Primary Malignant Melanoma of the Gallbladder: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Mehmet Fatih Haskaraca, Mustafa Ozsoy, İsmail Özsan, Kamile Kurt

“…Histopathologic evaluation of the surgical specimen after laparoscopic cholecystectomy revealed malign epithelial tumor consisting of atypical cells with large eosinophilic cytoplasm and dense melanin pigment within the cytoplasm of the tumor cells. As no other focus was identified as a result of the evaluation, the patient was diagnosed with primary malignant melanoma of the gallbladder. …”
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An Early Oligocene Fossil Lagerstätten from the Lacustrine Deposits of the Luberon UNESCO Global Geopark by Pauline Coster, Stephane Legal

“…The Luberon early Oligocene fossil Lagerstätte yields exquisitely well-preserved fossils as testified by the remains of articulated skeletons, skin outlines, feathers and original pigmentation patterns. The fossils include plants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals from ancient lacustrine-terrestrial ecosystems of the early Oligocene. …”
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Melanoma Mimicking Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumor with Spread to the Cerebellopontine Angle: Utility of Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosis by Katie Fox Hanson, Paul Birinyi, Ronald Walker, Constantine Raptis, Rebecca Chernock, Jeroen Coppens, Katherine E. Schwetye

“…We present an unusually challenging patient who presented with clinical symptoms involving cranial nerves VII and VIII and a parotid-region mass, which was S100-positive while lacking in melanocytic pigment and markers. Over a year after resection of the parotid mass, both a cutaneous primary lentigo maligna melanoma and a metastatic CP angle melanoma were diagnosed in the same patient, prompting reconsideration of the diagnosis in the original parotid-region mass. …”
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Giant Conjunctival Nevus in a 12-Year-Old Child by Edit Tóth-Molnár, Eszter Vizvári, Ákos Skribek, András Vörös

“…On slit-lamp examination, a large conjunctival lesion with variegate pigmentation and indistinct margins was detected on the superonasal part of the bulbar conjunctiva of the left eye. …”
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Ribociclib-induced vitiligo in a case of metastatic carcinoma of the breast by Abhira Deb, Manthan Dhingra, Srutee Barman, Thinakaran Raja, Abhra Ghosh

“…This condition, characterized by the loss of skin pigmentation, occurs due to the destruction of melanocytes. …”
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Physical One‐Way Functions for Decentralized Consensus Via Proof of Physical Work by Marvin Winkler, Catharina Peither, Simon Petrick, Lothar Seidemann, Holger Jelich, Frank Kleine Jäger, Jörn Müller‐Quade, Alexander Colsmann, Hermann Nirschl, Frank Rhein

“…Boundary conditions for the security requirements are established and discussed as well as experimentally investigated for a specific setup based on printing and optical analysis of pigment‐carrier composites. In the context of the applied methods, this setup promises to be mathematically unclonable, steady, reproducible, collision resistant and non‐invertible and illustrates the feasibility of a physical one‐way function. …”
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An Objective Assessment of Long-term Postoperative Hyperpigmentation in Patients With Apocrine Gland-eliminated Osmidrosis Surgery by Wen-Tsao Ho, MD

“…Clinicians need an objective skin pigmentation examination to identify and treat hyperpigmentation. …”
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Activation of Delta-Opioid Receptor Protects ARPE19 Cells against Oxygen-Glucose Deprivation/Reoxygenation-Induced Necroptosis and Apoptosis by Inhibiting the Release of TNF-α by Runjie Guo, Ping Chen, Tiantian Fu, Ren Zhang, Yuan Zhu, Nange Jin, Hong Xu, Yong Xia, Xuesong Tian

“…However, the role of TNF-α and DOR in necroptosis and apoptosis of retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells remains largely unknown. …”
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Molecular identification of Leptospira spp. in urine samples from female water buffaloes. Preliminary results by Rosaura Pérez-Gil, Héctor Nava-Trujillo

“…The objective of this study was to establish whether the occurrence of hemoglobinuria and changes in the pigmentation of the vaginal mucosa was associated with the presence of Leptospira spp. …”
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Growth, biomass, and chlorophyll-a and carotenoid content of Nannochloropsis sp. strain BJ17 under different light intensities by Muhammad Fakhri, Nasrullah Bai Arifin, Anik Martina Hariati, Ating Yuniarti

“…ABSTRACT   Nannochloropsis sp. has been identified as sources of live feed and pigment in aquaculture. To increase the production, the optimal environmental conditions for microalgae are required. …”
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ANTHOCYANIN AS NATURAL COLORANT: A REVIEW by Winda Nurtiana

“…The types are pelargonidin, malvidin, cyanidin, delphinidin, petunidin, and peonidin. This pigment is stable on acid condition, away from light and oxygen, cold temperature, and away from polyphenol oxidase enzyme. …”
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Recurrent Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma with the Initial Manifestation of Retinal Involvement by Wan-Ting Yeh, Jen-Tsun Lin*

“…The optical coherent tomography revealed hyper-reflective material accumulation in the intraretinal and subretinal pigment epithelial spaces. Then, she received a retinal biopsy to confirm the etiology, and the pathology report revealed necrosis with atypical lymphocytes with CD20 positivity. …”
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Cell Therapy for Retinal Dystrophies: From Cell Suspension Formulation to Complex Retinal Tissue Bioengineering by Karim Ben M’Barek, Christelle Monville

“…During the course of these diseases, photoreceptors (PRs) are susceptible to degeneration due to their malfunctions or to a primary dysfunction of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Once lost, these cells could not be endogenously regenerated in humans, and cell therapy to replace the lost cells is one of the promising strategies to recover vision. …”
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Vaginal Primary Malignant Melanoma: A Rare and Aggressive Tumor by Georgios Androutsopoulos, Emmanouil Terzakis, Georgia Ioannidou, Athanasios Tsamandas, Georgios Decavalas

“…On gynecologic examination there was a pigmented, raised, ulcerated, and irregular lesion  cm in the upper third of anterior vaginal wall. …”
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Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater: A Review of Sources, Prevalence, Health Risks, and Strategies for Mitigation by Shiv Shankar, Uma Shanker, Shikha

“…Excessive and prolonged exposure of inorganic As with drinking water is causing arsenicosis, a deteriorating and disabling disease characterized by skin lesions and pigmentation of the skin, patches on palm of the hands and soles of the feet. …”
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A Review on the Cosmeceutical and External Applications of Nigella sativa by Ahmad M. Eid, Nagib A. Elmarzugi, Laila M. Abu Ayyash, Maher N. Sawafta, Hadeel I. Daana

“…Due to these numerous important ingredients it was found that it affects different areas of our body and has many pharmacological effects as antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and wound healing effect and also for acne vulgaris, skin cancer, pigmentation, and many cosmeceutical applications. Based on the folklore usage of N. sativa seeds and oil, they are used in various systems of food and medicines. …”
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Specific Anthocyanin Contents of Whole Blue Maize Second-Generation Snacks: An Evaluation Using Response Surface Methodology and Lime Cooking Extrusion by Anayansi Escalante-Aburto, Néstor Ponce-García, Benjamín Ramírez-Wong, Patricia Isabel Torres-Chávez, Juan de Dios Figueroa-Cárdenas, Roberto Gutiérrez-Dorado

“…Lime cooking extrusion (LCE) is a widely applied technology for producing second-generation snacks, as an alternative to traditional nixtamalization (TN). Pigmented maize has been used to produce snacks with similar organoleptic characteristics to TN products and to obtain a product with additional functional benefits due to the anthocyanic compounds contained in those grains. …”
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First record of two Leptothecata medusae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) in Colombia with annotations on their distribution and ecology by Jorge Llorente-Vega, Cristina Cedeño-Posso, Jorge Quirós-Rodríguez

“…These organisms are generally small and translucent, with slight pigmentation, except for those that inhabit great depths and exhibit the typical body shape of a jellyfish. …”
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Comparative effects of biocontrol agent and pathogen on Nicotiana tabacum: insights into fungal-plant interactions by Quanyu Yin, Zhichao Ren, Dongling Wu, Zhao Feng, Zhengkang Zhu, Amit Jaisi, Hui Wang, Mengquan Yang

“…T. harzianum significantly enhanced plant growth, biomass accumulation, root system development, and physiological attributes such as photosynthetic pigment levels and antioxidant enzyme activity. In contrast, P. nicotianae negatively impacted these parameters, inhibiting growth and physiological function. …”
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Efficacy of Lycopene Extracted from Tomato on Liver Enzymes and Tissues of Animal Model Infected with Acrylamide by Maha K. Hammoud, Muhammad J. Muhammad

“… Lycopene is a carotenoid derivative, which is a natural pigment synthesized by plants and microorganisms during the photosynthesis process. …”
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