title: Association of Melanocortin-1 Receptor Variants with Pigmentary Traits in Humans: A Pooled Analysis from the M-Skip Project.
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tagliabue
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gandini
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Immunology, University of Murcia and IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: José C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García-Borrón
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Patrick
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authors.lastname: Maisonneuve
authors.affiliation: Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newton-Bishop
authors.affiliation: The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polsky
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: DeAnn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lazovich
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Genoa, Italy; IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghiorzo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, Yale Cancer Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ferrucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Nelleke A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Gruis
authors.affiliation: Melanoma Unit, Dermatology Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, University of Barcelona, CIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Spain.
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puig
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute2, Tampa, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kanetsky
authors.affiliation: Skin Research Department, POLA Chemical Industries, Yokohama, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Motokawa
authors.affiliation: Department of medical oncology and hematology, Fundación Investigación Clínico de Valencia Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria- INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.affiliation: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Landi
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria Concetta
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Fargnoli
authors.affiliation: NHS Forth Valley, UK.
authors.forename: Terence H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: First Department of Dermatology, Andreas Sygros Hospital, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stratigos
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Helsing
authors.affiliation: Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Guida
authors.affiliation: International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Autier
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health, Melvin & Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
authors.forename: Jiali
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Little
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sera
authors.affiliation: Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: sara.raimondi@ieo.it.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Raimondi
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005127:Eye Color / Q000235:genetics*; D018740:Genetic Heterogeneity; D006200:Hair Color / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008544:Melanocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008548:Melanosis / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D044102:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012880:Skin Pigmentation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044102:Receptor, Melanocortin, Type 1; D000242:Cyclic AMP