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Genetic variants in pachyonychia congenita-associated keratins increase susceptibility to tooth decay.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2018
Duverger Olivier, Carlson Jenna C, Karacz Chelsea M, Schwartz Mary E, Cross Michael A, Marazita Mary L, Shaffer John R, Morasso Maria I
Abstract excerpt
Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a cutaneous disorder primarily characterized by nail dystrophy and painful palmoplantar keratoderma. PC is caused by mutations in KRT6A, KRT6B, KRT6C, KRT16, and KRT17, a set of keratin genes expressed in the nail bed, palmoplantar epidermis, oral mucosal epithelium, hair follicle and sweat gland. RNA-seq analysis revealed that all PC-associated keratins (except for Krt6c that does...
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