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Humidity-regulated CLCA2 protects the epidermis from hyperosmotic stress.
Science translational medicine - 9 May 2018
Seltmann Kristin, Meyer Michael, Sulcova Jitka, Kockmann Tobias, Wehkamp Ulrike, Weidinger Stephan, Auf dem Keller Ulrich, Werner Sabine
Abstract excerpt
Low environmental humidity aggravates symptoms of the inflammatory skin disease atopic dermatitis (AD). Using mice that develop AD-like signs, we show that an increase in environmental humidity rescues their cutaneous inflammation and associated epidermal abnormalities. Quantitative proteomics analysis of epidermal lysates of mice kept at low or high humidity identified humidity-regulated proteins, including...
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