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