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[Epidermal barrier - molecular structure and disorders in selected ichthyoses].
Postepy biochemii - 1 Jan 2000
Śniegórska Dominika, Kowalewski Cezary, Wertheim-Tysarowska Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
Ichthyosis is a rare, clinically heterogeneous group of 36 skin diseases with Mendelian inheritance, characterized by disorders of cornification (MeDOC, Mendelian Disorders Of Cornification). Currently there are 35 genes known which mutations are a molecular cause of different MeDOC. They encode proteins involved in the processes of keratinocytes differentiation, lipid synthesis and metabolism and DNA repair....
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