title: What is a vertebrate pigment cell?
abstract: On the basis of discussions emerging from a workshop and discussions at the 7th meeting of the European Society for Pigment Cell Research in Geneva in 2012, this manuscript outlines useful criteria for defining the bona fide pigment cells as a functional entity of the vertebrate body plan and differentiating them from 'pigmented' cells in general. It also proposes a nomenclature for various types of pigment cells of vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Department Physiological Chemistry, Biocenter and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Würzburg, University Clinic Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schartl
authors.affiliation: Institut Curie, Normal and Pathological Development of Melanocytes CNRS UMR3347 INSERM U1021 Equipe labellisée - Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, Orsay, France.
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larue
authors.affiliation: Cellular and Structural Physiology Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goda
authors.affiliation: Departments of Dermatology and Pathology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
authors.forename: Marcus W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Bosenberg
authors.affiliation: Bioscience and Biotechnology Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology & Biochemistry and Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK.
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Kelsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002477:Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000378:metabolism*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D010860:Pigments, Biological
keywords: definition; nomenclature; pigment cell