Viral causes of Vitiligo: A New Perspective for Vitiligo Pathogenesis

Authors:

Dwivedi M*, Laddha NC and Begum R

Volume 2, Issue 8

Abstract

Vitiligo is an acquired skin depigmenting disorder due to loss of functional melanocytes in the epidermis. Several

hypotheses have been proposed to explain its etiopathogenesis; however autoimmune pathomechanisms have been

suggested to play an important role in the disease development. Previously, the viral causes of vitiligo have been

suggested to be involved in vitiligo pathogenesis, however at present there are no such studies available to elucidate the

role of viruses in inducing autoimmune mechanisms in vitiligo. The current article briefly summarizes all previous and

currently available such studies involving viruses in vitiligo pathogenesis. The vitiligo being a complex autoimmune

disorder and an important disease of research opens a new way to look at the virus based autoimmune mechanisms to

cause vitiligo.

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