Pigment Cell Research

Foreword
pp. 5-5(1)

Preface
pp. 6-6(1)

Introduction
pp. 7-7(1)

Pictures from the IPCC, Nagoya
pp. 8-8(1)

IFPCS Awards and Recognition (Presented at the IPCC Banquet)
pp. 9-9(1)

Dual Control of Melanogenesis and Melanoma Growth: Overview: Molecular to Clinical Level and the Reverse
pp. 10-22(13)
Authors: MISHIMA, YUTAKA; KONDOH, HIROFUMI

The Melanosome: The Perfect Model for Cellular Responses to the Environment
pp. 23-34(12)
Author: HEARING, VINCENT J.

Prolactin Signaling in Erythrophores and Xanthophores of Teleost Fish
pp. 35-40(6)
Authors: OSHIMA, NORIKO; GOTO, MIYOSHI

Intrinsic and Extrinsic Pathomechanisms in Vitiligo
pp. 41-47(7)
Authors: TAÏEB, ALAIN

Biochemical and Genetic Studies of Pigment-Type Switching
pp. 48-53(6)
Authors: BARSH, GREG; GUNN, TERESA; HE, LIN; SCHLOSSMAN, STUART; DUKE-COHAN, JONATHAN

Insect Pigmentation: Activities of β-Alanyldopamine Synthase in Wing Color Patterns of Wild-Type and Melanic Mutant Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio glaucus
pp. 54-58(5)
Authors: KOCH, PAUL BERNHARDT; BEHNECKE, BETTINA; WEIGMANN-LENZ, MARGA; FFRENCH-CONSTANT, RICHARD H.

Abnormal Vesicular Trafficking in Mouse Models of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome
pp. 59-67(9)
Authors: SWANK, RICHARD T.; NOVAK, EDWARD K.; MCGARRY, MICHAEL P.; ZHANG, YUKE; LI, WEI; ZHANG, QING; FENG, LIJUN

Oestrogenic Steroids and Melanoma Cell Interaction with Adjacent Skin Cells Influence Invasion of Melanoma Cells In Vitro
pp. 68-72(5)
Authors: MAC NEIL, SHEILA; EVES, PAULA; RICHARDSON, BEN; MOLIFE, RHODA; LORIGAN, PAUL; WAGNER, MARK; LAYTON, CHRIS; MORANDINI, RENATO; GHANEM, GHANEM

Stem Cell Factor and/or Endothelin-3 Dependent Immortal Melanoblast and Melanocyte Populations Derived From Mouse Neural Crest Cells
pp. 73-80(8)
Authors: KAWA, YOKO; ITO, MASARU; ONO, HIROTAKE; ASANO, MARI; TAKANO, NAGAKO; OOKA, SHIHO; WATABE, HIDENORI; HOSAKA, ERI; BABA, TAKAKO; KUBOTA, YASUO; MIZOGUCHI, MASAKO

Regulation of Growth and Melanogenesis of Uveal Melanocytes
pp. 81-86(6)
Author: HU, DAN-NING

An Antisense Strategy for Inhibition of Human Melanoma Growth Targets the Growth Factor Pleiotrophin
pp. 87-93(7)
Authors: SATYAMOORTHY, KAPAETTU; OKA, MASAHIRO; HERLYN, MEENHARD

Tanning as Part of the Eukaryotic SOS Response
pp. 94-97(4)
Authors: ELLER, MARK S.; GILCHREST, BARBARA A.

Regulation of Pigment Cell-Specific Gene Expression by MITF
pp. 98-102(5)
Authors: SHIBAHARA, SHIGEKI; YASUMOTO, KEN-ICHI; AMAE, SHINTARO; UDONO, TETSUO; WATANABE, KEN-ICHI; SAITO, HIDEO; TAKEDA, KAZUHISA

Chemical Analysis of Melanins and its Application to the Study of the Regulation of Melanogenesis
pp. 103-109(7)
Authors: ITO, SHOSUKE; WAKAMATSU, KAZUMASA; OZEKI, HIROYUKI

Intracellular Vesicular Trafficking of Tyrosinase Gene Family Protein in Eu- and Pheomelanosome Biogenesis
pp. 110-117(8)
Authors: JIMBOW, KOWICHI; HUA, CHEN; GOMEZ, PAUL F.; HIROSAKI, KUNINORI; SHINODA, KYOKA; SALOPEK, THOMAS G.; MATSUSAKA, HIDENOBU; JIN, HAI-YING; YAMASHITA, TOSHIHARU

New Insights on the Structure of the Mouse Silver Locus and on the Function of the Silver Protein
pp. 118-124(7)
Authors: SOLANO, FRANCISCO; MARTÍNEZ-ESPARZA, MARÍA; JIMÉNEZ-CERVANTES, CELIA; HILL, SIMON P.; LOZANO, JOSÉ A.; GARCÍA-BORRÓN, JOSÉ C.

Skin POMC Peptides: Their Actions at the Human MC-1 Receptor and Roles in the Tanning Response
pp. 125-129(5)
Authors: TSATMALI, MARINA; ANCANS, JANIS; YUKITAKE, JUN; THODY, ANTHONY J.

Molecular Bases of Congenital Hypopigmentary Disorders in Humans and Oculocutaneous Albinism 1 in Japan
pp. 130-134(5)
Authors: TOMITA, YASUSHI; MIYAMURA, YOSHINORI; KONO, MICHIHIRO; NAKAMURA, RIEKO; MATSUNAGA, JUN

Malignant Melanoma on the Sole: How to Detect the Early Lesions Efficiently
pp. 135-139(5)
Author: SAIDA, TOSHIAKI

UVA, Pheomelanin and the Carcinogenesis of Melanoma
pp. 140-144(5)
Authors: HILL, HELENE Z.; HILL, GEORGE J.

Microphthalmia: A Signal Responsive Transcriptional Regulator in Development
pp. 145-149(5)
Author: FISHER, DAVID E.

Evolution and Development of Pigment Cells: At the Crossroads of the Discipline
pp. 150-155(6)
Authors: MASON, KENNETH A.; FROST MASON, SALLY K.

The Melanocortin-1 Receptor is a Key Regulator of Human Cutaneous Pigmentation
pp. 156-162(7)
Authors: ABDEL-MALEK, ZALFA; SCOTT, M. CATHY; SUZUKI, ITARU; TADA, AKIHIRO; IM, SUNGBIN; LAMOREUX, LYNN; ITO, SHOSUKE; BARSH, GREG; HEARING, VINCENT J.

T Cell Immune Responses Against Melanoma and Melanocytes in Cancer and Autoimmunity
pp. 163-169(7)
Authors: KAWAKAMI, YUTAKA; SUZUKI, YURIKO; SHOFUDA, TOMOKO; KINIWA, YUKIKO; INOZUME, TAKASHI; DAN, KATSUAKI; SAKURAI, TOSHIHARU; FUJITA, TOMONOBU

Depigmenting Effect of α-Tocopheryl Ferulate on Normal Human Melanocytes
pp. 170-174(5)
Authors: FUNASAKA, YOKO; KOMOTO, MARI; ICHIHASHI, MASAMITSU

SYMPOSIUM SUMMARIES
pp. 175-182(8)

Satellite Meeting and Evening Session Reports
pp. 183-188(6)