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Glucocorticoid receptor is required for skin barrier competence.
Endocrinology - 1 Mar 2008
Bayo Pilar, Sanchis Ana, Bravo Ana, Cascallana Jose Luis, Buder Katrin, Tuckermann Jan, Schütz Günther, Pérez Paloma
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To investigate the contribution of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in skin development and the mechanisms underlying this function, we have analyzed two mouse models in which GR has been functionally inactivated: the knockout GR(-/-) mice and the dimerization mutant GR(dim/dim) that mediates defective DNA binding-dependent transcription. Because GR null mice die perinatally, we evaluated skin architecture of...
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