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Filaggrin genotype determines functional and molecular alterations in skin of patients with atopic dermatitis and ichthyosis vulgaris.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2011
Winge Mårten C G, Hoppe Torborg, Berne Berit, Vahlquist Anders, Nordenskjöld Magnus, Bradley Maria, Törmä Hans
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Several common genetic and environmental disease mechanisms are important for the pathophysiology behind atopic dermatitis (AD). Filaggrin (FLG) loss-of-function is of great significance for barrier impairment in AD and ichthyosis vulgaris (IV), which is commonly associated with AD. The molecular background is, however, complex and various clusters of genes are altered, including inflammatory and...
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