melanocyte

Noun

Meaning

a cell in the basal layer of the epidermis that produces melanin under the control of the melanocyte-stimulating hormone

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

fibroblast Langerhans cell epithelial cell keratinocyte Merkel cell skin cell epidermal cell melanocytic corneocyte sebocyte basal cell dermis cell stratum corneum cell sweat gland cell cutaneous cell
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Hypernyms

epidermal cell

Examples

One melanocyte supplies melanin to thirty-six keratinocytes according to signals from the keratinocytes. Source: Internet

Melanosomes are delivered from the perinuclear region of melanocytes to the tips of melanocyte dendrites via the intracellular transport system. Source: Internet

Stimulation of autophagy process in keratinocytes, however, can help to eliminate the already transported melanosomes in keratinocytes, while not acting on melanocyte. Source: Internet

Humans over the age of thirty experience a decrease in melanin-producing cells by about 10 to 20 percent per decade as melanocyte stem cells gradually die. Source: Internet

The lack of Wnt activation in melanocyte stem cells leads to depigmented or gray hair. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

melanocortinergic melanocratic melanocrocin melanocyte-stimulating hormone melanocytic melanocytic naevus