Hair follicle-specific keratins and their diseases.

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The human keratin family comprises 54 members, 28 type I and 26 type II. Out of the 28 type I keratins, 17 are epithelial and 11 are hair keratins. Similarly, the 26 type II members comprise 20 epithelial and 6 hair keratins. As, however, 9 out of the 37 epithelial keratins are specifically expressed in the hair follicle, the total number of hair follicle-specific keratins (26) almost equals that of those...

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