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Desmond Tobin
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
1,550 Points

Contributions by role

Author 100
Reviewer 15
Editor 1,435

Contributions by subject area

Bioinformatics
Cell Biology
Computational Biology
Genomics
Dermatology
Biochemistry
Biophysics
Molecular Biology
Biodiversity
Microbiology
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Genetics
Geriatrics
Public Health
Bioengineering
Biotechnology
Neuroscience
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Surgery and Surgical Specialties
Histology
Oncology
Medical Genetics
Epidemiology

Desmond J Tobin

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Desmond Tobin is Professor of Dermatological Science, and Director of the UCD Charles Institute of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland. EU. Prior he was Professor of Cell Biology & Director of the Centre for Skin Sciences at University of Bradford. He holds a BSc from the National University of Ireland (Maynooth), a PhD from University of London (St. John’s Institute of Dermatology) and post-doc training from New York University Medical School. Over 20y he has researched in basic and applied skin/hair sciences, with a particular focus on the biology of human melanocytes/ pigmentation and hair growth disorders incl. with immune basis.
He was the first to identify antibodies to hair follicle-specific antigens in patients with acute alopecia areata, and first to establish melanocytes from human hair follicles in long-term culture. He has identified a self-similarity of the POMC peptide system in human hair follicle pigmentary unit, how pigmentation can be regulated by CRF/POMC peptides (incl. b-endorphin), and more recently by bone morphogenetic proteins. He revealed an unexpected role for filopodia in melanin transfer under influence of myoxin-X & cdc42. Des is a Fellow of Royal College of Pathologists, Fellow of Royal Society of Biology, and Fellow of Institute of Trichologists (Vice-President). Des serves(ed) on several editorial boards, and has published over 140 publications, incl. 3 books. His H-Index is currently 50.

Cell Biology Dermatology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Bradford

Work details

Director and Professor of Dermatological Science

University College Dublin, Ireland
September 2018
The Charles Institute of Dermatology, School of Medicine

PhD Student

St John's Institute of Dermatology, St Thomas's Hospital, Univerity of London
October 1988 - February 1991

Research Assistant Professor in Dermatology

New York University Medical Science (Department of Dermatology)
October 1991 - March 1996

Websites

  • Centre for Skin Sciences

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 1
  • Edited 11
March 5, 2013
A new 12-gene diagnostic biomarker signature of melanoma revealed by integrated microarray analysis
Wanting Liu, Yonghong Peng, Desmond J. Tobin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.49 PubMed 23638386

Academic Editor on

February 15, 2022
From hair to liver: emerging application of hair follicle mesenchymal stem cell transplantation reverses liver cirrhosis by blocking the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway to inhibit pathological HSC activation
Qi Liu, Chengqian Lv, Yanan Jiang, Kunpeng Luo, Yang Gao, Jingyang Liu, Xu Zhang, Jan Mohammad Omar, Shizhu Jin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12872 PubMed 35186473
January 21, 2022
Identification and validation of an epithelial mesenchymal transition-related gene pairs signature for prediction of overall survival in patients with skin cutaneous melanoma
Yucang Shi, Zhanpeng Li, Zhihong Zhou, Simu Liao, Zhiyuan Wu, Jie Li, Jiasheng Yin, Meng Wang, Meilan Weng
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12646 PubMed 35116193
September 15, 2021
Construction of competing endogenous RNA interaction network as prognostic markers in metastatic melanoma
Zan He, Zijuan Xin, Yongfei Peng, Hua Zhao, Xiangdong Fang
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12143 PubMed 34616613
June 3, 2020
Identification of differentially expressed methylated genes in melanoma versus nevi using bioinformatics methods
Congcong He, Yujing Zhang, Hanghang Jiang, Xueli Niu, Ruiqun Qi, Xinghua Gao
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9273 PubMed 32547879
January 4, 2019
Secreted Frizzled-related protein 4 inhibits the regeneration of hair follicles
Haiying Guo, Yizhan Xing, Fang Deng, Ke Yang, Yuhong Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6153 PubMed 30631645
May 24, 2018
High correlation between skin color based on CIELAB color space, epidermal melanocyte ratio, and melanocyte melanin content
Wen-Shyan Huang, Yi-Wen Wang, Kun-Che Hung, Pai-Shan Hsieh, Keng-Yen Fu, Lien-Guo Dai, Nien-Hsien Liou, Kuo-Hsing Ma, Jiang-Chuan Liu, Niann-Tzyy Dai
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4815 PubMed 29844968
January 26, 2018
Establishment of an immortalized mouse dermal papilla cell strain with optimized culture strategy
Haiying Guo, Yizhan Xing, Yiming Zhang, Long He, Fang Deng, Xiaogen Ma, Yuhong Li
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4306 PubMed 29383288
December 20, 2017
Acquired melanocytic naevus phenotypes and MC1R genotypes in Han Chinese: a cross-sectional study
Xiaohong Li, Katie J. Lee, David L. Duffy, Dandan Xu, Madhur Eshwar Rao Basude, Ying Hu, Hang Zhang, Kasturee Jagirdar, H. Peter Soyer, Huiting Dong, Richard A. Sturm
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4168 PubMed 29340229
May 11, 2016
Opinions regarding skin ageing in the elderly inhabitants of Bialystok, Poland
Mateusz Cybulski, Elzbieta Krajewska-Kulak
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2028 PubMed 27190723
January 14, 2016
The effect of repeated laser stimuli to ink-marked skin on skin temperature—recommendations for a safe experimental protocol in humans
Victoria J. Madden, Mark J. Catley, Luzia Grabherr, Francesca Mazzola, Mohammad Shohag, G. Lorimer Moseley
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1577 PubMed 26793428
October 29, 2013
Cells determine cell density using a small protein bound to a unique tissue-specific phospholipid
Christopher J. Petzold, Richard I. Schwarz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.192 PubMed 24244914