Does a Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor-Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Axis Exist in All Types of Pigment Cells?

Xiaoyin Ma; Ling Hou

doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.07.024

Does a Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor-Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor Axis Exist in All Types of Pigment Cells?

Am J Pathol. 2015 Dec;185(12):3361-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.07.024.

Authors

Xiaoyin Ma¹, Ling Hou²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Developmental Cell Biology and Disease, School of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Eye Hospital, and the State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science of Ministry of Health and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
² Laboratory of Developmental Cell Biology and Disease, School of Ophthalmology and Optometry and Eye Hospital, and the State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base and Key Laboratory of Vision Science of Ministry of Health and Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China. Electronic address: lhou88@aliyun.com.

PMID: 26598237
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.07.024

Abstract

This Correspondence relates to the article by Dadras et al (A Novel Role for Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor-Regulated Pigment Epithelium-Derived Factor during Melanoma Progression. Am J Pathol 2015, 185:252-265).

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Eye Proteins / metabolism*
Female
Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic*
Humans
Male
Melanoma / metabolism*
Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor / metabolism*
Nerve Growth Factors / metabolism*
Serpins / metabolism*
Skin Neoplasms / metabolism*

Substances

Eye Proteins
Microphthalmia-Associated Transcription Factor
Nerve Growth Factors
Serpins