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Close association exists between melanocytes, the pigment melanin-producing cells in the body, and their neighboring keratinocytes. Keratinocytes are the pigment recipients and skin pigmentation is the result of this interaction. While the chemical basis of melanin production (melanogenesis) is well... Read More

We have previously reported on the successful incorporation of normal human melanocytes (NHM) into a highly differentiated, three-dimensional tissue culture model of human epidermis (JID, 104(4), 616, 1995). Melanocytes exhibited dendritic morphology, were localized in the basal cell layer, and... Read More