The Paracrine Role of Stem Cell Factor/c-kit Signaling in the Activation of Human Melanocytes in Ultraviolet-B-Induced Pigmentation

Human proto-oncogene c-kit: a new cell surface receptor tyrosine kinase for an unidentified ligand.

Yosef Yarden, Wun-Jing Kuang, Teresa L. Yang‐Feng et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1987 · 1.6K citations · Full text

Signal Transduction, Human Proto-oncogene C-kit, Cell Regulation +9

ECE-1: A membrane-bound metalloprotease that catalyzes the proteolytic activation of big endothelin-1

Dong Xu, Noriaki Emoto, Adel Giaid et al. · Cell · 1994 · 929 citations

Signal Transduction, Biochemistry, Big Endothelin-1 +15

Primary structure and functional expression of rat and human stem cell factor DNAs

Francis H. Martin, Sidney V. Suggs, Keith E. Langley et al. · Cell · 1990 · 760 citations

Chromatin, Human Cell, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell +10

MAP kinase links the transcription factor Microphthalmia to c-Kit signalling in melanocytes

Timothy J. Hemesath, Edwin R. Price, Clifford M. Takemoto et al. · Nature · 1998 · 617 citations

Developmental Biology, Signal Transduction, Cell Regulation +13

Embryonic expression of a haematopoietic growth factor encoded by the SI locus and the ligand for c-kit

Yasuhisa Matsui, Kristina M. Zsebo, Brigid L.M. Hogan · Nature · 1990 · 516 citations

Cell Lineage, Developmental Biology, Medicine +12