caption
- Melanocyte and melanin
- Cell.Location
- Skin
- Cell.Precursor
- Neural crest
- Cell.Function
- Melanin production
- Cell.Pronunciation
- or
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Research
38,322 papers- Mechanisms of melanocyte death in vitiligo.Medicinal research reviews · 2021
- Melanocyte lineage dynamics in development, growth and disease.Development (Cambridge, England) · 2024
- Recent advances in gene delivery for melanocyte-associated disorders.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2025
- The journey from melanocytes to melanoma.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2023
- Melanocyte receptors: clinical implications and therapeutic relevance.Dermatologic clinics · 2007
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cell type
- Subclass of
- chromatophore
- Part of
- stratum basale
- Image
- Micrograph of melanocytes in the epidermis.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melanocytes
- product or material produced
- melanin
- native label
- melanocytus
- found in taxon
- mammal
- develops from
- melanoblast
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