Lack of plakoglobin leads to lethal congenital epidermolysis bullosa: a novel clinico-genetic entity

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Epidermal integrity is essential for skin functions. It is maintained by adhesive structures between keratinocytes, mainly the desmosomes and adherens junctions, which provide resistance against mechanical stress and regulate the formation of the skin barrier. As a constituent of both types of intercellular junctions, plakoglobin has multiple interaction partners and mutations in its gene [junction plakoglobin...

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