Treatment with Modified Heat Shock Protein Repigments Vitiligo Lesions in Sinclair Swine.

J Invest Dermatol

University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address:

Published: December 2018

HSP70i is secreted by stressed melanocytes, is associated with human vitiligo lesions, and functionally contributes to a mouse model of vitiligo. Henning et al. report that treatment with a modified version of the protein reversed depigmentation in Sinclair swine, a useful animal model of vitiligo. These studies provide the rationale for testing in human studies.

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