Melanin is the one of most important pigments for skin color in mammals. Excessive biosynthesis of melanin induces various pigment disorders. Much effort has been made to develop regulators to minimize skin pigmentation abnormalities. However, only a few of them are used, primarily because of safety concerns and low efficiency. In this study, we aimed to construct a novel nanosphere-gel for seq...

Nepeta glomerulosa Boiss. is a medicinal plant has been used in traditional medicine. The aim of this study was to evaluate the anti-melanogenesis inhibitory activity of MeOH, n-hexane, ethyl Acetate (EtAc), dichloromethane (CH2Cl2), n-butanol (BuOH) and H2O extracts isolated from N. glomerulosa in B16 melanoma cell line. The B16F10 cell line viability after treatment with increasing concentrat...

# Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Teramo, 64100 Teramo, Italy, § L’Oréal Research and Innovation, Clichy, France, ¥ Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy, & Center for Integrated Research (CIR)/University Campus Biomedico di Roma, 00128 Rome, Italy $ European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia...

Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) has been implicated as a major environmental factor in the pathogenesis of photoaging and skin cancers including melanoma. Hypermelanosis induced by UVR has been previously suggested to associate with melanomageneis, although the role of UVR in the development of melanoma is complicated since melanogenesis may depend on several factors such as skin type, genetic infl...

Little is known about the functions of microRNAs (miRNAs) in skin pigmentation disorders. The aim of this study was to investigate the expression and potential role of miRNAs in vitiligo. Of 12 studied miRNAs with proven functions in cell proliferation, differentiation, immune responses and melanogenesis, miR-99b, miR-125b, miR-155 and miR-199a-3p were found to be increased and miR-145 was foun...

Reduced or defective melanin skin pigmentation may cause many hypopigmentation disorders and increase the risk of damage to the skin triggered by UV irradiation. Ginsenosides Rb1 and Rg1 have many molecular targets including the cAMP-response element-binding protein (CREB), which is involved in melanogenesis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of ginsenosides Rb1 and Rg1 on melanogenes...