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15598222

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-15
pubmed:abstractText
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the skin with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Non-parametric linkage analyses have mapped many susceptibility loci on different chromosomes. We mapped one of these loci, PSORS4, on human chromosome 1q21. Using the linkage disequilibrium approach, we refined the critical region to a specific genomic interval of about 100 Kb which contains only the loricrin (LOR) gene. Here we report a genetic and functional study of this gene to verify its involvement in psoriasis pathogenesis. We document low expression of LOR in psoriatic skin of patients selected from families in which the disease was segregating with the PSORS4 locus. Re-sequencing of the entire gene in a subset of patients revealed the existence of novel polymorphisms able to influence the protein structure, as shown by molecular modelling studies. However, no evidence for genetic association was detected in a large cohort of Italian nuclear families. This rules out the LOR gene as a candidate for the PSORS4 locus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-4800
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
639-45
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Characterization of the loricrin (LOR) gene as a positional candidate for the PSORS4 psoriasis susceptibility locus.
pubmed:affiliation
Centre of Excellence for Genomic Risk Assessment in Multifactorial and Complex Diseases, School of Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't