This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Cario-André M, Pain C, Gauthier Y et al (2006) In vivo and in vitro evidence of dermal fibroblasts influence on human epidermal pigmentation. Pigment Cell Res 19:434–442
Fitzpatrick TB, Breathnach AS (1963) The epidermal melanin unit system. Dermatol Wochenschr 147:481–489
Gauthier Y (1995) The importance of Koebner's phenomenon in the induction of vitiligo vulgaris lesions. Eur J Dermatol 5:704–708
Hannun YA, Obeid LM (2008) Principles of bioactive lipid signalling:lessons from sphingolipids. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 9:139–150
Happle R (2007) Superimposed segmental manifestation of polygenic skin disorders. J Am Acad Dermatol 57:690–699
Jin Y, Mailloux CM, Gowan K et al (2007) NALP1 in viti-ligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease. N Engl J Med 356:1216–1225
Le Poole IC, Das PK, van den Wijngaard RM et al (1993) Review of the etiopathomechanism of vitiligo: a convergence theory. Exp Dermatol 2:145–153
Picardo M (2009) Lipid-mediated signalling and melanocyte function. Pigment Cell Mel Res 22:152–153
Saha B, Singh SK, Mallik S et al (2009) Sphingolipid-mediated restoration of Mitf expression and repigmentation in vivo in a mouse model of hair graying. Pigment Cell Mel Res 22:205–218
Strömberg S, Björklund MG, Asplund A et al (2008) Transcriptional profiling of melanocytes from patients with vitiligo vulgaris. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 21:162–171
Taieb A (1999) Hypothesis: from epidermal barrier dysfunction to atopic disorders. Contact Dermatitis 41:177–180
Taieb A (2007) NALP1 and the inflammasomes: challenging our perception of vitiligo and vitiligo-related autoimmune disorders. Pigment Cell Res 20:260–262
Taïeb A, Morice-Picard F, Jouary T et al (2008) Segmental vitiligo as the possible expression of cutaneous somatic mosaicism: implications for common non-segmental viti-ligo. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 21:646–652
Yonetani S, Moriyama M, Nishigori C et al (2008) In vitro expansion of immature melanoblasts and their ability to repopulate melanocyte stem cells in the hair follicle. J Invest Dermatol 128:408–420
Author information
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Picardo, M., Taïeb, A. (2010). Editor’s Synthesis. In: Picardo, M., Taïeb, A. (eds) Vitiligo. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69361-1_36
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69361-1_36
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-69360-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-69361-1
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)