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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-3
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Desmosomal cadherins are essential cell adhesion molecules expressed in the epidermis. We identified a mutation of a cadherin superfamily member, namely, desmoglein 4 (Dsg4), in early onset of death (EOD)( hage ) mice with hypotrichosis. The mutation was induced by the insertion of an early transposon II-beta into intron 8 of Dsg4. Mast cell hyperplasia was observed in the skin of EOD( hage ) mice. The abnormally expanded population of lpr T cells, i.e., CD4(-)CD8(-)B220(+)Thy1.2(+) alphabetaT cells, in the splenocytes of EOD mice was reduced in EOD( hage ) mice. Therefore, it was suspected that the long-living mutant EOD( hage ) mice were selected from lupus-prone EOD mice because of their immunological immaturity. These findings clearly indicate that Dsg4 is an important molecule for the formation of hair follicles and hypothesize that unorganized hyperplastic hair follicles in anagen due to the Dsg4 mutation provide niches for mast cell precursors in the skin.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0093-7711
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
599-607
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Desmogleins, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Hair Follicle, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Hyperplasia, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Hypotrichosis, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Lupus Vulgaris, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mast Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mice, Inbred MRL lpr, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mice, Mutant Strains, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:18677469-Survival Rate
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Mast cell hyperplasia in the skin of Dsg4-deficient hypotrichosis mice, which are long-living mutants of lupus-prone mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Seiryo-machi 2-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan , 980-8575.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't