2018
Mutations in PERP Cause Dominant and Recessive Keratoderma
Duchatelet S, Boyden LM, Ishida-Yamamoto A, Zhou J, Guibbal L, Hu R, Lim YH, Bole-Feysot C, Nitschké P, Santos-Simarro F, de Lucas R, Milstone LM, Gildenstern V, Helfrich YR, Attardi LD, Lifton RP, Choate KA, Hovnanian A. Mutations in PERP Cause Dominant and Recessive Keratoderma. Journal Of Investigative Dermatology 2018, 139: 380-390. PMID: 30321533, PMCID: PMC6586468, DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2018.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsC-terminal truncationsIntercellular adhesionEpidermal biologyEpidermal differentiation markersEpidermal homeostasisDesmosomal componentsDesmosomal proteinsGenetic determinantsDifferentiation markersEssential roleMutationsUnrelated kindredsDesmosomesProteinPERPOlmsted syndromePalmoplantar keratodermaGenesCrucial componentHeterozygosityBiologyHomeostasisKeratinization disordersKeratodermaHomozygosity
1973
Differentiation of lens fibers in explanted embryonic chick lens epithelia
Piatigorsky J, Rothschild S, Milstone L. Differentiation of lens fibers in explanted embryonic chick lens epithelia. Developmental Biology 1973, 34: 334-345. PMID: 4596973, DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(73)90362-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChick lens epitheliumLens epitheliumLens fibersLens epithelial cellsRibosomal clustersRibosomal RNADelta-crystallinTissue cultureSingle-strand breaksFiber differentiationCell membraneLong cellsMean cell lengthCell lengthTotal RNACellular outgrowthDifferentiationEpithelial cellsSurface membraneRNAOrganelle densityChick embryosGranular matrixBiochemical changesCells