Pediatric cholesteatoma and variants in the gene encoding connexin 26.

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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: Connexin 26 is a gap junction protein encoded by the GJB2 gene. It is expressed in cholesteatoma, and mutations cause proliferative skin disorders and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). Deletions of GJB6, which encodes connexin 30, cause SNHL in a digenic manner with a heterozygous GJB2 mutation. We hypothesize that GJB2 and GJB6 mutations might influence the development of cholesteatoma....

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