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c-Jun regulates eyelid closure and skin tumor development through EGFR signaling.
Developmental cell - 1 Jun 2003
Zenz Rainer, Scheuch Harald, Martin Paul, Frank Carsten, Eferl Robert, Kenner Lukas, Sibilia Maria, Wagner Erwin F
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the function of c-Jun during skin development and skin tumor formation, we conditionally inactivated c-jun in the epidermis. Mice lacking c-jun in keratinocytes (c-jun(Deltaep)) develop normal skin but express reduced levels of EGFR in the eyelids, leading to open eyes at birth, as observed in EGFR null mice. Primary keratinocytes from c-jun(Deltaep) mice proliferate poorly, show increased...
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