Are redheads at an increased risk of melanoma?

Xiao Miao; Shuyang Chen; Bo Zhu; Chengqian Yin; Xin Li; Changpeng Han; Rutao Cui; Bin Li

doi:10.2217/fon-2017-0525

Are redheads at an increased risk of melanoma?

Future Oncol. 2018 Feb;14(5):413-416. doi: 10.2217/fon-2017-0525. Epub 2018 Jan 10.

Authors

Xiao Miao¹, Shuyang Chen², Bo Zhu², Chengqian Yin², Xin Li¹, Changpeng Han¹, Rutao Cui², Bin Li¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Yueyang Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese & Western Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 200437, China.
² Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

PMID: 29318914
DOI: 10.2217/fon-2017-0525

No abstract available

Keywords: MC1R; PTEN; RHC-MC1R; UV; melanin; melanocortin-1-receptor; melanoma; palmitoylation; premature senescence; redhaired color MC1R variant; skin color UV; α-MSH; α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Animals
Disease Susceptibility
Hair Color
Humans
Melanins / metabolism
Melanocytes / metabolism
Melanoma / etiology*
Melanoma / metabolism*
Melanoma / pathology
Risk
Skin Pigmentation

Substances

Melanins