Melanins

"Melanins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Insoluble polymers of TYROSINE derivatives found in and causing darkness in skin (SKIN PIGMENTATION), hair, and feathers providing protection against SUNBURN induced by SUNLIGHT. CAROTENES contribute yellow and red coloration.

Descriptor ID	D008543
MeSH Number(s)	D12.125.072.050.875.379 D23.767.620
Concept/Terms	Melanins Melanins Melanin Phaeomelanins Phaeomelanins Allomelanins Allomelanins

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Amino Acids [D12.125]
Amino Acids, Cyclic [D12.125.072]
Amino Acids, Aromatic [D12.125.072.050]
Tyrosine [D12.125.072.050.875]
Melanins [D12.125.072.050.875.379]
Biological Factors [D23]
Pigments, Biological [D23.767]
Melanins [D23.767.620]

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Bar chart showing 36 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	1	0	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	1	2	3
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	1	0	1
2011	1	1	2
2012	1	0	1
2013	0	2	2
2014	1	0	1
2015	3	0	3
2016	1	0	1
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	3	1	4
2021	1	1	2
2022	1	0	1
2025	3	0	3

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Camacho E, Dong Y, Chrissian C, Cordero RJB, Saraiva RG, Anglero-Rodriguez Y, Smith DFQ, Jacobs E, Hartshorn I, Pati?o-Medina JA, DePasquale M, Dziedzic A, Jedlicka A, Smith B, Mlambo G, Tripathi A, Broderick NA, Stark RE, Dimopoulos G, Casadevall A. Dietary L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) augments cuticular melanization in Anopheles mosquitos reducing their lifespan and malaria burden. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 27; 16(1):8011.

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Ankur A, Yarava JR, Gautam I, Scott FJ, Mentink-Vigier F, Chrissian C, Xie L, Roy D, Stark RE, Doering TL, Wang P, Wang T. Polymorphic a-Glucans as Structural Scaffolds in Cryptococcus Cell Walls for Chitin, Capsule, and Melanin: Insights From 13C and 1H Solid-State NMR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2025 Sep 01; 64(36):e202510409.

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Liporagi-Lopes LC, Chrissian C, Camacho E, Kacirani A, Stark RE, Casadevall A. Lomentospora prolificans synthesizes several types of melanin. mSphere. 2025 Apr 29; 10(4):e0096324.

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Roldan-Kalil J, Zueva L, Alves J, Tsytsarev V, Sanabria P, Inyushin M. Amount of Melanin Granules in Human Hair Defines the Absorption and Conversion to Heat of Light Energy in the Visible Spectrum. Photochem Photobiol. 2023 Jul-Aug; 99(4):1092-1096.

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Baker RP, Chrissian C, Stark RE, Casadevall A. Cryptococcus neoformans melanization incorporates multiple catecholamines to produce polytypic melanin. J Biol Chem. 2022 01; 298(1):101519.

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Batai K, Cui Z, Arora A, Shah-Williams E, Hernandez W, Ruden M, Hollowell CMP, Hooker SE, Bathina M, Murphy AB, Bonilla C, Kittles RA. Genetic loci associated with skin pigmentation in African Americans and their effects on vitamin D deficiency. PLoS Genet. 2021 02; 17(2):e1009319.

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Dogra P, Roy SS, Joshi A, Mukhopadhyay S. Hofmeister Ions Modulate the Autocatalytic Amyloidogenesis of an Intrinsically Disordered Functional Amyloid Domain via Unusual Biphasic Kinetics. J Mol Biol. 2020 11 20; 432(23):6173-6186.

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Chrissian C, Camacho E, Kelly JE, Wang H, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Solid-state NMR spectroscopy identifies three classes of lipids in Cryptococcus neoformans melanized cell walls and whole fungal cells. J Biol Chem. 2020 10 30; 295(44):15083-15096.

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Teteh DK, Dawkins-Moultin L, Hooker S, Hernandez W, Bonilla C, Galloway D, LaGroon V, Santos ER, Shriver M, Royal CDM, Kittles RA. Genetic ancestry, skin color and social attainment: The four cities study. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237041.

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Chrissian C, Camacho E, Fu MS, Prados-Rosales R, Chatterjee S, Cordero RJB, Lodge JK, Casadevall A, Stark RE. Melanin deposition in two Cryptococcus species depends on cell-wall composition and flexibility. J Biol Chem. 2020 02 14; 295(7):1815-1828.

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