Structural and functional consequences of loricrin mutations in human loricrin keratoderma (Vohwinkel syndrome with ichthyosis)

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 909-922

  Schmuth, Matthias ^a,c   Fluhr, Joachim W ^a,d   Crumrine, Debra C ^a   Uchida, Yoshikazu ^a   Hachem, Jean Pierre ^a,e   Behne, Martin ^a   Moskowitz, David G ^a   Christiano, Angela M ^b   Feingold, Kenneth R ^a   Elias, Peter M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Cornified envelope; Differentiation; Ichthyosis; Stratum corneum; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

LORICRIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL REGENERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS; KERATINOCYTE; KERATODERMA; LAMELLAR BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SKIN CELL; STRATUM CORNEUM; WATER LOSS;

EID: 2342637194     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-202X.2004.22431.x     Document Type: Article

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