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Human keratinocytes express functional α-MSH (MC1-R) receptors

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  1. the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Medical Center, 60153, Maywood, Ilinois

    Jonathan L. Curry & Brian J. Nickoloff

  2. Department of Pharmacology, Loyola University Medical Center, 60153, Maywood, Illinois

    Wilfred Pinto

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, 38163, Memphis, Tennessee

    Andrzej T. Slominski

  4. Department of Pathology, Loyola University Medical Center, 2160 S First Avenue, 60153, Maywood, Illinois

    Jonathan L. Curry & Brian J. Nickoloff

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Curry, J.L., Pinto, W., Nickoloff, B.J. et al. Human keratinocytes express functional α-MSH (MC1-R) receptors. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Animal 37, 234–236 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02577535

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