"melanophagy" meaning in All languages combined

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        {
          "ref": "2004, V. Krishna, Textbook of Pathology, page 1055",
          "text": "Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number in the epidermal type; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type of melasma.",
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          "ref": "2020, Johanna Escoubet et al, \"ABHD11, a new diacylglycerol lipase involved in weight gain regulation\" in PLOS 1",
          "text": "Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ..."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 October 15, Hyun Jun Park, Doo Sin Jo, Dong Sig Choi, Ji-Eun Bae, Na Yeon Park, Jun-Bum Kim, Jeong Ho Chang, Joong Jin Shin, Dong-Hyung Cho, “Ursolic acid inhibits pigmentation by increasing melanosomal autophagy in B16F1 cells”, in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, volume 531, number 2",
          "text": "In this study, we showed that ursolic acid inhibits skin pigmentation by promoting melanosomal autophagy, or melanophagy, in melanocytes.",
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        "The loss (by \"eating away\") of melanin"
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          "melanin",
          "melanin"
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  "word": "melanophagy"
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          "ref": "2004, V. Krishna, Textbook of Pathology, page 1055",
          "text": "Melanin-bearing keratinocytes are more in number in the epidermal type; phagocytes with melanophagy in the papillary dermis characterize the dermal type of melasma.",
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          "ref": "2020, Johanna Escoubet et al, \"ABHD11, a new diacylglycerol lipase involved in weight gain regulation\" in PLOS 1",
          "text": "Only some eye defects were reported, including iris synechiae, melanophagy in the iris or the ciliary body ..."
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          "ref": "2020 October 15, Hyun Jun Park, Doo Sin Jo, Dong Sig Choi, Ji-Eun Bae, Na Yeon Park, Jun-Bum Kim, Jeong Ho Chang, Joong Jin Shin, Dong-Hyung Cho, “Ursolic acid inhibits pigmentation by increasing melanosomal autophagy in B16F1 cells”, in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, volume 531, number 2",
          "text": "In this study, we showed that ursolic acid inhibits skin pigmentation by promoting melanosomal autophagy, or melanophagy, in melanocytes.",
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