One of the RABs, RAB5b whose silencing has been shown to significantly impair melanocore uptake by keratinocytes25, was also downregulated in the present study by miR-185 and miR-525-5p, the two micro RNAs which were upregulated in 14 and 12 of the 18 vitiligo patients’ lesions respectively (Supplementary Fig. 15). Here, RAB5B is linked to vitiligo.