Melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) plays a critical role in human pigmentation and DNA repair mechanisms. MC1R-targeting agents are being investigated in clinical trials in patients with melanoma, yet large studies investigating the rate and degree of MC1R expression in primary and metastatic human melanoma tissue are lacking.
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