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The filaggrin null genotypes R501X and 2282del4 seem not to be associated with psoriasis: results from general population study and meta-analysis.
Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV - 1 Jun 2012
Thyssen J P, Johansen J D, Carlsen B C, Linneberg A, Meldgaard M, Szecsi P B, Stender S, Menné T
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BACKGROUND: Psoriasis vulgaris could be associated with the filaggrin null genotype since certain known susceptibility loci for psoriasis are shared with susceptibility loci for atopic dermatitis. Furthermore, filaggrin expression is lowered in psoriatic skin lesions but normally expressed in uninvolved skin. So far five relatively small patient-based case-control studies have rejected a possible association...
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