Intercellular transfer of organelles during body pigmentation

Highlights • Overview of recent progresses in studies of melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. • Direct visualization of plasma membrane dynamics has revealed novel behaviors of melanocytes in the actual skin. • These behaviors include membrane vesicle-, filopodia tip-, and large ve...

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Published in:Current opinion in genetics & development 2017-08, Vol.45, p.132-138
Main Authors: Tadokoro, Ryosuke, Takahashi, Yoshiko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Cell Membrane - metabolism
Exocytosis
Keratinocytes - metabolism
Medical Education
Melanocytes - metabolism
Melanosomes - metabolism
Microscopy, Electron - methods
Organelles - metabolism
Pigmentation - physiology
Pseudopodia - metabolism
Skin - cytology
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Summary:Highlights • Overview of recent progresses in studies of melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes. • Direct visualization of plasma membrane dynamics has revealed novel behaviors of melanocytes in the actual skin. • These behaviors include membrane vesicle-, filopodia tip-, and large vesicle-mediated transfers.
ISSN:0959-437X
1879-0380
DOI:10.1016/j.gde.2017.05.001