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Genetic disorders of keratin: are scarring alopecias a sub-set?

Recent advances have challenged the prevailing view that keratins are merely passive bystanders of keratinocyte biology. With the exciting discovery that three autosomal dominant genetic skin disorders, epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS), epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK) and palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK), are in fact disorders of keratins comes the realization that the integrity of the keratin filament network is crucial to the structural integrity of the skin. Since it has been recently established that mutations in keratins K5/ K14, K1/ K10 and K9 are causative for these keratinocyte disorders, it is very likely that mutations in K6 or in its obligate partner, K16 will result in disease. In order to test this we have produced transgenic mice that express a mutant K6 gene. These mice develop a progressive scarring alopecia at about 6 months of age. Later, the denuded areas developed a keratosis which was prone to infection. Ultrastructural analysis suggests that hair loss is due to the destruction of the outer root sheath. We believe that these mice are models of another keratin disorder.[1]

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  1. Genetic disorders of keratin: are scarring alopecias a sub-set? Rothnagel, J.A., Longley, M.A., Holder, R.A., Bundman, D.S., Seki, T., Bickenbach, J.R., Roop, D.R. J. Dermatol. Sci. (1994) [Pubmed]
 
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