Meaning of melanophagy | Babel Free

Definitions

The loss (by "eating away") of melanin

uncountable

Examples

“Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number in the epidermal type; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type of melasma.”

“Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ...”

“In this study, we showed that ursolic acid inhibits skin pigmentation by promoting melanosomal autophagy, or melanophagy, in melanocytes.”

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