A PLEC Isoform Identified in Skin, Muscle, and Heart

Katarzyna B. Gostynska*, Henny Lemmink, Jeroen Bremer, Hendri H. Pas, Albertine Nijenhuis, Peter C. van den Akker, Richard J. Sinke, Marcel F. Jonkman, Anna M. G. Pasmooij

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Samenvatting

Mutations in the PLEC gene cause basal epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS) in 8% of cases (Bolling et al., 2014). PLEC encodes the ubiquitously present cytolinker protein plectin, which plays an important role in the hemidesmosome by connecting keratin filaments to the underlying integrin α6β4 subunit (Andra et al., 2003; Koster et al., 2003). Plectin deficiency in skin results in intraepidermal skin cleavage in basal keratinocytes (McLean et al., 1996). In humans, eight distinct plectin isoforms have been identified arising from tissue-specific translation.
Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)518-522
Aantal pagina's5
TijdschriftJournal of Investigative Dermatology
Volume137
Nummer van het tijdschrift2
Vroegere onlinedatum10-dec.-2016
DOI's
StatusPublished - feb.-2017

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