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Raymond E. Boissy, PhD

Education/Credentials
  • Post-Doc: Yale University School of Medicine (Dermatology/Cell Biology)
  • Doctorate Degree: University of Massachusetts (Veterinary & Animal Science)
  • Master's Degree: University of Massachusetts (Veterinary & Animal Science)
  • Bachelor's Degree: University of Massachusetts (Zoology)
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Research Interests

My current research objectives are to understand mechanisms of cellular differentiation and of gene product synthesis and translocation. I am using the pigment cell (melanocyte) of the skin and the eye as my model system. This cell embryonically originates from the neural crest and appears to undergo commitment to subpopulations prior to neural tube emigration. In the skin and the eye, the melanocyte specific gene product is melanin which is packaged into a cellular organelle, the melanosome.I am analyzin...

Peer Reviewed Publications

Chalupa, Allison; Koshoffer, Amy; Galan, Emily; Yu, Lan; Liu, Fu-Tong; Boissy, Raymond E 2014. Melanocytic Galectin-3 is Associated with Tyrosinase Related Protein-1 and Pigment Biosynthesis. The Journal of investigative dermatology, ,

Domyan, Eric T; Guernsey, Michael W; Kronenberg, Zev; Krishnan, Shreyas; Boissy, Raymond E; Vickrey, Anna I; Rodgers, Clifford; Cassidy, Pamela; Leachman, Sancy A; Fondon, John W; Yandell, Mark; Shapiro, Michael D 2014. Epistatic and combinatorial effects of pigmentary gene mutations in the domestic pigeon. Current biology : CB, 24 4, 459-64

Mosenson, Jeffrey A; Flood, Kelsey; Klarquist, Jared; Eby, Jonathan M; Koshoffer, Amy; Boissy, Raymond E; Overbeck, Andreas; Tung, Rebecca C; Le Poole, I Caroline 2014. Preferential secretion of inducible HSP70 by vitiligo melanocytes under stress. Pigment cell & melanoma research, 27 2, 209-20

Yoshida, Hiroshi; Taguchi, Hiroyuki; Hachiya, Akira; Kitahara, Takashi; Boissy, Raymond E; Visscher, Marty O 2014. The natural trait of the curvature of human hair is correlated with bending of the hair follicle and hair bulb by a structural disparity in the root sheath. Journal of dermatological science, ,

Abu, Eme A; Su, Shengchang; Sallans, Larry; Boissy, Raymond E; Greatens, Amanda; Heineman, William R; Hassett, Daniel J 2013. Cyclic voltammetric, fluorescence and biological analysis of purified aeruginosin A, a secreted red pigment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Microbiology (Reading, England), 159 Pt 8, 1736-47

Ebanks, Jody P; Koshoffer, Amy; Wickett, R Randall; Hakozaki, Tomohiro; Boissy, Raymond E 2013. Hydrolytic enzymes of the interfollicular epidermis differ in expression and correlate with the phenotypic difference observed between light and dark skin. The Journal of dermatology, 40 1, 27-33

Gilbert, Emily R; Eby, Jonathan M; Hammer, Adam M; Klarquist, Jared; Christensen, David G; Barfuss, Allison J; Boissy, Raymond E; Picken, Maria M; Love, Robert B; Dilling, Daniel F; Le Poole, I Caroline 2013. Positioning ganglioside D3 as an immunotherapeutic target in lymphangioleiomyomatosis. The American journal of pathology, 183 1, 226-34

Hawkes, Jason E; Cassidy, Pamela B; Manga, Prashiela; Boissy, Raymond E; Goldgar, David; Cannon-Albright, Lisa; Florell, Scott R; Leachman, Sancy A 2013. Report of a novel OCA2 gene mutation and an investigation of OCA2 variants on melanoma risk in a familial melanoma pedigree. Journal of dermatological science, 69 1, 30-7

Lakhter, Alexander J; Kanginakudru, Sriramana; Warren, Simon; Touloukian, Christopher E; Boissy, Raymond E; Naidu, Samisubbu R 2013. Impaired PIASy-Tip60 signaling weakens activation of p53 in melanoma. Melanoma research, 23 3, 213-7

Chawla, Smita; Kvalnes, Kalla; deLong, Mitchell A; Wickett, Randall; Manga, Prashiela; Boissy, Raymond E 2012. DeoxyArbutin and its derivatives inhibit tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis without inducing reactive oxygen species or apoptosis. Journal of drugs in dermatology : JDD, 11 10, e28-34

Boissy, R E; Nordlund, J J 2011. Vitiligo: current medical and scientific understanding. Giornale italiano di dermatologia e venereologia : organo ufficiale, Società italiana di dermatologia e sifilografia, 146 1, 69-75

Ebanks, Jody P; Koshoffer, Amy; Wickett, R Randall; Schwemberger, Sandy; Babcock, George; Hakozaki, Tomohiro; Boissy, Raymond E 2011. Epidermal keratinocytes from light vs. dark skin exhibit differential degradation of melanosomes. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 131 6, 1226-33

Hariharan, Vidhya; Klarquist, Jared; Reust, Mary J; Koshoffer, Amy; McKee, Mark D; Boissy, Raymond E; Le Poole, I Caroline 2010. Monobenzyl ether of hydroquinone and 4-tertiary butyl phenol activate markedly different physiological responses in melanocytes: relevance to skin depigmentation. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 130 1, 211-20

Kadekaro, Ana Luisa; Leachman, Sancy; Kavanagh, Renny J; Swope, Viki; Cassidy, Pamela; Supp, Dorothy; Sartor, Maureen; Schwemberger, Sandy; Babcock, George; Wakamatsu, Kazumasa; Ito, Shosuke; Koshoffer, Amy; Boissy, Raymond E; Manga, Prashiela; Sturm, Richard A; Abdel-Malek, Zalfa A 2010. Melanocortin 1 receptor genotype: an important determinant of the damage response of melanocytes to ultraviolet radiation. The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 24 10, 3850-60

Boissy, Raymond E; Spritz, Richard A 2009. Frontiers and controversies in the pathobiology of vitiligo: separating the wheat from the chaff. Experimental dermatology, 18 7, 583-5

Ebanks, Jody P; Wickett, R Randall; Boissy, Raymond E 2009. Mechanisms regulating skin pigmentation: the rise and fall of complexion coloration. International journal of molecular sciences, 10 9, 4066-87

Hachiya, Akira; Sriwiriyanont, Penkanok; Fujimura, Tsutomu; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Kitahara, Takashi; Takema, Yoshinori; Kitzmiller, William J; Visscher, Marty O; Tsuboi, Ryoji; Boissy, Raymond E 2009. Mechanistic effects of long-term ultraviolet B irradiation induce epidermal and dermal changes in human skin xenografts. The American journal of pathology, 174 2, 401-13

Hachiya, Akira; Sriwiriyanont, Penkanok; Kobayashi, Takeshi; Nagasawa, Azumi; Yoshida, Hiroshi; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Kitahara, Takashi; Visscher, Marty O; Takema, Yoshinori; Tsuboi, Ryoji; Boissy, Raymond E 2009. Stem cell factor-KIT signalling plays a pivotal role in regulating pigmentation in mammalian hair. The Journal of pathology, 218 1, 30-9

Klarquist, Jared; Barfuss, Allison; Kandala, Sridhar; Reust, Mary J; Braun, Ruedi K; Hu, Jennifer; Dilling, Daniel F; McKee, Mark D; Boissy, Raymond E; Love, Robert B; Nishimura, Michael I; Le Poole, I Caroline 2009. Melanoma-associated antigen expression in lymphangioleiomyomatosis renders tumor cells susceptible to cytotoxic T cells. The American journal of pathology, 175 6, 2463-72

Chawla, S; deLong, M A; Visscher, M O; Wickett, R R; Manga, P; Boissy, R E 2008. Mechanism of tyrosinase inhibition by deoxyArbutin and its second-generation derivatives. The British journal of dermatology, 159 6, 1267-74

Kasamatsu, Shinya; Hachiya, Akira; Higuchi, Kazuhiko; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Kitahara, Takashi; Boissy, Raymond E 2008. Production of the soluble form of KIT, s-KIT, abolishes stem cell factor-induced melanogenesis in human melanocytes. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 128 7, 1763-72

Hachiya, A; Sriwiriyanont, P; Patel, A; Saito, N; Ohuchi, A; Kitahara, T; Takema, Y; Tsuboi, R; Boissy, R E; Visscher, M O; Wilson, J M; James, W M; Kobinger, G P 2007. Gene transfer in human skin with different pseudotyped HIV-based vectors. Gene therapy, 14 8, 648-56

Helip-Wooley, Amanda; Westbroek, Wendy; Dorward, Heidi M; Koshoffer, Amy; Huizing, Marjan; Boissy, Raymond E; Gahl, William A 2007. Improper trafficking of melanocyte-specific proteins in Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type-5. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 127 6, 1471-8

Westbroek, Wendy; Adams, David; Huizing, Marjan; Koshoffer, Amy; Dorward, Heidi; Tinloy, Bradford; Parkes, Jennifer; Helip-Wooley, Amanda; Kleta, Robert; Tsilou, Ekaterina; Duvernay, Patrice; Digre, Kathleen B; Creel, Donnell J; White, James G; Boissy, Raymond E; Gahl, William A 2007. Cellular defects in Chediak-Higashi syndrome correlate with the molecular genotype and clinical phenotype. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 127 11, 2674-7

Yoshida, Yasuko; Hachiya, Akira; Sriwiriyanont, Penkanok; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Kitahara, Takashi; Takema, Yoshinori; Visscher, Marty O; Boissy, Raymond E 2007. Functional analysis of keratinocytes in skin color using a human skin substitute model composed of cells derived from different skin pigmentation types. The FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 21 11, 2829-39

Li, Li; Hu, Dan-Ning; Zhao, Huiquan; McCormick, Steven A; Nordlund, James J; Boissy, Raymond E 2006. Uveal melanocytes do not respond to or express receptors for alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 47 10, 4507-12

Manga, Prashiela; Sheyn, David; Yang, Fan; Sarangarajan, Rangaprasad; Boissy, Raymond E 2006. A role for tyrosinase-related protein 1 in 4-tert-butylphenol-induced toxicity in melanocytes: Implications for vitiligo. The American journal of pathology, 169 5, 1652-62

Sriwiriyanont, Penkanok; Ohuchi, Atsushi; Hachiya, Akira; Visscher, Marty O; Boissy, Raymond E 2006. Interaction between stem cell factor and endothelin-1: effects on melanogenesis in human skin xenografts. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 86 11, 1115-25

Wang, Runsheng; Tang, Phuong; Wang, Pei; Boissy, Raymond E; Zheng, Hui 2006. Regulation of tyrosinase trafficking and processing by presenilins: partial loss of function by familial Alzheimer's disease mutation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103 2, 353-8

Boissy, Raymond E; Richmond, Bonnie; Huizing, Marjan; Helip-Wooley, Amanda; Zhao, Yang; Koshoffer, Amy; Gahl, William A 2005. Melanocyte-specific proteins are aberrantly trafficked in melanocytes of Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome-type 3. The American journal of pathology, 166 1, 231-40

Boissy, Raymond E; Visscher, Marty; DeLong, Mitchell A 2005. DeoxyArbutin: a novel reversible tyrosinase inhibitor with effective in vivo skin lightening potency. Experimental dermatology, 14 8, 601-8

Greatens, Amanda; Hakozaki, Tomohiro; Koshoffer, Amy; Epstein, Howard; Schwemberger, Sandy; Babcock, George; Bissett, Donald; Takiwaki, Hirotsugu; Arase, Seiji; Wickett, R Randall; Boissy, Raymond E 2005. Effective inhibition of melanosome transfer to keratinocytes by lectins and niacinamide is reversible. Experimental dermatology, 14 7, 498-508

Helip-Wooley, Amanda; Westbroek, Wendy; Dorward, Heidi; Mommaas, Mieke; Boissy, Raymond E; Gahl, William A; Huizing, Marjan 2005. Association of the Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type-3 protein with clathrin. BMC cell biology, 6 , 33

Kroll, Tara M; Bommiasamy, Hemamalini; Boissy, Raymond E; Hernandez, Claudia; Nickoloff, Brian J; Mestril, Ruben; Caroline Le Poole, I 2005. 4-Tertiary butyl phenol exposure sensitizes human melanocytes to dendritic cell-mediated killing: relevance to vitiligo. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 124 4, 798-806

Richmond, Bonnie; Huizing, Marjan; Knapp, Jill; Koshoffer, Amy; Zhao, Yang; Gahl, William A; Boissy, Raymond E 2005. Melanocytes derived from patients with Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome types 1, 2, and 3 have distinct defects in cargo trafficking. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 124 2, 420-7

Smith, Justin W; Koshoffer, Amy; Morris, Randal E; Boissy, Raymond E 2005. Membranous complexes characteristic of melanocytes derived from patients with Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 1 are macroautophagosomal entities of the lysosomal compartment. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 18 6, 417-26

Boissy, Raymond E; Manga, Prashiela 2004. On the etiology of contact/occupational vitiligo. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 17 3, 208-14

Boissy, Raymond E 2003. Melanosome transfer to and translocation in the keratinocyte. Experimental dermatology, 12 Suppl 2 , 5-12

Thong, H-Y; Jee, S-H; Sun, C-C; Boissy, R E 2003. The patterns of melanosome distribution in keratinocytes of human skin as one determining factor of skin colour. The British journal of dermatology, 149 3, 498-505

Abdalkhani, Arman; Sellers, Rani; Gent, Justin; Wulitich, Heather; Childress, Sue; Stein, Barry; Boissy, Raymond E; Wysolmerski, John J; Foley, John 2002. Nipple connective tissue and its development: insights from the K14-PTHrP mouse. Mechanisms of development, 115 1-2, 63-77

Hakozaki, T; Minwalla, L; Zhuang, J; Chhoa, M; Matsubara, A; Miyamoto, K; Greatens, A; Hillebrand, G G; Bissett, D L; Boissy, R E 2002. The effect of niacinamide on reducing cutaneous pigmentation and suppression of melanosome transfer. The British journal of dermatology, 147 1, 20-31

Huizing, Marjan; Boissy, Raymond E; Gahl, William A 2002. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: vesicle formation from yeast to man. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 15 6, 405-19

Rizvi, Tilat A; Huang, Yuan; Sidani, Amer; Atit, Radhika; Largaespada, David A; Boissy, Raymond E; Ratner, Nancy 2002. A novel cytokine pathway suppresses glial cell melanogenesis after injury to adult nerve. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 22 22, 9831-40

Huizing, M; Sarangarajan, R; Strovel, E; Zhao, Y; Gahl, W A; Boissy, R E 2001. AP-3 mediates tyrosinase but not TRP-1 trafficking in human melanocytes. Molecular biology of the cell, 12 7, 2075-85

Le Poole, I C; Sarangarajan, R; Zhao, Y; Stennett, L S; Brown, T L; Sheth, P; Miki, T; Boissy, R E 2001. 'VIT1', a novel gene associated with vitiligo. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 14 6, 475-84

Manga, P; Boissy, R E; Pifko-Hirst, S; Zhou, B K; Orlow, S J 2001. Mislocalization of melanosomal proteins in melanocytes from mice with oculocutaneous albinism type 2. Experimental eye research, 72 6, 695-710

Minwalla, L; Zhao, Y; Cornelius, J; Babcock, G F; Wickett, R R; Le Poole, I C; Boissy, R E 2001. Inhibition of melanosome transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes by lectins and neoglycoproteins in an in vitro model system. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 14 3, 185-94

Minwalla, L; Zhao, Y; Le Poole, I C; Wickett, R R; Boissy, R E 2001. Keratinocytes play a role in regulating distribution patterns of recipient melanosomes in vitro. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 117 2, 341-7

Sarangarajan, R; Boissy, R E 2001. Tyrp1 and oculocutaneous albinism type 3. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 14 6, 437-44

Sarangarajan, R; Budev, A; Zhao, Y; Gahl, W A; Boissy, R E 2001. Abnormal translocation of tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein 1 in cutaneous melanocytes of Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome and in melanoma cells transfected with anti-sense HPS1 cDNA. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 117 3, 641-6

Sarangarajan, R; Shumaker, H; Soleimani, M; Le Poole, C; Boissy, R E 2001. Molecular and functional characterization of sodium--hydrogen exchanger in skin as well as cultured keratinocytes and melanocytes. Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1511 1, 181-92

Le Poole, I C; Boissy, R E; Sarangarajan, R; Chen, J; Forristal, J J; Sheth, P; Westerhof, W; Babcock, G; Das, P K; Saelinger, C B 2000. PIG3V, an immortalized human vitiligo melanocyte cell line, expresses dilated endoplasmic reticulum. In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, 36 5, 309-19

Pickens, W L; Warner, R R; Boissy, Y L; Boissy, R E; Hoath, S B 2000. Characterization of vernix caseosa: water content, morphology, and elemental analysis. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 115 5, 875-81

Sarangarajan, R; Zhao, Y; Babcock, G; Cornelius, J; Lamoreux, M L; Boissy, R E 2000. Mutant alleles at the brown locus encoding tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) affect proliferation of mouse melanocytes in culture. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 13 5, 337-44

Yang, F; Sarangarajan, R; Le Poole, I C; Medrano, E E; Boissy, R E 2000. The cytotoxicity and apoptosis induced by 4-tertiary butylphenol in human melanocytes are independent of tyrosinase activity. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 114 1, 157-64

Introne, W; Boissy, R E; Gahl, W A 1999. Clinical, molecular, and cell biological aspects of Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Molecular genetics and metabolism, 68 2, 283-303

Le Poole, I C; Yang, F; Brown, T L; Cornelius, J; Babcock, G F; Das, P K; Boissy, R E 1999. Altered gene expression in melanocytes exposed to 4-tertiary butyl phenol (4-TBP): upregulation of the A2b adenosine receptor 1. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 113 5, 725-31

Tripathi, R K; Flanders, D J; Young, T L; Oetting, W S; Ramaiah, A; King, R A; Boissy, R E; Nordlund, J J 1999. Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) locus lacks linkage to human vitiligo or osteopetrosis: an evaluation. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 12 3, 187-92

Wood, J M; Jimbow, K; Boissy, R E; Slominski, A; Plonka, P M; Slawinski, J; Wortsman, J; Tosk, J 1999. What's the use of generating melanin? Experimental dermatology, 8 2, 153-64

Yang, F; Boissy, R E 1999. Effects of 4-tertiary butylphenol on the tyrosinase activity in human melanocytes. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 12 4, 237-45

Boissy, R E; Sakai, C; Zhao, H; Kobayashi, T; Hearing, V J 1998. Human tyrosinase related protein-1 (TRP-1) does not function as a DHICA oxidase activity in contrast to murine TRP-1. Experimental dermatology, 7 4, 198-204

Boissy, R E; Zhao, Y; Gahl, W A 1998. Altered protein localization in melanocytes from Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome: support for the role of the HPS gene product in intracellular trafficking. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 78 9, 1037-48

Carden, S M; Boissy, R E; Schoettker, P J; Good, W V 1998. Albinism: modern molecular diagnosis. The British journal of ophthalmology, 82 2, 189-95

Collawn, S S; Boissy, R E; Gamboa, M; Vasconez, L O 1998. Ultrastructural study of the skin after facial chemical peels and the effect of moisturization on wound healing. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 101 5, 1374-9; discussion 1

Collawn, S S; Boissy, R E; Vasconez, L O 1998. Skin ultrastructure after CO2 laser resurfacing. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 102 2, 509-15

Cieszka, K; Hill, H Z; Xin, P; Azure, M; Hill, G J; Meyenhofer, M F; Boissy, R E; Mitchell, D L 1997. Survival of Cloudman mouse melanoma cells after irradiation by solar wavelengths of light. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 10 4, 193-200

Hill, H Z; Hill, G J; Cieszka, K; Plonka, P M; Mitchell, D L; Meyenhofer, M F; Xin, P; Boissy, R E 1997. Comparative action spectrum for ultraviolet light killing of mouse melanocytes from different genetic coat color backgrounds. Photochemistry and photobiology, 65 6, 983-9

Le Poole, C; Boissy, R E 1997. Vitiligo. Seminars in cutaneous medicine and surgery, 16 1, 3-14

Boissy, R E; Zhao, H; Oetting, W S; Austin, L M; Wildenberg, S C; Boissy, Y L; Zhao, Y; Sturm, R A; Hearing, V J; King, R A; Nordlund, J J 1996. Mutation in and lack of expression of tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) in melanocytes from an individual with brown oculocutaneous albinism: a new subtype of albinism classified as "OCA3". American journal of human genetics, 58 6, 1145-56

Donatien, P D; Diment, S L; Boissy, R E; Orlow, S J 1996. Melanosomal and lysosomal alterations in murine melanocytes following transfection with the v-rasHa oncogene. International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer, 66 4, 557-63

Nagle, D L; Karim, M A; Woolf, E A; Holmgren, L; Bork, P; Misumi, D J; McGrail, S H; Dussault, B J; Perou, C M; Boissy, R E; Duyk, G M; Spritz, R A; Moore, K J 1996. Identification and mutation analysis of the complete gene for Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Nature genetics, 14 3, 307-11

Zhao, H; Eling, D J; Medrano, E E; Boissy, R E 1996. Retroviral infection with human tyrosinase-related protein-1 (TRP-1) cDNA upregulates tyrosinase activity and melanin synthesis in a TRP-1-deficient melanoma cell line. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 106 4, 744-52

Austin, L M; Boissy, R E 1995. Mammalian tyrosinase-related protein-1 is recognized by autoantibodies from vitiliginous Smyth chickens. An avian model for human vitiligo. The American journal of pathology, 146 6, 1529-41

Beermann, F; Orlow, S J; Boissy, R E; Schmidt, A; Boissy, Y L; Lamoreux, M L 1995. Misrouting of tyrosinase with a truncated cytoplasmic tail as a result of the murine platinum (cp) mutation. Experimental eye research, 61 5, 599-607

Boissy, R E; Lamoreux, M L 1995. In vivo and in vitro morphological analysis of melanocytes homozygous for the misp allele at the murine microphthalmia locus. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 8 6, 294-301

Farooqui, J Z; Medrano, E E; Boissy, R E; Tigelaar, R E; Nordlund, J J 1995. Thy-1+ dendritic cells express truncated form of POMC mRNA. Experimental dermatology, 4 5, 297-301

Zhao, H; Boissy, R E 1994. Distinguishing between the catalytic potential and apparent expression of tyrosinase activities. The American journal of the medical sciences, 308 6, 322-30

Zhao, H; Boissy, Y L; Abdel-Malek, Z; King, R A; Nordlund, J J; Boissy, R E 1994. On the analysis of the pathophysiology of Chediak-Higashi syndrome. Defects expressed by cultured melanocytes. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 71 1, 25-34

Zhao, H; Zhao, Y; Nordlund, J J; Boissy, R E 1994. Human TRP-1 has tyrosine hydroxylase but no dopa oxidase activity. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 7 3, 131-40

Boissy, R E; Boissy, Y L; Krakowsky, J M; Lamoreux, M L; Lingrel, J B; Nordlund, J J 1993. Ocular pathology in mice with a transgenic insertion at the microphthalmia locus. Journal of submicroscopic cytology and pathology, 25 3, 319-32

Farooqui, J Z; Auclair, B W; Robb, E; Sarkisian, E; Cooper, C; Alexander, J W; Warden, G; Boissy, R E; Norlund, J 1993. Histological, biochemical, and ultrastructural studies on hyperpigmented human skin xenografts. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 6 4 Pt 1, 226-33

Krakowsky, J M; Boissy, R E; Neumann, J C; Lingrel, J B 1993. A DNA insertional mutation results in microphthalmia in transgenic mice. Transgenic research, 2 1, 14-20

Medrano, E E; Farooqui, J Z; Boissy, R E; Boissy, Y L; Akadiri, B; Nordlund, J J 1993. Chronic growth stimulation of human adult melanocytes by inflammatory mediators in vitro: implications for nevus formation and initial steps in melanocyte oncogenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 90 5, 1790-4

Orlow, S J; Boissy, R E; Moran, D J; Pifko-Hirst, S 1993. Subcellular distribution of tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein-1: implications for melanosomal biogenesis. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 100 1, 55-64

Orlow, S J; Zhou, B K; Boissy, R E; Pifko-Hirst, S 1993. Identification of a mammalian melanosomal matrix glycoprotein. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 101 2, 141-4

Searle, E A; Austin, L M; Boissy, Y L; Zhao, H; Nordlund, J J; Boissy, R E 1993. Smyth chicken melanocyte autoantibodies: cross-species recognition, in vivo binding, and plasma membrane reactivity of the antiserum. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 6 3, 145-57

Zhou, B K; Boissy, R E; Pifko-Hirst, S; Moran, D J; Orlow, S J 1993. Lysosome-associated membrane protein-1 (LAMP-1) is the melanocyte vesicular membrane glycoprotein band II. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 100 2, 110-4

Austin, L M; Boissy, R E; Jacobson, B S; Smyth, J R 1992. The detection of melanocyte autoantibodies in the Smyth chicken model for vitiligo. Clinical immunology and immunopathology, 64 2, 112-20

Chetty, B V; Boissy, R E; Warden, G D; Nordlund, J J 1992. Basement membrane and fibroblast aberration in blisters at the donor, graft, and spontaneously healed sites in patients with burns. Archives of dermatology, 128 2, 181-6

Boissy, R E; Beato, K E; Nordlund, J J 1991. Dilated rough endoplasmic reticulum and premature death in melanocytes cultured from the vitiligo mouse. The American journal of pathology, 138 6, 1511-25

Boissy, R E; Liu, Y Y; Medrano, E E; Nordlund, J J 1991. Structural aberration of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and melanosome compartmentalization in long-term cultures of melanocytes from vitiligo patients. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 97 3, 395-404

Boissy, R E; Trinkle, L S; Nordlund, J J 1990. Neural-tube-derived melanocyte subsets undergo commitment to their distinct lineages in culture. Cell differentiation and development : the official journal of the International Society of Developmental Biologists, 30 2, 129-45

Hoath, S B; Donnelly, M M; Boissy, R E 1990. Sensory transduction and the mammalian epidermis. Biosensors & bioelectronics, 5 5, 351-66

Hoath, S B; Pickens, W L; Sells, S F; Boissy, R E 1990. Epidermal development in the growth retarded fetal rat. Journal of developmental physiology, 13 1, 41-50

Orlow, S J; Chakraborty, A K; Boissy, R E; Pawelek, J M 1990. Inhibition of induced melanogenesis in Cloudman melanoma cells by four phenotypic modifiers. Experimental cell research, 191 2, 209-18

Boissy, R E; Trinkle, L S; Nordlund, J J 1989. Separation of pigmented and albino melanocytes and the concomitant evaluation of endogenous peroxide content using flow cytometry. Cytometry, 10 6, 779-87

Nordlund, J J; Abdel-Malek, Z A; Boissy, R E; Rheins, L A 1989. Pigment cell biology: an historical review. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 92 4 Suppl, 53S-60S

Abdel-Malek, Z A; Swope, V B; Trinkle, L S; Ferroni, E N; Boissy, R E; Nordlund, J J 1988. Alteration of the Cloudman melanoma cell cycle by prostaglandins E1 and E2 determined by using a 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine method of DNA analysis. Journal of cellular physiology, 136 2, 247-56

Boissy, R E 1988. The melanocyte. Its structure, function, and subpopulations in skin, eyes, and hair. Dermatologic clinics, 6 2, 161-73

Boissy, R E; Gecks, S; Smyth, J R; Nordlund, J J 1988. Ocular pathology in the minimally depigmented subline of the vitiliginous Smyth chicken. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 1 5, 303-14

Boissy, R E; Lamoreux, M L 1988. Animal models of an acquired pigmentary disorder--vitiligo. Progress in clinical and biological research, 256 , 207-18

Boissy, R E; Moellmann, G E; Halaban, R 1987. Tyrosinase and acid phosphatase activities in melanocytes from avian albinos. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 88 3, 292-300

Boissy, R E; Moellmann, G E; Lerner, A B 1987. Morphology of melanocytes in hair bulbs and eyes of vitiligo mice. The American journal of pathology, 127 2, 380-8

Boissy, R E; Moellmann, G; Trainer, A T; Smyth, J R; Lerner, A B 1986. Delayed-amelanotic (DAM or Smyth) chicken: melanocyte dysfunction in vivo and in vitro. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 86 2, 149-56

Lerner, A B; Shiohara, T; Boissy, R E; Jacobson, K A; Lamoreux, M L; Moellmann, G E 1986. A mouse model for vitiligo. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 87 3, 299-304

Boissy, R E; Halaban, R 1985. Establishment of proliferative, pure cultures of pigmented chicken melanocytes from neural tubes. The Journal of investigative dermatology, 84 2, 158-61

Boissy, R E; Lamont, S J; Smyth, J R 1984. Persistence of abnormal melanocytes in immunosuppressed chickens of the autoimmune "DAM" line. Cell and tissue research, 235 3, 663-8

Boissy, R E; Smyth, J R; Fite, K V 1983. Progressive cytologic changes during the development of delayed feather amelanosis and associated choroidal defects in the DAM chicken line. A vitiligo model. The American journal of pathology, 111 2, 197-212

Lamont, S J; Boissy, R E; Smyth, J R 1982. Humoral immune response and expression of spontaneous postnatal amelanosis in DAM line chickens. Immunological communications, 11 2, 121-7

Smyth, J R; Boissy, R E; Fite, K V; Albert, D M 1981. Retinal dystrophy associated with a postnatal amelanosis in the chicken. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 20 6, 799-803

Boissy, R E; Nordlund, J J . Molecular basis of congenital hypopigmentary disorders in humans: a review. Pigment cell research / sponsored by the European Society for Pigment Cell Research and the International Pigment Cell Society, 10 1-2, 12-24

Boissy, Raymond E; Dell'Anna, Maria Lucia; Picardo, Mauro . On the pathophysiology of vitiligo: possible treatment options. Indian journal of dermatology, venereology and leprology, 78 1, 24-9

Hamed, Saja H; Sriwiriyanont, Penkanok; deLong, Mitchell A; Visscher, Marty O; Wickett, R Randall; Boissy, Raymond E . Comparative efficacy and safety of deoxyarbutin, a new tyrosinase-inhibiting agent. Journal of cosmetic science, 57 4, 291-308

Kitzmiller, W John; Stanton, Ryan A; Wickett, R Randall; Tolia, Gaurva; Boissy, Raymond E; Visscher, Marty O . Noninvasive skin measurements after CO(2) and erbium laser resurfacing. Aesthetic surgery journal / the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic surgery, 23 1, 20-7

Lamoreux, M L; Boissy, R E; Womack, J E; Nordlund, J J . The vit gene maps to the mi (microphthalmia) locus of the laboratory mouse. The Journal of heredity, 83 6, 435-9

Smyth, J R; Boissy, R E; Fite, K V . The DAM chicken: a model for spontaneous postnatal cutaneous and ocular amelanosis. The Journal of heredity, 72 3, 150-6

Yang, F; Abdel-Malek, Z; Boissy, R E . Effects of commonly used mitogens on the cytotoxicity of 4-tertiary butylphenol to human melanocytes. In vitro cellular & developmental biology. Animal, 35 10, 566-70