Novel Keratin 14 Mutations in Patients with Severe Recessive Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex
✍ Scribed by Has, Cristina; Chang, Yow-Ren; Volz, Andreas; Hoeping, Doris; Kohlhase, Jürgen; Bruckner-Tuderman, Leena
- Book ID
- 110049386
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-202X
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We have studied a consanguineous family containing two children with severe, generalized epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS). Electron microscopy of skin biopsies from the affected individuals showed that basal keratinocytes were devoid of tonofilament bundles, although some single intermediate fila
Epidermolysis bullosa simplex is a group of blistering skin disorders caused by defects in one of the keratin genes, KRT5 and KRT14. Previously reported KRT5 and KRT14 mutations are clustered in several hotspots, namely the rod ends of the 1A and 2B domains and in the non-helical linker region L12.