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Sex steroids regulate skin pigmentation through nonclassical membrane-bound receptors

The association between pregnancy and altered cutaneous pigmentation has been documented for over two millennia, suggesting that sex hormones play a role in regulating epidermal melanocyte (MC) homeostasis. Here we show that physiologic estrogen (17β-estradiol) and progesterone reciprocally regulate...

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Autores principales: Natale, Christopher A, Duperret, Elizabeth K, Zhang, Junqian, Sadeghi, Rochelle, Dahal, Ankit, O'Brien, Kevin Tyler, Cookson, Rosa, Winkler, Jeffrey D, Ridky, Todd W
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4863824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115344
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.15104