How do you use Melanocytes in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Melanocytes meaning
plural of melanocyte
Using Melanocytes
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of melanocyte
- In the example corpus, melanocytes often appears in combinations such as: of melanocytes, melanocytes produce, the melanocytes.
Context around Melanocytes
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Melanocytes
- In this selection, "melanocytes" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fewer, producing, cultured, produce, level and citation stand out and add context to how "melanocytes" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and 2000 melanocytes per square and attacking the melanocytes so they. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "melanocytes" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with melanocytes
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Melanocytes produce two types of melanin. (6 words)
It occurs when melanocytes die or are unable to function. (10 words)
Typically, between 1000 and 2000 melanocytes per square millimeter of skin are found. (13 words)
The difference in skin color between lightly and darkly pigmented individuals is due not to the number (quantity) of melanocytes in their skin, but to the melanocytes' level of activity (quantity and relative amounts of eumelanin and pheomelanin ). (38 words)
Dr. Seemal Desai, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, explained it this way: "The immune system is attacking the melanocytes, so they go into hiding. (35 words)
The blotchy appearance of skin color in the face and hands of older people is due to the uneven distribution of pigment cells and to changes in the interaction between melanocytes and keratinocytes. (33 words)
Example sentences (18)
The difference in skin color between lightly and darkly pigmented individuals is due not to the number (quantity) of melanocytes in their skin, but to the melanocytes' level of activity (quantity and relative amounts of eumelanin and pheomelanin ).
They also regulate melanin production and replication of melanocytes. citation People have different skin colors mainly because their melanocytes produce different amount and kinds of melanin.
This technology continues to work long after UV exposure to protect the skin and stimulate melanin in the melanocytes for a faster, darker tan.
Dr. Seemal Desai, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, explained it this way: "The immune system is attacking the melanocytes, so they go into hiding.
Since they have fewer melanocytes in them, they are more prone to sun damage caused by UV exposure.
When old hair falls, leaving room for new hairs to grow, the melanocyte stem cells serve as a reservoir of melanocytes — cells that produce a pigment called melanin.
It occurs when melanocytes die or are unable to function.
It seems likely that the first modern humans had relatively large numbers of eumelanin-producing melanocytes.
Melanin is produced within the skin in cells called melanocytes and it is the main determinant of the skin color of darker-skinned humans.
Melanocytes produce two types of melanin.
Nonetheless, the relationship between skin pigmentation and photoprotection is still being clarified. citation Humans Albinism occurs when melanocytes produce little or no melanin.
Stimulations main Numerous stimuli are able to alter melanogenesis, or the production of melanin by cultured melanocytes, although the method by which it works is not fully understood.
The blotchy appearance of skin color in the face and hands of older people is due to the uneven distribution of pigment cells and to changes in the interaction between melanocytes and keratinocytes.
The exposure to UV-B radiation activates melanocytes to increase melanin production, which can cause freckles to become darker and more visible.
The skin of face and hands has about twice the amount of pigment cells as unexposed areas of the body, as chronic exposure to the sun continues to stimulate melanocytes.
Thus causing the melanocytes to form in clusters instead of spread out, causing abnormal skin pigmentation in some areas of the body.
Typically, between 1000 and 2000 melanocytes per square millimeter of skin are found.
UVA gives a quick tan that lasts for days by oxidizing melanin that was already present and triggers the release of the melanin from melanocytes.
Common combinations with melanocytes
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of melanocytes 3×
- melanocytes produce 3×
- the melanocytes 3×
- melanocytes in 2×
- when melanocytes 2×
- melanocytes and 2×
- melanocytes to 2×