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. 2020 Dec 21;21(24):9769. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249769

Table 2.

Effect of innate immune stimulation on melanin transfer from melanocyte to keratinocytes.

Action TLR2 TLR3
Melanin Transfer in MC Effect N.E. Promote
Targeted molecule Rab27A
Ref. [49]
Melanin Release from MC Effect Promote Promote
Targeted molecule Rab11A Rab11A
Ref. [54] [54]
Melanin Uptake by KC Effect N.E. Promote
Targeted genes PAR-2 RHOA CDC42
Ref. [55]
Melanin Degradation in KC Effect N.E. Promote
Targeted molecule Autophagy activation
Ref. [56]

MC; melanocytes, KC; keratinocytes, TLR; toll-like receptor, PAR-2; protease- activated receptor-2, RHOA; Ras homolog family member A, CDC42; cell division control protein 42 homolog, N.E.; not examined, Ref.; References.