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SUBMITTER: Yang T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC522985 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Tao T Liang Dongcai D Koch Peter J PJ Hohl Daniel D Kheradmand Farrah F Overbeek Paul A PA
Genes & development 20041001 19
Netherton syndrome (NS) is a human autosomal recessive skin disease caused by mutations in the SPINK5 gene, which encodes the putative proteinase inhibitor LEKTI. We have generated a transgenic mouse line with an insertional mutation that inactivated the mouse SPINK5 ortholog. Mutant mice exhibit fragile stratum corneum and perinatal death due to dehydration. Our analysis suggests that the phenotype is a consequence of desmosomal fragility associated with premature proteolysis of corneodesmosin, ...[more]