The filaggrin story: novel insights into skin-barrier function and disease

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-27

  McGrath, John A ^a   Uitto, Jouni ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILAGGRIN; PROFILAGGRIN;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DISEASE MODEL; FLG GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; ICHTHYOSIS VULGARIS; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN FUNCTION;

ASTHMA; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 38049121166     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2007.10.006     Document Type: Review

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