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Analysis of All 34 Exons of the SPINK5 Gene in Japanese Atopic Dermatitis Patients.
Acta medica Okayama - 1 Jun 2018
Morizane Shin, Ouchida Mamoru, Sunagawa Ko, Sugimoto Saeko, Kobashi Mina, Sugihara Satoru, Nomura Hayato, Tsuji Kazuhide, Sato Atsushi, Miura Yoshihiro, Hattori Hiroaki, Tada Kotaro, Huh Wook-Kang, Seno Akemi, Iwatsuki Keiji
Abstract excerpt
Lympho-epithelial Kazal-type-related inhibitor (LEKTI) is a large multidomain serine protease inhibitor that is expressed in epidermal keratinocytes. Nonsense mutations of the SPINK5 gene, which codes for LEKTI, cause Netherton syndrome, which is characterized by hair abnormality, ichthyosis, and atopy. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of SPINK5, p.K420E, is reported to be associated with the pathogenesis...
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