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Loss of matriptase suppression underlies spint1 mutation-associated ichthyosis and postnatal lethality.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2009
Szabo Roman, Kosa Peter, List Karin, Bugge Thomas H
Abstract excerpt
Hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor-1 (HAI)-1 is an epithelial Kunitz-type transmembrane serine protease inhibitor that is encoded by the SPINT1 gene. HAI-1 displays potent inhibitory activity toward a large number of trypsin-like serine proteases. HAI-1 was recently shown to play an essential role in postnatal epithelial homeostasis. Thus, Spint1-deficient mice were found to display severe growth...
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