we speculate that expression of MREG suppresses melanogenesis more in the RPE than in other parts of melanocytes of patients with impaired BLOC-2. When this paper was being reviewed, Pennamen et al. 1 reported a new type of HPS, HPS11, caused by distinct homozygous variants of the BLOC1S5 gene.
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