Molecular manipulation of keratin 8/18 intermediate filaments: modulators of FAS-mediated death signaling in human ovarian granulosa tumor cells [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Granulosa cell tumors (GCT) are a rare ovarian neoplasm but prognosis is poor following recurrence. Keratin intermediate filaments expressed in these tumors are a diagnostic marker, yet paradoxically, may also constitute a target for ...
Davis, John S. +4 more
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Deacetylation via SIRT2 prevents keratin-mutation-associated injury and keratin aggregation
JCI Insight, 2023 Keratin (K) and other intermediate filament (IF) protein mutations at conserved arginines disrupt keratin filaments into aggregates and cause human epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS; K14-R125C) or predispose to mouse liver injury (K18-R90C).
Jingyuan Sun +9 more
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The molecular genetic analysis of the expanding pachyonychia congenita case collection [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Pachyonychia congenita (PC) is a rare autosomal dominant keratinizing disorder characterized by severe, painful, palmoplantar keratoderma and nail dystrophy, often accompanied by oral leucokeratosis, cysts and follicular keratosis.
Al-Asadi, E. +9 more
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Response of xenografts of developing human female reproductive tracts to the synthetic estrogen, diethylstilbestrol. [PDF]
, 2017 Human female fetal reproductive tracts 9.5-22 weeks of gestation were grown for 1 month in ovariectomized athymic adult female mouse hosts that were either untreated or treated continuously with diethylstilbestrol (DES) via subcutaneous pellet.
Baskin, Laurence +5 more
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Fos co-operation with PTEN loss elicits keratoacanthoma not carcinoma due to p53/p21WAF-induced differentiation triggered by GSK3b inactivation and reduced AKT activity [PDF]
, 2008 To investigate gene synergism in multistage skin carcinogenesis, the RU486-inducible cre/lox system was employed to ablate PTEN function [K14.cre/D5PTENflx] in mouse epidermis expressing activated v-fos [HK1.fos].
Alexander, C.L. +5 more
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A splice variant in KRT71 is associated with curly coat phenotype of Selkirk Rex cats. [PDF]
, 2013 One of the salient features of the domestic cat is the aesthetics of its fur. The Selkirk Rex breed is defined by an autosomal dominant woolly rexoid hair (ADWH) abnormality that is characterized by tightly curled hair shafts.
Alhaddad, Hasan +6 more
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Characterization of the Human Hair Keratin–Associated Protein 2 (KRTAP2) Gene Family [PDF]
Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2012 Hair keratin-associated proteins (KRTAPs) are one of the major structural components of the hair shaft. Approximately 100 KRTAP genes have been identified in humans to date, with each of the genes classified into a number of families based on their sequence homology and the nature of the repeat structures.
Fujikawa, Hiroki +4 more
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Cortical tension regulates desmosomal morphogenesis
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 Mechanical stability is a fundamental and essential property of epithelial cell sheets. It is in large part determined by cell-cell adhesion sites that are tightly integrated by the cortical cytoskeleton.
Marcin Moch +2 more
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Unbiased protein association study on the public human proteome reveals biological connections between co-occurring protein pairs [PDF]
, 2017 Mass-spectrometry-based, high-throughput proteomics experiments produce large amounts of data. While typically acquired to answer specific biological questions, these data can also be reused in orthogonal wayS to reveal new biological knowledge.
Gupta, Surya +3 more
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Emerging issues with the current keratin-associated protein nomenclature
International Journal of Trichology, 2010 Keratin associated proteins (KAPs) are a class of proteins that associate with keratin intermediate filament proteins through disulphide linkages to give fibres such as hair and wool their unique properties. Up to 90 proteins from some 25 families have been identified and this does not include polymorphic variants of individual proteins within these ...
Gong, H +7 more
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