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Desmond Tobin is Full Professor of Dermatological Science
and Director of Charles Institute of Dermatology at
University College Dublin, Ireland. Prior to this he was
Professor of Cell Biology and Director of Centre for Skin
Sciences at Bradford University-UK. He holds a BSc from
the National University of Ireland, a PhD from the
University of London, and post-doctorate/junior faculty
from New York University Medical School. Des researches
basic and applied skin/hair sciences, focusing on human
melanocytes/ pigmentation in health and disease (incl.
melanoma) and of hair growth disorders. He holds
fellowships from: Royal College of Pathologists, Royal
Society of Biology, Royal Microscopical Society, Institute
of Biomedical Science, and is Member of the Royal Irish
Academy. He chairs the Alopecia UK Research Committee, and
is Deputy Chair of the BAD Skin Health Working
group. Des is also a past president of the British
Society for Investigative Dermatology, He serves(ed) on
several editorial boards, and scientific advisory panels,
and has published over 200 publications. His H-Index is
currently 74 (Scopus) and 86 (Google Scholar) as of June
2026.
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About
Desmond Tobin is Full Professor of
Dermatological Science and Director of Charles
Institute of Dermatology at University College
Dublin, Ireland. Prior to this he was
Professor of Cell Biology and Director of
Centre for Skin Sciences at Bradford
University-UK. He holds a BSc from the
National University of Ireland, a PhD from the
University of London, and
post-doctorate/junior faculty from New York
University Medical School. Des researches
basic and applied skin/hair sciences, focusing
on human melanocytes/ pigmentation in health
and disease (incl. melanoma) and of hair
growth disorders. He holds fellowships from:
Royal College of Pathologists, Royal Society
of Biology, Royal Microscopical Society,
Institute of Biomedical Science, and is Member
of the Royal Irish Academy. He chairs the
Alopecia UK Research Committee, and is Deputy
Chair of the BAD Skin Health Working
group. Des is also a past president of
the British Society for Investigative
Dermatology, He serves(ed) on several
editorial boards, and scientific advisory
panels, and has published over 200
publications. His H-Index is currently 74
(Scopus) and 86 (Google Scholar) as of June
2026.
Publications
Exploring physiological differences in
injury response by skin tone: A scoping
review
Journal of Tissue Viability
2025
Beyond the Epidermal-Melanin-Unit: The
Human Scalp Anagen Hair Bulb Is Home to
Multiple Melanocyte Subpopulations of
Variable Melanogenic Capacity
International Journal of Molecular
Sciences
2023
Beyond the Epidermal-Melanin-Unit: The
Human Scalp Anagen Hair Bulb Is Home to
Multiple Melanocyte Subpopulations of
Variable Melanogenic Capacity
Unknown Venue
2023
Cell‐free DNA is elevated in
the serum of patients with hidradenitis
suppurativa
The Journal of Dermatology
2022
Modulating mucins makes melanin
British Journal of Dermatology
2021
Uveal Melanoma Cell Line Proliferation Is
Inhibited by Ricolinostat, a Histone
Deacetylase Inhibitor
Cancers
2022
Insights into the mechanics of solid
conical microneedle array insertion into
skin using the finite element method
Acta Biomaterialia
2021
Hidradenitis suppurativa: A
folliculotropic disease of innate immune
barrier dysfunction?
Experimental Dermatology
2021
Visible light and human skin pigmentation:
The importance of skin phototype
Experimental Dermatology
2021
Quantitative mapping of human hair greying
and reversal in relation to life stress
eLife
2021
Unpicking the Gordian knot of identifying
metastasis development‐relevant proteins
in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
British Journal of Dermatology
2020
Melanin Distribution in Human Skin:
Influence of Cytoskeletal, Polarity, and
Centrosome-Related Machinery of Stratum
basale Keratinocytes
International Journal of Molecular
Sciences
2021
The biology of human hair greying
Biological Reviews
2020
A Global eDelphi Exercise to Identify Core
Domains and Domain Items for the
Development of a Global Registry of
Alopecia Areata Disease Severity and
Treatment Safety (GRASS)
JAMA Dermatology
2021
Dermal fibroblasts cultured from donors
with type 2 diabetes mellitus retain an
epigenetic memory associated with poor
wound healing responses
Scientific Reports
2021
How to design robust assays for human skin
pigmentation: A “Tortoise and Hare
challenge”
Experimental Dermatology
2021
Shedding light on therapeutics in alopecia
and their relevance to COVID-19
Clinics in Dermatology
2021
Characterization of serotonin and
N‐acetylserotonin systems in the
human epidermis and skin cells
Journal of Pineal Research
2019
Circulating Melanoma-Derived Extracellular
Vesicles: Impact on Melanoma Diagnosis,
Progression Monitoring, and Treatment
Response
Pharmaceuticals
2020
Ewastools: Infinium Human Methylation
BeadChip pipeline for population
epigenetics integrated into Galaxy
GigaScience
2020
Stress-sensing in the human greying hair
follicle: Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated
(ATM) depletion in hair bulb melanocytes
in canities-prone scalp
Scientific Reports
2020
A GWAS in Latin Americans highlights the
convergent evolution of lighter skin
pigmentation in Eurasia
Nature Communications
2019
Pigmentation and Photoaging
Cutaneous Photoaging
2019
An explanation for the mysterious
distribution of melanin in human skin: a
rare example of asymmetric (melanin)
organelle distribution during mitosis of
basal layer progenitor keratinocytes
British Journal of Dermatology
2018
Androgens trigger different growth
responses in genetically identical human
hair follicles in organ culture that
reflect their epigenetic diversity in life
The FASEB Journal
2018
Differential response of human dermal
fibroblast subpopulations to visible and
near‐infrared light: Potential of
photobiomodulation for addressing
cutaneous conditions
Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
2018
Early evidence for opposing effects of
full versus fragmented adiponectin on
melanogenesis in human epidermal
melanocytes
British Journal of Dermatology
2018
Imbalance of Mitochondrial Respiratory
Chain Complexes in the Epidermis Induces
Severe Skin Inflammation
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2018
MCV-miR-M1 Targets the Host-Cell Immune
Response Resulting in the Attenuation of
Neutrophil Chemotaxis
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2018
Melanin distribution in human epidermis
affords localized protection against DNA
photodamage and concurs with skin cancer
incidence difference in extreme phototypes
The FASEB Journal
2018
Shedding light on the variability of
optical skin properties: finding a path
towards more accurate prediction of light
propagation in human cutaneous
compartments
Biomedical Optics Express
2018
E‐cadherin mediates ultraviolet radiation‐
and calcium‐induced melanin transfer in
human skin cells
Experimental Dermatology
2017
Photobiomodulation of human dermal
fibroblasts in vitro: decisive role of
cell culture conditions and treatment
protocols on experimental outcome
Scientific Reports
2017
Introduction to skin aging
Journal of Tissue Viability
2017
Demographic characteristics and
association of serum Vitamin B12, ferritin
and thyroid function with premature
canities in Indian patients from an urban
skin clinic of North India: A
retrospective analysis of 71 cases
Indian Journal of Dermatology
2017
Melanin fate in the human epidermis: a
reassessment of how best to detect and
analyse histologically
Experimental Dermatology
2016
A genome-wide association scan in admixed
Latin Americans identifies loci
influencing facial and scalp hair features
Nature Communications
2016
Another guardian against alopecia areata?
British Journal of Dermatology
2016
Photobiomodulation devices for hair
regrowth and wound healing: a therapy full
of promise but a literature full of
confusion
Experimental Dermatology
2016
Photobiomodulation of distinct lineages of
human dermal fibroblasts: a rational
approach towards the selection of
effective light parameters for skin
rejuvenation and wound healing
SPIE Proceedings
2016
Systematic associations between germ-line
mutations and human cancers
International Journal of Computational
Biology and Drug Design
2016
Suppression of Autophagy Dysregulates the
Antioxidant Response and Causes Premature
Senescence of Melanocytes
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2015
Tattoo ink nanoparticles in skin tissue
and fibroblasts
Beilstein Journal of
Nanotechnology
2015
Comparison of lipid membrane–water
partitioning with various organic
solvent–water partitions of neutral
species and ionic species: Uniqueness of
cerasome as a model for the stratum
corneum in partition processes
International Journal of
Pharmaceutics
2015
IFNλ Stimulates MxA Production in Human
Dermal Fibroblasts via a MAPK-Dependent
STAT1-Independent Mechanism
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2015
Mitochondrial Function in Murine Skin
Epithelium Is Crucial for Hair Follicle
Morphogenesis and Epithelial–Mesenchymal
Interactions
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2015
The Peripheral Clock Regulates Human
Pigmentation
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2015
In vitro and ex vivo examination of
topical Pomiferin treatments
Fitoterapia
2014
Alopecia areata and vitiligo – Partners in
crime or a case of false alibis
Experimental Dermatology
2014
Genome-wide nucleosome map and cytosine
methylation levels of an ancient human
genome
Genome Research
2013
Integrated analytics of microarray big
data reveals robust gene signature
2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational
Intelligence in Big Data (CIBD)
2014
The biology of hair diversity
International Journal of Cosmetic
Science
2013
A new 12-gene diagnostic biomarker
signature of melanoma revealed by
integrated microarray analysis
PeerJ
2013
Desmoplastic melanoma presenting with
localized hair repigmentation
British Journal of Dermatology
2013
First International Symposium “Epigenetic
Control of Skin Development and
Regeneration”: How Chromatin Regulators
Orchestrate Skin Functions
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2013
Key Role of CRF in the Skin Stress
Response System
Endocrine Reviews
2013
The effects of S ophora
angustifolia and other natural plant
extracts on melanogenesis and melanin
transfer in human skin cells
Experimental Dermatology
2012
Topobiology of Human Pigmentation:
P-Cadherin Selectively Stimulates Hair
Follicle Melanogenesis
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2013
What causes alopecia areata?
Experimental Dermatology
2013
Bone morphogenetic proteins differentially
regulate pigmentation in human skin cells
Journal of Cell Science
2012
DNA from keratinous tissue. Part I: Hair
and nail
Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer
Anzeiger
2012
Static and dynamic nanomechanical
properties of human skin tissue using
atomic force microscopy: Effect of
scarring in the upper dermis
Acta Biomaterialia
2012
The eicosanoid response to high dose UVR
exposure of individuals prone and
resistant to sunburn
Photochemical & Photobiological
Sciences
2012
Essential Role of the
Keratinocyte-Specific Endonuclease
DNase1L2 in the Removal of Nuclear DNA
from Hair and Nails
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2011
Human Hair Follicle and Epidermal
Melanocytes Exhibit Striking Differences
in Their Aging Profile which Involves
Catalase
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2011
Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Is Involved in
the Regulation of Hair Canal Formation
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2011
Regulated Proenkephalin Expression in
Human Skin and Cultured Skin Cells
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2011
The Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain
Is Dispensable for Proliferation and
Differentiation of Epidermal Progenitor
Cells
Stem Cells
2011
Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Induced
Genotoxicity in Primary Human Epidermal
Keratinocytes
Journal of Nanoscience and
Nanotechnology
2011
Ex Vivo Organ Culture of Human Hair
Follicles: A Model
Epithelial–Neuroectodermal–Mesenchymal
Interaction System
Methods in Molecular Biology
2010
Impaired turnover of autophagolysosomes in
cathepsin L deficiency
Biological Chemistry
2010
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Schwann
cell precursors from nerve innervation are
a cellular origin of melanocytes in skin.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2010
Aging Hair
Unknown Venue
2010
EVALUATING HISTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR
ASSESSING HAIR FIBRE DEGRADATION
Archaeometry
2010
Gerontobiology of the Hair Follicle
Aging Hair
2010
Human Hair Follicle Melanocytes as a Proxy
Cell Type in Neurodegeneration Research
Aging Hair
2010
Intermediate hair follicles: a new more
clinically relevant model for hair growth
investigations
British Journal of Dermatology
2010
Melanin transfer in human skin cells is
mediated by filopodia—a model for
homotypic and heterotypic lysosome‐related
organelle transfer
The FASEB Journal
2010
Prostaglandin‐E2 is produced by
adult human epidermal melanocytes in
response to UVB in a
melanogenesis‐independent manner
Pigment Cell & Melanoma
Research
2010
The Aging Hair Pigmentary Unit
Aging Hair
2010
The cell biology of human hair follicle
pigmentation
Pigment Cell & Melanoma
Research
2010
Trichohyalin is a Potential Major
Autoantigen in Human Alopecia Areata
Journal of Proteome Research
2010
Prostaglandin D2 production in
FM55 melanoma cells is regulated by
α‐melanocyte‐stimulating hormone and is
not related to melanin production
Experimental Dermatology
2010
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Genotoxic stress abrogates renewal of
melanocyte stem cells by triggering their
differentiation.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2009
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Oncogene activation in melanocytes links
reactive oxygen to multinucleated
phenotype and senescence.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2009
Woolly Antics between the Sheaths
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2009
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Genotypic and gene expression studies in
congenital melanocytic nevi: insight into
initial steps of melanotumorigenesis.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2009
Aging of the hair follicle pigmentation
system
International Journal of
Trichology
2009
Immature reticulocyte fraction as a useful
parameter for blood transfusion assessment
in anaemia
British Journal of Biomedical
Science
2009
Opioids and the skin – where do we stand?
Experimental Dermatology
2009
The sunburn response in human skin is
characterized by sequential eicosanoid
profiles that may mediate its early and
late phases
The FASEB Journal
2009
What are melanocytesreallydoing all
day long…?
Experimental Dermatology
2009
Faculty Opinions recommendation of BMP-4
upregulates Kit expression in mouse
melanoblasts prior to the Kit-dependent
cycle of melanogenesis.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2008
Faculty Opinions recommendation of Recent
trends in incidence of cutaneous melanoma
among US Caucasian young adults.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2008
John Martin Wood (1938–2008) – Pioneering
biochemist, educator and communicator
Experimental Dermatology
2008
The silver locus product
(Silv/gp100/Pmel17) as a new tool for the
analysis of melanosome transfer in human
melanocyte–keratinocyte co‐culture
Experimental Dermatology
2008
Melatonin in the skin: synthesis,
metabolism and functions
Trends in Endocrinology &
Metabolism
2008
Adult human epidermal melanocytes for
neurodegeneration research
NeuroReport
2008
Further Exploring the Brain–Skin
Connection: Stress Worsens Dermatitis via
Substance P-dependent Neurogenic
Inflammation in Mice
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2008
Human hair pigmentation – biological
aspects
International Journal of Cosmetic
Science
2008
Melatonin and the hair follicle
Journal of Pineal Research
2007
Skin as an endocrine organ: implications
for its function
Drug Discovery Today: Disease
Mechanisms
2008
Does p53 regulate skin pigmentation by
controlling proopiomelanocortin gene
transcription?
Pigment Cell Research
2007
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Post-transcriptional regulation of melanin
biosynthetic enzymes by cAMP and
resveratrol in human melanocytes.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2007
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Quantification of Ca(2+) binding to
melanin supports the hypothesis that
melanosomes serve a functional role in
regulating calcium homeostasis.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2007
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Membrane lipid alterations as a possible
basis for melanocyte degeneration in
vitiligo.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2007
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets for
the treatment of melanoma.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2007
Cell Type-specific Functions of the
Lysosomal Protease Cathepsin L in the
Heart
Journal of Biological Chemistry
2007
Dissecting the Impact of Chemotherapy on
the Human Hair Follicle
The American Journal of Pathology
2007
Modelling the buried human body
environment in upland climes using three
contrasting field sites
Forensic Science International
2007
Proopiomelanocortin (POMC), the ACTH/
melanocortin precursor, is secreted by
human epidermal keratinocytes and
melanocytes and stimulates melanogenesis
The FASEB Journal
2007
Selective biodegradation in hair shafts
derived from archaeological, forensic and
experimental contexts
British Journal of Dermatology
2007
Transforming growth factor-? receptor II
is preferentially expressed in the
companion layer of the human anagen hair
follicle
British Journal of Dermatology
2007
Faculty Opinions recommendation of sPLA2-X
stimulates cutaneous melanocyte dendricity
and pigmentation through a
lysophosphatidylcholine-dependent
mechanism.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2006
Melanocortin Receptor Ligands: New
Horizons for Skin Biology and Clinical
Dermatology
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2006
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Melanoma prevention strategy based on
using tetrapeptide alpha-MSH analogs that
protect human melanocytes from UV-induced
DNA damage and cytotoxicity.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2006
Lysosomal, cytoskeletal, and metabolic
alterations in cardiomyopathy of cathepsin
L knockout mice
The FASEB Journal
2006
The genetically programmed hair growth
cycle and alopecia: what is there to know?
Expert Review of Dermatology
2006
Biochemistry of Human Skin — Our Brain on
the Outside
ChemInform
2006
Faculty Opinions recommendation of
Melanoma, a tumor based on a mutant stem
cell?
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2006
A Structural Marker of Cultured Dermal
Papilla Cells?a
Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences
1991
Activation of the Mitf promoter by
lipid‐stimulated activation of p38‐stress
signalling to CREB
Pigment Cell Research
2006
Biochemistry of human skin—our brain on
the outside
Chem. Soc. Rev.
2006
Corticotropin releasing hormone and the
skin
Frontiers in Bioscience
2006
Histological correlates of post mortem
mitochondrial DNA damage in degraded hair
Forensic Science International
2006
Modulation of the human hair follicle
pigmentary unit by corticotropin‐releasing
hormone and urocortin peptides
The FASEB Journal
2006
NF-κB transmits Eda A1/EdaR signalling to
activate Shh and cyclin D1 expression, and
controls post-initiation hair placode down
growth
Development
2006
Resistance of degraded hair shafts to
contaminant DNA
Forensic Science International
2006
Three Distinct Patterns of Cell
Degeneration In Acute Alopecia Areataa
Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences
1991
Faculty Opinions recommendation of CRH
stimulation of corticosteroids production
in melanocytes is mediated by ACTH.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication
Peer Review of the Biomedical
Literature
2005
The cutaneous
serotoninergic/melatoninergic system:
securing a place under the sun
The FASEB Journal
2005
Hair Follicle Pigmentation
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2005
A Fully Functional
Proopiomelanocortin/Melanocortin-1
Receptor System Regulates the
Differentiation of Human Scalp Hair
Follicle Melanocytes
Endocrinology
2005
Changes in Different Melanocyte
Populations During Hair Follicle
Involution (Catagen)
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2005
Differential expression of nitric oxide
synthases in human scalp epidermal and
hair follicle pigmentary units:
implications for regulation of
melanogenesis
British Journal of Dermatology
2005
Hair Pigmentation: A Research Update
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
2005
Hair in Toxicology
Unknown Venue
2005
Hair melanocytes as neuro-endocrine
sensors—Pigments for our imagination
Molecular and Cellular
Endocrinology
2005
On the Role of Melatonin in Skin
Physiology and Pathology
Endocrine
2005
Premature termination of hair follicle
morphogenesis and accelerated hair
follicle cycling in Iasi congenital
atrichia (fzica) mice points to
fuzzy as a key element of hair
cycle control
Experimental Dermatology
2005
Stress exposure modulates peptidergic
innervation and degranulates mast cells in
murine skin
Brain, Behavior, and Immunity
2005
The lysosomal cysteine protease cathepsin
L regulates keratinocyte proliferation by
control of growth factor recycling
Journal of Cell Science
2005
β-Endorphin: The Forgotten Hair Follicle
Melanotropin
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
2005
Activation of Notch1 in the hair follicle
leads to cell-fate switch and Mohawk
alopecia
Differentiation
2004
Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair
Current Biology
2004
Hair cycle and hair pigmentation: dynamic
interactions and changes associated with
aging
Micron
2004
Differential Expression of a Cutaneous
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone System
Endocrinology
2004
Limitations of human occipital scalp hair
follicle organ culture for studying the
effects of minoxidil as a hair growth
enhancer
Experimental Dermatology
2004
Melanin Pigmentation in Mammalian Skin and
Its Hormonal Regulation
Physiological Reviews
2004
Neurotrophin‐3 regulates mast cell
functions in neonatal mouse skin
Experimental Dermatology
2004
β-Endorphin as a Regulator of Human Hair
Follicle Melanocyte Biology
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2004
Characterization of Hair Follicle Antigens
Targeted by the Anti-Hair Follicle Immune
Response
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
2003
Regulation of Human Epidermal Melanocyte
Biology By β-Endorphin
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2003
A natural canine homologue of alopecia
areata in humans
British Journal of Dermatology
2003
Functional activity of serotoninergic and
melatoninergic systems expressed in the
skin
Journal of Cellular Physiology
2003
Plasticity and Cytokinetic Dynamics of the
Hair Follicle Mesenchyme During the Hair
Growth Cycle: Implications for Growth
Control and Hair Follicle Transformations
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
2003
Plasticity and Cytokinetic Dynamics of the
Hair Follicle Mesenchyme: Implications for
Hair Growth Control
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2003
Experimental Mouse Model of Atopic
Dermatitis: Induction by Epicutaneous
Application of Allergen
Animal Models of Human Inflammatory
Skin Diseases
2003
Tyrosine hydroxylase isoenzyme I is
present in human melanosomes: a possible
novel function in pigmentation
Experimental Dermatology
2003
Simple and rapid method to isolate and
culture follicular papillae from human
scalp hair follicles
Experimental Dermatology
2002
Migration of Melanoblasts into the
Developing Murine Hair Follicle Is
Accompanied by Transient c-Kit Expression
Journal of Histochemistry &
Cytochemistry
2002
Mutant laboratory mice with abnormalities
in pigmentation: annotated tables
Journal of Dermatological Science
2002
Decreased Photodamage and Low Incidence of
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in 136
Sun-Exposed Caucasian Patients with
Vitiligo
Dermatology
2002
Dilated cardiomyopathy in mice deficient
for the lysosomal cysteine peptidase
cathepsin L
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences
2002
The Lysosomal Protease Cathepsin L Is an
Important Regulator of Keratinocyte and
Melanocyte Differentiation During Hair
Follicle Morphogenesis and Cycling
The American Journal of Pathology
2002
Erratum to “Graying: gerontobiology of the
hair follicle pigmentary unit”
Experimental Gerontology
2001
Graying: gerontobiology of the hair
follicle pigmentary unit
Experimental Gerontology
2001
Hair-Cycle-Associated Remodeling of the
Peptidergic Innervation of Murine Skin,
and Hair Growth Modulation by
Neuropeptides
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2001
Melanosomal pH Controls Rate of
Melanogenesis, Eumelanin/Phaeomelanin
Ratio and Melanosome Maturation in
Melanocytes and Melanoma Cells
Experimental Cell Research
2001
Patterns of Proliferation and Apoptosis
during Murine Hair Follicle Morphogenesis
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2001
Reply
Veterinary Dermatology
2001
TOWARDS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE
INTERACTION OF HAIR WITH THE DEPOSITIONAL
ENVIRONMENT
Chungará (Arica)
2001
Melanocytes are not absent in lesional
skin of long duration vitiligo
The Journal of Pathology
2000
Immunobiology of alopecia areata
Hair and Its Disorders
2000
Morphologic and immunologic
characterization of a canine isthmus mural
folliculitis resembling pseudopelade of
humans
Veterinary Dermatology
2000
Pro-opiomelanocortin-Related Peptides,
Prohormone Convertases 1 and 2 and the
Regulatory Peptide 7B2 are Present in
Melanosomes of Human Melanocytes
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2000
Active Hair Growth (Anagen) is Associated
with Angiogenesis
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
2000
Anti‐isthmus autoimmunity in a novel
feline acquired alopecia resembling
pseudopelade of humans*
Veterinary Dermatology
2000
Melanocytes are not absent in lesional
skin of long duration vitiligo
The Journal of Pathology
2000
The human hair follicle immune system:
cellular composition and immune privilege
British Journal of Dermatology
2000
Alopecia areata: an autoimmune disease?
Experimental Dermatology
1999
In Vivo and In Vitro Evidence for Hydrogen
Peroxide (H2O2) Accumulation in the
Epidermis of Patients with Vitiligo and
its Successful Removal by a UVB-Activated
Pseudocatalase
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
1999
The Fate of Hair Follicle Melanocytes
During the Hair Growth Cycle
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Symposium Proceedings
1999
Functional melanocytes are present in
white epidermis in vitiligo of long
duration
Journal of Dermatological Science
1998
Hair bulb melanocytes undergo apotosis
during normal and pathologic hair follicle
regression (catagen)
Journal of Dermatological Science
1998
A possible role for Langerhans cells in
the removal of melanin from early catagen
hair follicles
British Journal of Dermatology
1998
Comparison of Alopecia areata in Human and
Nonhuman Mammalian Species
Pathobiology
1998
Do Hair Bulb Melanocytes Undergo Apotosis
During Hair Follicle Regression (Catagen)?
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1998
Pterins in Human Hair Follicle Cells and
in the Synchronized Murine Hair Cycle
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1998
Morphological analysis of hair follicles
in alopecia areata
Microscopy Research and Technique
1997
Hair Follicle Structures Targeted by
Antibodies in Patients With Alopecia
Areata
Archives of Dermatology
1997
Autoantibodies to Hair Follicles in
C3H/HeJ Mice With Alopecia Areata–Like
Hair Loss
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1997
Different Populations of Melanocytes Are
Present in Hair Follicles and Epidermis
Pigment Cell Research
1996
Immunity to Hair Follicles in Alopecia
Areata
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1995
Role of the Thymus Gland in Alopecia
Areata
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1995
Isolation and Long-Term Culture of Human
Hair-Follicle Melanocytes
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1995
Antibodies to Hair Follicles in Alopecia
Areata
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1994
Autoantibodies to Hair Follicles in Normal
Individuals
Archives of Dermatology
1994
Normal individuals have antibodies to hair
follicle antigens which are modulated
during the hair growth cycle
Journal of Dermatological Science
1993
Partial Reversal of Canities in a
22-Year-Old Normal Chinese Male
Archives of Dermatology
1993
Epitopes of Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Regulatory Proteins Tat,Nef and Rev are
Expressed in Skin in Atopic Dermatitis
International Archives of Allergy and
Immunology
2009
Morphological analysis of in vitro human
hair growth
Archives of Dermatological
Research
1993
Basal lamina-like material and
hemidesmosome-like structures associated
with dermal papilla cells in the normal
human anagen hair follicle
Archives of Dermatological
Research
1992
Increased number of immunoreactive nerve
fibers in atopic dermatitis
Journal of Allergy and Clinical
Immunology
1992
Cell Degeneration in Alopecia Areata
The American Journal of
Dermatopathology
1991
Intranuclear Rodlets and Associated True
Intranuclear Bodies in Normal Cultured
Human Dermal Papilla Cells
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1991
Transient Defects in Cortical Cell
Differentiation Form the Exclamation‐Mark
Shaft in Acute Alopecia Areataa
Annals of the New York Academy of
Sciences
1991
Ultrastructural Observations on the Hair
Bulb Melanocytes and Melanosomes in Acute
Alopecia Areata
Journal of Investigative
Dermatology
1990
Incomplete melanogenesis with melanocyte
abnormalities in acute alopecia areata
British Journal of Dermatology
1990
Ultrastructural study of exclamation‐mark
hair shafts in alopecia areata
Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
1990
A Perspective on Future Directions
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Age-Related Hair Pigment Loss
Current Problems in Dermatology
2015
Biology of Hair Follicle Pigmentation
Hair Growth and Disorders
Biology of Hair. The Biogenesis and Growth
of Human Hair
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Contents and front matter
Issues in Toxicology
2007
Hair and Human Identification
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Hair and Metal Toxicity
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Hair and Nutrient/Diet Assessment
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Index
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Nano-Scale Observations of Tattoo Pigments
in Skin by Atomic Force Microscopy
Current Problems in Dermatology
2015
Pigmentation of Human Hair
Hair in Toxicology
2005
The Human Hair Fibre
Hair in Toxicology
2005
Education
University of London - St. Thomas' Hospital
PhD, Biochemistry / July, 1991
London
NESCOT College
GI Biol in Immunology , Biology / July, 1988
Epsom
National University of Ireland Maynooth
BSc, Biology / July, 1986
Maynooth
Experience
University College Dublin
Director of Charles Institute of Dermatology / September, 2018 — Present
University of Bradford
Lecturer - Professor; Director of Centre for Skin Sciences / March, 1996 — August, 2018
New York University
Post-Doc Fellow & Assist Research Professor / November, 1991 — July, 1996
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