Choroidal melanocytes and associated pathology

Rom J Morphol Embryol. 2006;47(3):269-72.

Abstract

The embryologic origins of choroidal and cutanoeus melanocytes, also of the genes involved in cutaneous and choroidal melanoma, are identical, even the two kinds of tumors are different entities. This is a general scientific report, which stretches the molecular mechanisms, as basement of choroidal melanocytes proliferation.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cell Proliferation
  • Choroid / pathology*
  • Choroid Diseases / etiology*
  • Choroid Diseases / pathology
  • Humans
  • Melanocytes / cytology
  • Melanocytes / physiology*
  • Melanoma / etiology
  • Melanoma / pathology
  • Pigmentation / physiology
  • Pigmentation Disorders / congenital
  • Uvea / embryology