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• G protein-coupled receptor P2Y5 and its ligand LPA are involved in maintenance of human hair growth.

  Pasternack SM, von Kügelgen I, Al Aboud K, Lee YA, Rüschendorf F, Voss K, Hillmer AM, Molderings GJ, Franz T, Ramirez A, Nürnberg P, Nöthen MM, Betz RC. Pasternack SM, et al. Nat Genet. 2008 Mar;40(3):329-34. doi: 10.1038/ng.84. Epub 2008 Feb 24. Nat Genet. 2008. PMID: 18297070
• Disruption of P2RY5, an orphan G protein-coupled receptor, underlies autosomal recessive woolly hair.

  Shimomura Y, Wajid M, Ishii Y, Shapiro L, Petukhova L, Gordon D, Christiano AM. Shimomura Y, et al. Nat Genet. 2008 Mar;40(3):335-9. doi: 10.1038/ng.100. Epub 2008 Feb 24. Nat Genet. 2008. PMID: 18297072