Autophagy has a significant role in determining skin color by regulating melanosome degradation in keratinocytes

¹Kao Biological Science Laboratories, Haga, Tochigi, Japan;²Division of Plastic Surgery and Skin Sciences Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; ³Research and Development Global, Kao Corporation, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan; ⁴Department of Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan