- 1) Hearing, V. J., and Jimenez, M., Analysis of mammalian pigmentation at the molecular level. Pigment Cell Res., 2, 75–85 (1989).
- 2) Hearing, V. J., and Tsukamoto, K., Enzymatic control of pigmentation in mammals. FASEB J., 5, 2902–2909 (1991).
- 3) Cooksey, C. J., Garratt, P. J., Land, E. J., Pavel, S., Ramsden, C. A., Riley, P. A., and Smit, N. P., Evidence of the indirect formation of the catecholic intermediate substrate responsible for the autoactivation kinetics of tyrosinase. J. Biol. Chem., 272, 26226–26235 (1997).
- 4) Thody, A. J., and Graham, A., Does alpha-MSH have a role in regulating skin pigmentation in humans? Pigment Cell Res., 11, 265–274 (1998).
- 5) Busca, R., and Ballotti, R., Cyclic AMP a key messenger in the regulation of skin pigmentation. Pigment Cell Res., 13, 60–69 (2000).
- 6) So, F. V., Guthrie, N., Chambers, A. F., and Carroll, K. K., Inhibition of proliferation of estrogen receptor-positive MCF-7 human breast cancer cells by flavonoids in the presence and absence of excess estrogen. Cancer Lett., 112, 127–133 (1997).
- 7) Roso, G. M., Meli, R., Di Carlo, G., Pacilio, M., and Di Carlo, R., Inhibition of inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 expression by flavonoids in macrophage J774A.1. Life Sci., 68, 921–931 (2001).
- 8) Francis, A. R., Shetty, T. K., and Bhattacharya, R. K., Modulating effect of plant flavonoids on the mutagenicity of N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Carcinogenesis, 10, 1953–1955 (1989).
- 9) Englaro, W., Bertolotto, C., Busca, R., Brunet, A., Pages, G., Ortonne, J. P., and Ballotti, R., Inhibition of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway triggers B16 melanoma cell differentiation. J. Biol. Chem., 273, 9966–9970 (1998).
- 10) Busca, R., Bertolotto, C., Ortonne, J. P., and Ballotti, R., Inhibition of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/p70(S6)-kinase pathway induces B16 melanoma cell differentiation. J. Biol. Chem., 271, 31824–31830 (1996).
- 11) Khaled, M., Larribere, L., Bille, K., Aberdam, E., Ortonne, J. P., Ballotti, R., and Bertolotto, C., Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta is activated by cAMP and plays an active role in the regulation of melanogenesis. J. Biol. Chem., 277, 33690–33697 (2002).
- 12) Takeyama, R., Takekoshi, S., Nagata, H., Osamura, R. Y., and Kawana, S., Quercetin-induced melanogenesis in a reconstituted three-dimensional human epidermal model. J. Mol. Histol., 35, 157–165 (2004).
- 13) Nagata, H., Takekoshi, S., Takeyama, R., Homma, T., and Osamura, Y. R., Quercetin enhances melanogenesis by increasing the activity and synthesis of tyrosinase in human melanoma cells and in normal human melanocytes. Pigment Cell Res., 17, 66–73 (2004).
- 14) Iwashita, K., Kobori, M., Yamaki, K., and Tsushida, T., Flavonoids inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis in B16 melanoma 4A5 cells. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 64, 1813–1820 (2000).
Full access
Stimulation of Melanogenesis by the Citrus Flavonoid Naringenin in Mouse B16 Melanoma Cells
Reprints and Corporate Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:
Academic Permissions
Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?
Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:
If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.
Related research
People also read lists articles that other readers of this article have read.
Recommended articles lists articles that we recommend and is powered by our AI driven recommendation engine.
Cited by lists all citing articles based on Crossref citations.
Articles with the Crossref icon will open in a new tab.