Pigment Cell Biology

Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on the Biology of Normal and Atypical Pigment Cell Growth

Myron Gordon

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781483228884
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483274423
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Pigment Cell Biology provides information on the growth of the pigment cell throughout its life cycle. This book explains how the pigment cell synthesizes its melanin. Organized into 34 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the factors that involved in governing the unique color pattern formation for three species of salamander. This text then explores the cranial and the caudal sections of the medullary plate that contribute to the pigment development of the head and the tail of amphibians. Other chapters consider the difference in the pituitary output of black and white axolotls. This book discusses as well the slow progress in the definition of the roles of the pituitary hormones in melanogenesis. The final chapter deals with a group of pigments that are derived by oxidation from tryptophan. This book is a valuable resource for embryologists, geneticists, histologists, physiologists, cytochemists, and endocrinologists. Comparative pathologists, biophysicists, and biochemists will also find this book useful.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Pigment Cell Biology
• Copyrigh Page
• Table of Contents
• CONTRIBUTORS
• PREFACE
• MYRON GORDON
• Chapter 1. Extrinsic and Intrinsic Factors Influencing Amphibian Pigment Pattern Formation
• Chapter 2. Some Aspects of the Life History of Amphibian Pigment Cells
• Chapter 3. Role of Genetic Pituitary Differences in Larval Axolotl Pigment Development
• Chapter 4. Pituitary Hormones in Melanogenesis
• Chapter 5. Comparative Oncology of Melanomas in Hamsters and Man
• Chapter 6. Quantitative Histological Investigations on the Melanocyte System of the Human Epidermis
• Chapter 7. The Symbiosis of Melanocytes and Human Epidermis Under Normal and Abnormal Conditions
• Chapter 8. Behavior in Vitro of Normal and Neoplastic Melanocytes of the Human Choroid
• Chapter 9. Cytological Studies of Human Pigment Cells in Tissue Culture
• Chapter 10. Precursors of Epidermal Melanocytes in the Negro Fetus
• Chapter 11. Malignant Melanoma Among Negroes and Latin Americans in Texas
• Chapter 12. Some Physical Properties of Melanotic and Amelanotic Melanoma Cells
• Chapter 13. The Growth and Metabolism of Normal and Abnormal Pigment Cells in Fishes
• Chapter 14. The Melanoma Cell as an Incompletely Differentiated Pigment Cell
• Chapter 15. Effects of Genotype and Cellular Environment on Melanocyte Morphology
• Chapter 16. The Genetics and Biochemistry of Tyrosinase in Neurospora crassa
• Chapter 17. The Etiology and Development of a Melanotic Tumorin Drosophila
• Chapter 18. Physiological Studies of Melanogenesis
• Chapter 19. Nuclear Extrusion in Cells of Cloudman Melanoma in Vitro
• Chapter 20. Inhibition of Melanogenesis by Tissues and the Control of Intracellular Autoxidations
• Chapter 21. Histochemical Aspects of Enzymes, Lipids, Polysac-charides, and Nucleic Acids in Human Melanomas
• Chapter 22. A Microspectrophotometric-Autoradiographic Study of Tyrosinase Activity in Human Melanoma
• Chapter 23. The Melanoma as a Model in a Rational Chemotherapy Study
• Chapter 24. Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones from Pituitary Glands
• Chapter 25. Hormonal Regulation of Subcellular Glycolysis in the S91 Mouse Melanoma
• Chapter 26. Metabolie and Growth Responses of Mouse Melanomas, Krebs-2 Carcinoma, and Brain Relative to Stress, and Insulin: Anti-insulin Hormones
• Chapter 27. Tyrosinase Activity in Vertebrate Melanocytes
• Chapter 28. Preparation and Properties of Mammalian Tyrosinase
• Chapter 29. Pigment Cell Damage in Hair Follicles with Relation to X-Rays and Oxygen
• Chapter 30. Electron Microscope Studies on Pigment Formation in Human Hair Follicles
• Chapter 31. Structure of Melanins
• Chapter 32. Mode of Action of Tyrosinase
• Chapter 33. Polyphenoloxidase Action at Low pH Values
• Chapter 34. The Ommochromes
• Index