and autophagy — the removal of accumulated damage — decreased. Melanocytes that were desynchronized resulted in an increased level of tyrosinase, an enzyme which is responsible for melanin ...

What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

Researchers from Doshisha University suggest that a transcription factor “Nrf3” coordinates the melanogenesis pathway in response to forskolin or αMSH via macropinocytosis and autophagy.

This can cause the cancer cell or parts of the cell – organelles – to shrink, expand or burst, rupture their membranes, or cause autophagy ... An excess of melanin in melanoma tissues ...