Diagnosis and Management of Lentigo Maligna: Clinical Presentation and Comprehensive Review by Piyu Parth Naik

“…It typically begins as a tan-brown macule or patch, but it can progress to a variegated pigmentation with dark black color or even amelanotic characteristics. …”
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Induced Ripening Agents and Their Effect on Fruit Quality of Banana by S. D. T. Maduwanthi, R. A. U. J. Marapana

“…Ripening is a genetically programmed highly coordinated irreversible phenomenon which includes many biochemical changes including tissue softening, pigment changes, aroma and flavour volatile production, reduction in astringency, and many others. …”
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Ochronotic arthropathy: skeletal manifestations and orthopaedic treatment by Khaled Hamed Salem, Alyaa Diaa Elmoghazy

“…Several clinical manifestations were described including coronary and valvular calcification, aortic stenosis, limited chest expansion, and renal, urethral and prostate calculi as well as ocular and cutaneous pigmentation. Skeletal affection usually presents as spondylotic changes of the spine. …”
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Modulation Effects of Curcumin on Erythrocyte Ion-Transporter Activity by Prabhakar Singh, Syed Ibrahim Rizvi

“…Curcumin ((1E,6E)-1,7-Bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-dione), the yellow biphenolic pigment isolated from turmeric (Curcuma longa), has various medicinal benefits through antioxidation, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular protection, immunomodulation, enhancing of the apoptotic process, and antiangiogenic property. …”
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Case Report: Diagnosis and treatment of incontinentia pigmenti with central nervous system anomalies in one patient by Yun Li, Junbin Hong, Shangge Xu, Tong Zhou, Xiaolan Xiao, Jinghua Yang, Yiting Chen

“…Skin biopsy pathology indicated pigmentation disorder. Molecular genetic testing was conducted to identify IKBKG mutations, and the case was finally diagnosed with incontinentia pigmenti complicated by central nervous system anomalies. …”
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Visual Outcome after Vitrectomy with Subretinal tPA Injection to Treat Submacular Hemorrhage Secondary to Age-Related Macular Degeneration or Macroaneurysm by Yasmin Ali Said, Evelien Dewilde, Peter Stalmans

“…Complications consisted of 2 cases of retinal pigment epithelial tear, 7 vitreous hemorrhages, 4 hyphema, 6 cases of retinal detachment, and 2 subchoroidal hemorrhages during the follow-up period. …”
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Improving the Color Stability of Naturally Colored Silk by Cross-Linking the Sericin with Phytic Acid by Mingbo Ma, Pirah Ayaz, Wanhui Jin, Wenlong Zhou

“…The color of naturally colored silk (NCS) fades easily during home washing due to the loss of pigment accompanied by dissolution of the sericin. …”
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NLRP3 Inflammasome: Activation and Regulation in Age-Related Macular Degeneration by Jiangyuan Gao, Ruozhou Tom Liu, Sijia Cao, Jing Z. Cui, Aikun Wang, Eleanor To, Joanne A. Matsubara

“…Progression of AMD is characterized by an increase in the number and size of drusen, extracellular deposits, which accumulate between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch’s membrane (BM) in outer retina. …”
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Knockdown of Zebrafish Blood Vessel Epicardial Substance Results in Incomplete Retinal Lamination by Yu-Ching Wu, Ruei-Feng Chen, Chia-Yang Liu, Fung Rong Hu, Chang-Jen Huang, I-Jong Wang

“…In normal zebrafish, Bves is located at the apical junctions of embryonic retinal neuroepithelia during retinogenesis; later, it is strongly expressed around inner plexiform layer (IPL) and retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). In contrast, a loss of normal retinal lamination and cellular polarity was found with undifferentiated photoreceptor cells in Bves knockdown zebrafish. …”
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New Horizons in Gingival Depigmentation: A Case Report Comparing Blue®m Oxygel and Coe-PakTM Periodontal Dressing by Sakshi Vishal Kotecha, Priyanka Jaiswal, Shweta Bhagat

“…The gold standard for managing gingival pigmentation is by scalpel surgical technique, despite its disadvantage of resulting in an open wound that requires special care and dressing. …”
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Application of bacterioruberin from Arthrobacter sp. isolated from Xinjiang desert to extend the shelf-life of fruits during postharvest storage by Wasim Sajjad, Murad Muhammad, Sayed Muhammad Ata Ullah Shah Bukhari, Sumra Wajid Abbasi, Osama Abdalla Abdelshafy Mohamad, Yong-Hong Liu, Wen-Jun Li

“…This study aimed to reduce such losses by applying a red carotenoid pigment, bacterioruberin extracted from an Arthrobacter sp. …”
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Centrifugation, Storage, and Filtration of Olive Oil in an Oil Mill: Effect on the Quality and Content of Minority Compounds by Alfonso M. Vidal, Sonia Alcalá, Antonia de Torres, Manuel Moya, Francisco Espínola

“…Comparison of the results for filtered and unfiltered oil samples revealed that the most significant change was the reduction in the photosynthetic pigment content, with a decrease of around 50% in chlorophyll. …”
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Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Study Comparing 0.0003% Calcitriol with 0.1% Tacrolimus Ointments for the Treatment of Endemic Pityriasis Alba by Berenice Moreno-Cruz, Bertha Torres-Álvarez, Diana Hernández-Blanco, Juan Pablo Castanedo-Cazares

“…In the treated plaques, the reduction of the affected area was associated with improvement of pigmentation and TEWL. Conclusions. Calcitriol and tacrolimus induced similar repigmentation in endemic PA lesions. …”
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A Rare Case of Concomitant Maxilla and Mandible Brown Tumours, Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma, Parathyroid Adenoma, and Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica by Thaís Borguezan Nunes, Sheyla Batista Bologna, Andréa Lusvarghi Witzel, Marcello Menta Simonsen Nico, Silvia Vanessa Lourenço

“…Incisional biopsy of the oral lesion was performed and histopathological examination revealed a central giant cell lesion composed by intense haemorrhagic exudate, abundant presence of giant cells, and areas with hemosiderin pigment. The patient also presented high levels of serum calcium and parathyroid hormone, hyperfunctioning parathyroid tissue, bilateral parenchymal nephropathy, and densitometry lower than expected, showing an advanced stage of osteitis fibrosa cystica. …”
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Investigation of the Pulsed Annular Gas Jet for Chemical Reactor Cleaning by Zvegintsev Valery Ivanovich, Nalivaichenko Denis Gennadievich, Chirkashenko Vladimir Fedorovich

“…The most economical technology for production of titanium dioxide pigment is plasma-chemical syntheses with the heating of the oxygen. …”
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Does Melanoma Begin in a Melanocyte Stem Cell? by James D. Hoerter, Patrick Bradley, Alexandria Casillas, Danielle Chambers, Brandon Weiswasser, Lauren Clements, Sarah Gilbert, Albert Jiao

“…Zebrafish have a robust regenerative capability, permitting the study of how MSCs are regulated and recruited at specific times and places to generate the pigment pattern following fin amputation or melanocyte ablation. …”
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Bilateral Choroidal Metastases as Presentation of Dissemination of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma by S. Fernandez-Perez, O. Ruiz-Moreno, V. Pueyo, G. de la Mata, L. Pablo

“…Ophthalmoscopic examination showed several placoid, pigmented lesions in the posterior pole and midperiphery of the retina of both eyes. …”
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Levofloxacin-Induced Acute Hyperpigmentation Changes in a Chronic Kidney Disease Patient by Shakuntala S. Patil, Sachin M. Patil, Ryan Campbell, Manisha Singh, Matthew Plotkin

“…Sunlight exposure can worsen the pigmentation seen with some of the above antimicrobials (e.g., dapsone). …”
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Dermoscopic Features of Eccrine Porocarcinoma Arising from Hidroacanthoma Simplex by Reiko Suzaki, Takeaki Shioda, Izumi Konohana, Sumiko Ishizaki, Mizuki Sawada, Masaru Tanaka

“…A diagnosis of eccrine porocarcinoma arising in a pigmented hidroacanthoma simplex was eventually established, and the dermoscopic features of eccrine porocarcinoma from hidroacanthoma simplex was described for the first time.…”
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Two new species of Micropsalliota (Agaricales, Agaricaceae) from subtropical regions of China by Jun-Qing Yan, Zhi-Heng Zeng, Ya-Ping Hu, Cheng-Feng Nie, Bin-Rong Ke, Sheng-Nan Wang, Hui Zeng

“…Morphologically, M. bispora is characterized by very small basidiomata, cymbiform basidiospores up to 9.0 μm long, white to cream pileus with fawn to dull red center, and tibiiform cheilocystidia; M. vulgaris is recognized by small basidiomata, medium-sized spores, white to cream pileus, covered with reddish brown to dark brown fibrils, various cheilocystidia that are up to 60 μm long, and hyphae of fibrils exhibiting pale brown vacuolar pigmentation. Their distinct taxonomic status is confirmed by the positions of the two new species in 4-locus (ITS, LSU, rpb2, tef-1α) phylogenetic trees. …”
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