Splenic Eumelanin Differs From Hair Eumelanin in C57BL/6 Mice

    June 2005 in “ Acta Biochimica Polonica ”
    Przemysław M. Płonka, Dominika Michalczyk‐Wetula, Małgorzata Popik … Ralf Paus
    Studysummary This study found that spleens of black C57BL/6 mice contain eumelanin, with properties different from skin and hair melanin, and may originate from skin melanin transported by immune cells.
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