Receptor tyrosine kinase Kit action in skin melanocytes: is it exclusively cell autonomous?

Exp Dermatol. 2015 Dec;24(12):920-1. doi: 10.1111/exd.12824. Epub 2015 Sep 15.

Authors

Huirong Li¹, Ling Hou^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Developmental Cell Biology and Disease, School of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
² State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science of Ministry of Health and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.

PMID: 26268458
DOI: 10.1111/exd.12824

No abstract available

Keywords: cell-autonomous; gene knockout; receptor tyrosine kinase; skin melanocyte.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Mast Cells / physiology
Melanocytes / enzymology*
Melanocytes / physiology
Mice
Mutation
Phenotype
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / metabolism*
Signal Transduction
Skin / cytology
Skin / enzymology*
Stem Cell Factor / metabolism

Substances

Stem Cell Factor
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit