2024
Persistent Cutaneous Lesions of Darier Disease and Second-Hit Somatic Variants in ATP2A2 Gene
Atzmony L, Zagairy F, Mawassi B, Shehade M, Tatour Y, Danial-Farran N, Khayat M, Warrour N, Dodiuk-Gad R, Cohen-Barak E. Persistent Cutaneous Lesions of Darier Disease and Second-Hit Somatic Variants in ATP2A2 Gene. JAMA Dermatology 2024, 160: 518-524. PMID: 38536168, PMCID: PMC10974685, DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2024.0152.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSomatic variantsATP2A2 geneDeep sequencingResponse to environmental factorsCopy number variantsRestriction fragment length polymorphismLoss of heterozygosityWhole-exome sequencingChromosomal microarray analysisDarier's diseaseFragment length polymorphismPaired whole exome sequencingPathogenic germline variantsHeterozygous pathogenic germline variantsDD lesionsGenomic characteristicsGenetic analysisGenetic skin disordersGermline variantsSanger sequencingLength polymorphismSkin lesionsTransient lesionsHeterozygous variantsMicroarray analysis
2022
Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) encompasses a spectrum of inflammatory mosaic disorders
Atzmony L, Ugwu N, Hamilton C, Paller A, Zech L, Antaya R, Choate K. Inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN) encompasses a spectrum of inflammatory mosaic disorders. Pediatric Dermatology 2022, 39: 903-907. PMID: 35853659, PMCID: PMC9712156, DOI: 10.1111/pde.15094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevusVerrucous epidermal nevusEpidermal nevusCARD14 mutationsHotspot mutationsLinear verrucous epidermal nevusPathogenesis-directed therapyCohort of patientsErythematous scaly plaquesRare skin diseaseLines of BlaschkoSomatic pathogenic variantsNSDHL mutationsHistopathological evaluationInflammatory disordersScaly plaquesHistopathologic evaluationHistopathological criteriaLinear porokeratosisSkin lesionsAffected skinPatientsSkin diseasesClinical descriptorsHeterogenous group