Imiquimod, a Toll-like receptor 7 agonist, inhibits melanogenesis and proliferation of human melanocytes

J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Jan;129(1):243-6. doi: 10.1038/jid.2008.184. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
No abstract available

Publication types

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

MeSH terms

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic / pharmacology
  • Aminoquinolines / pharmacology*
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Proliferation / drug effects
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Humans
  • Imiquimod
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Melanocytes / metabolism*
  • Models, Biological
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Skin / drug effects*
  • Skin / metabolism
  • Toll-Like Receptor 7 / agonists*

Substances

  • Adjuvants, Immunologic
  • Aminoquinolines
  • TLR7 protein, human
  • Toll-Like Receptor 7
  • Imiquimod