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Matriptase-deficient mice exhibit ichthyotic skin with a selective shift in skin microbiota.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Oct 2009
Scharschmidt Tiffany C, List Karin, Grice Elizabeth A, Szabo Roman, Renaud Gabriel, Lee Chyi-Chia R, Wolfsberg Tyra G, Bugge Thomas H, Segre Julia A
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Suppressor of tumorigenicity 14 (St14) encodes matriptase, a serine protease, which regulates processing of profilaggrin to filaggin in vivo. Here, we report that transgenic mice with 1% of wild-type St14 levels (St14(hypo/-)) display aberrant processing of profilaggrin and model human ichthyotic...
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