Not all biological, physical, or chemical factors that may promote melanogenesis are known, neither are all the factors that may influence the size, distribution, or intensity of areas of oral pigmentation
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Brain imaging studies (eg, cranial ultrasound, brain MRI) may show cystic lesions in glutaric aciduria type II or basal ganglia involvement in mitochondrial disorders that may be associated with secondary carnitine deficiency
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For example, senescent astrocytes show upregulated expression of IL-6, IL-8, IL-1, MMP3, MMP10, and TIMP2, while neuroprotective factors such as IL-10, NGF (nerve growth factor), and BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) are downregulated (Lye et al., 2019)