Richard Spritz, MD

Professional Titles

• Professor and Director

Publications

• Jin Y, Birlea SA, Fain PR, Ferrara TM, Ben S, Riccardi SL, Cole JB, Gowan K, Holland PJ, Bennett DC, Luiten RM, Wolkerstorfer A, van der Veen JP, Hartmann A, Eichner S, Schuler G, van Geel N, Lambert J, Kemp EH, Gawkrodger DJ, Weetman AP, Taïeb A, Jouary T, Ezzedine K, Wallace MR, McCormack WT, Picardo M, Leone G, Overbeck A, Silverberg NB, Spritz RA. Genome-wide association analyses identify 13 new susceptibility loci for generalized vitiligo. Nat Genet. 2012 May 6;44(6):676-80. PubMed PMID: 22561518
• Levandowski CB, Mailloux CM, Ferrara TM, Gowan K, Ben S, Jin Y, McFann KK, Holland PJ, Fain PR, Dinarello CA, Spritz RA. NLRP1 haplotypes associated with vitiligo and autoimmunity increase interleukin-1ß processing via the NLRP1 inflammasome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013 Feb 19;110(8):2952-6. PubMed PMID: 23382179
• Jin Y, Andersen G, Yorgov D, Ferrara TM, Ben S, Brownson KM, Holland PJ, Birlea SA, Siebert J, Hartmann A, Lienert A, van Geel N, Lambert J, Luiten RM, Wolkerstorfer A, Wietze van der Veen JP, Bennett DC, Taïeb A, Ezzedine K, Kemp EH, Gawkrodger DJ, Weetman AP, Kõks S, Prans E, Kingo K, Karelson M, Wallace MR, McCormack WT, Overbeck A, Moretti S, Colucci R, Picardo M, Silverberg NB, Olsson M, Valle Y, Korobko I, Böhm M, Lim HW, Hamzavi I, Zhou L, Mi QS, Fain PR, Santorico SA, Spritz RA. Genome-wide association studies of autoimmune vitiligo identify 23 new risk loci and highlight key pathways and regulatory variants. Nat Genet. 2016 Nov;48(11):1418-1424. PubMed PMID: 27723757
• Cole JB, Manyama M, Kimwaga E, Mathayo J, Larson JR, Liberton DK, Lukowiak K, Ferrara TM, Riccardi SL, Li M, Mio W, Prochazkova M, Williams T, Li H, Jones KL, Klein OD, Santorico SA, Hallgrimsson B, Spritz RA. Genomewide Association Study of African Children Identifies Association of SCHIP1 and PDE8A with Facial Size and Shape. PLoS Genet. 2016 Aug 25;12(8):e1006174. PubMed PMID: 27560698
• Shaffer JR, Orlova E, Lee MK, Leslie EJ, Raffensperger ZD, Heike CL, Cunningham ML, Hecht JT, Kau CH, Nidey NL, Moreno LM, Wehby GL, Murray JC, Laurie CA, Laurie CC, Cole J, Ferrara T, Santorico S, Klein O, Mio W, Feingold E, Hallgrimsson B, Spritz RA, Marazita ML, Weinberg SM. Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals Multiple Loci Influencing Normal Human Facial Morphology. PLoS Genet. 2016 Aug 25;12(8):e1006149. PubMed PMID: 27560520
• Cavalli G, Hayashi M, Jin Y, Yorgov D, Santorico SA, Holcomb C, Rastrou M, Erlich H, Tengesdal IW, Dagna L, Neff CP, Palmer BE, Spritz RA, Dinarello CA. MHC class II super-enhancer increases surface expression of HLA-DR and HLA-DQ and affects cytokine production in autoimmune vitiligo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 2;113(5):1363-8. PubMed PMID: 26787888
• Hayashi M, Jin Y, Yorgov D, Santorico SA, Hagman J, Ferrara TM, Jones KL, Cavalli G, Dinarello CA, Spritz RA. Autoimmune vitiligo is associated with gain-of-function by a transcriptional regulator that elevates expression of HLA-A*02:01 in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 2;113(5):1357-62. PubMed PMID: 26787886
• Cole JB, Manyama M, Larson JR, Liberton DK, Ferrara TM, Riccardi SL, Li M, Mio W, Klein OD, Santorico SA, Hallgrímsson B, Spritz RA. Human Facial Shape and Size Heritability and Genetic Correlations. Genetics. 2017 Feb;205(2):967-978. PubMed PMID: 27974501
• Jin, Y., Roberts, G.H.L., Ferrara, T.M., Ben, S., van Geel, N., Wolkerstorfer, A., Ezzedine, K., Siebert, J., Neff, P., Palmer, B.E., Santorico, S.A., Spritz, R.A. Early-onset autoimmune vitiligo associated with an enhancer variant haplotype that upregulates class II HLA expression. Nat. Comm., in press
• Hallgrímsson B, Aponte JD, Katz DC, Bannister JJ, Riccardi SL, Mahasuwan N, McInnes BL, Ferrara TM, Lipman DM, Neves AB, Spitzmacher JAJ, Larson JR, Bellus GA, Pham AM, Aboujaoude E, Benke TA, Chatfield KC, Davis SM, Elias ER, Enzenauer RW, French BM, Pickler LL, Shieh JTC, Slavotinek A, Harrop AR, Innes AM, McCandless SE, McCourt EA, Meeks NJL, Tartaglia NR, Tsai AC, Wyse JPH, Bernstein JA, Sanchez-Lara PA, Forkert ND, Bernier FP, Spritz RA, Klein OD. Automated syndrome diagnosis by three-dimensional facial imaging. Genet Med. 2020 Oct;22(10):1682-1693. PubMed PMID: 32475986
• Spritz RA, Santorico SA. The Genetic Basis of Vitiligo. J Invest Dermatol. 2021 Feb;141(2):265-273. PubMed PMID: 32778407
• Roberts GHL, Santorico SA, Spritz RA. Deep genotype imputation captures virtually all heritability of autoimmune vitiligo. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):859-863. PubMed PMID: 31943001
• Roberts GHL, Santorico SA, Spritz RA. The genetic architecture of vitiligo. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 2020 Jan;33(1):8-15. PubMed PMID: 31743585
• Jin Y, Santorico SA, Spritz RA. Pediatric to Adult Shift in Vitiligo Onset Suggests Altered Environmental Triggering. J Invest Dermatol. 2020 Jan;140(1):241-243.e4. PubMed PMID: 31260671
• Roberts GHL, Paul S, Yorgov D, Santorico SA, Spritz RA. Family Clustering of Autoimmune Vitiligo Results Principally from Polygenic Inheritance of Common Risk Alleles. Am J Hum Genet. 2019 Aug 1;105(2):364-372. PubMed PMID: 31327509
• Jin Y, Birlea SA, Fain PR, Gowan K, Riccardi SL, Holland PJ, Mailloux CM, Sufit AJ, Hutton SM, Amadi-Myers A, Bennett DC, Wallace MR, McCormack WT, Kemp EH, Gawkrodger DJ, Weetman AP, Picardo M, Leone G, Taïeb A, Jouary T, Ezzedine K, van Geel N, Lambert J, Overbeck A, Spritz RA. Variant of TYR and autoimmunity susceptibility loci in generalized vitiligo. N Engl J Med. 2010 May 6;362(18):1686-97. PubMed PMID: 20410501
• Jin Y, Mailloux CM, Gowan K, Riccardi SL, LaBerge G, Bennett DC, Fain PR, Spritz RA. NALP1 in vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease. N Engl J Med. 2007 Mar 22;356(12):1216-25. PubMed PMID: 17377159
• Chintala S, Li W, Lamoreux ML, Ito S, Wakamatsu K, Sviderskaya EV, Bennett DC, Park YM, Gahl WA, Huizing M, Spritz RA, Ben S, Novak EK, Tan J, Swank RT. Slc7a11 gene controls production of pheomelanin pigment and proliferation of cultured cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Aug 2;102(31):10964-9. PubMed PMID: 16037214
• Li W, Zhang Q, Oiso N, Novak EK, Gautam R, O'Brien EP, Tinsley CL, Blake DJ, Spritz RA, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Amato D, Roe BA, Starcevic M, Dell'Angelica EC, Elliott RW, Mishra V, Kingsmore SF, Paylor RE, Swank RT. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome type 7 (HPS-7) results from mutant dysbindin, a member of the biogenesis of lysosome-related organelles complex 1 (BLOC-1). Nat Genet. 2003 Sep;35(1):84-9. PubMed PMID: 12923531
• Suzuki T, Oiso N, Gautam R, Novak EK, Panthier JJ, Suprabha PG, Vida T, Swank RT, Spritz RA. The mouse organellar biogenesis mutant buff results from a mutation in Vps33a, a homologue of yeast vps33 and Drosophila carnation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2003 Feb 4;100(3):1146-50. PubMed PMID: 12538872
• Zhang Q, Zhao B, Li W, Oiso N, Novak EK, Rusiniak ME, Gautam R, Chintala S, O'Brien EP, Zhang Y, Roe BA, Elliott RW, Eicher EM, Liang P, Kratz C, Legius E, Spritz RA, O'Sullivan TN, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA, Swank RT. Ru2 and Ru encode mouse orthologs of the genes mutated in human Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome types 5 and 6. Nat Genet. 2003 Feb;33(2):145-53. PubMed PMID: 12548288
• Suzuki T, Li W, Zhang Q, Karim A, Novak EK, Sviderskaya EV, Hill SP, Bennett DC, Levin AV, Nieuwenhuis HK, Fong CT, Castellan C, Miterski B, Swank RT, Spritz RA. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome is caused by mutations in HPS4, the human homolog of the mouse light-ear gene. Nat Genet. 2002 Mar;30(3):321-4. PubMed PMID: 11836498

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

Hospital Affiliation

• Children's Hospital Colorado

Specialty Information

Conditions & Treatments

• Genetic Conditions and Testing