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Hepoxilin A3 (HXA3) synthase deficiency is causative of a novel ichthyosis form.
FEBS letters - 23 Jan 2008
Nigam Santosh, Zafiriou Maria-Patapia, Deva Rupal, Kerstin Nadja, Geilen Christoph, Ciccoli Roberto, Sczepanski Marco, Lohse Maren
Abstract excerpt
Non-bullous congenital ichthyosis erythroderma (NCIE) and lamellar ichthyosis (LI) are characterized by mutations in 12R-lipoxygenase (12R-LOX) and/or epidermal lipoxygenase 3 (eLOX3) enzymes. The eLOX3 lacks oxygenase activity, but is capable of forming hepoxilin-type products from arachidonic a...
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