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June 2006 in “British journal of dermatology/British journal of dermatology, Supplement” In this study, oral zinc sulphate was found to cause hair hypopigmentation and significantly inhibit eumelanogenesis in mice.
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August 2010 in “Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research” This article discusses mouse genetic studies to explore factors influencing melanogenesis, highlighting pH and cysteine's roles, and proposes a hypothesis for human hair color diversity; it reports no new results.
70 citations
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December 2004 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences” This study found that BMP signaling influences hair pigmentation in mice by affecting the Agouti protein and interacts with MC-1R pathways to modulate melanin production.
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April 1989 in “Archives of Dermatology” This study found that segmented heterochromic scalp hair associated with iron-deficiency anemia in a teenage girl completely recovered following iron supplementation, suggesting a role for iron in hair pigment production.
6 citations
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September 2010 in “Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research” This article discusses the roles of different proteins in melanogenesis and proposes a hypothesis to explain the diversity of human hair pigmentation, but it reports no new experimental results.