Review Article

Extrafollicular Dermal Melanocyte Stem Cells and Melanoma

Table 2

Genes involved in the development of melanocytes in humans, mice, and zebrafish.

GeneDescriptionHumansMiceZebrafish

MITFTranscription factor [62, 63][64][65]
PAX3Transcription factor [66] [67] [68]
SOX10Transcription factor [50, 52][69] [70]
WntSignaling protein[71] [72] [73]
NotchMembrane protein[74, 75][76][77]
KITCytokine receptor[6, 78][79][5]