The keratins and their disorders.

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Diseases caused by mutations in gene encoding keratin intermediate filaments (IF) are characterized by a loss of structural integrity in the cells expressing those keratins in vivo. This is manifested as cell fragility, compensatory epidermal hyperkeratosis, and keratin filament aggregation in some affected tissues. Keratin disorders are a novel molecular category including quite different phenotypes such as...

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