Cell BiologybioRxiv
Photoprotective melanin is maintained within keratinocytes in a storage lysosome
Matilde V. Neto, Michael J. Hall, João Charneca…·Duarte C. Barral
The paper shows melanin-containing phagosomes in keratinocytes mature into storage lysosomes called melanokerasomes, which retain melanin for long-term photoprotection.