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Reduced epidermal growth factor receptor expression in hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and Tabby mice.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jun 1996
Vargas G A, Fantino E, George-Nascimento C, Gargus J J, Haigler H T
Abstract excerpt
Patients with hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (HED) and Tabby (Ta) mice lack sweat glands and there is compelling evidence that these phenotypes are caused by mutations in the same highly conserved but unidentified X-linked gene. Previous studies showed that exogenous epidermal growth factor (EGF) reversed the Ta phenotype but the EGF status in HED patients has not been studied at all. Studies reported herein...
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