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A direct link between MITF, innate immunity, and hair graying

  • Melissa L. Harris ,

    Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    * E-mail: harrisml@uab.edu

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

    ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6223-1611

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  • Temesgen D. Fufa,

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Joseph W. Palmer,

    Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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  • Sandeep S. Joshi,

    Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Denise M. Larson,

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Arturo Incao,

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

    Affiliation Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Derek E. Gildea,

    Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Niraj S. Trivedi,

    Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

    Current address: Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

    Affiliation Computational and Statistical Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Autumne N. Lee,

    Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

    Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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  • Chi-Ping Day,

    Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

    Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Helen T. Michael,

    Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources

    Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Thomas J. Hornyak,

    Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Research & Development Service, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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  • Glenn Merlino,

    Roles Resources, Supervision

    Affiliation Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • NISC Comparative Sequencing Program ,

    ¶NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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  • William J. Pavan

    Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

    Affiliation Genetic Disease Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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A direct link between MITF, innate immunity, and hair graying

  • Melissa L. Harris, 
  • Temesgen D. Fufa, 
  • Joseph W. Palmer, 
  • Sandeep S. Joshi, 
  • Denise M. Larson, 
  • Arturo Incao, 
  • Derek E. Gildea, 
  • Niraj S. Trivedi, 
  • Autumne N. Lee, 
  • Chi-Ping Day
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  • Published: May 3, 2018
  • https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2003648
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