Sentences with phrase «pigment cell death»

This has the potential to initiate a positive feedback loop in which ROS drive further uroporphyrinogen I oxidation, leading to oxidative stress and pigment cell death.

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Malignant melanoma is the eighth most common cancer in the United States and causes 1 to 2 percent of all cancer deaths.1, 2 Melanoma is a proliferation of transformed melanocytes or pigment - producing cells.

It results from the death of cells critical for vision: retinal pigment epithelial cells (RPE) and photoreceptor cells.

In addition, two copies of the M allele large enough to produce the merle coat color are thought to cause the death of skin melanocytes, retinal pigment cells, and melanocytes of the inner ear which can result in significant white areas of the coat, eye abnormalities and deafness.

«The lack of pigment cells causes the death of the nerve cells that need to develop for hearing to occur.»

Amy Elkins, Sketch of a death row cell interior by a then 23 year old man who has been serving time on death row for over 13 years, 2010, 11 x 14 inch archival pigment print.