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Calcium pumps and keratinocytes: lessons from Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease.
The British journal of dermatology - 1 May 2004
Dhitavat J, Fairclough R J, Hovnanian A, Burge S M
Abstract excerpt
Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease are autosomal dominantly inherited skin disorders in which desmosomal adhesion between keratinocytes is abnormal. ATP2A2 and ATP2C1 have been identified as the causative genes for Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease, respectively. ATP2A2 encodes the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2) pump, while ATP2C1 encodes a secretory pathway...
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