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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
In order to correlate a characteristic clinical phenotype with biochemical abnormalities in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, fibroblast cultures were established from 4 typical patients with the severe form of the disease. Collagenase, the enzyme implicated in the pathogenesis of blistering, was present in vitro in 2- to 4-fold greater concentrations than in control fibroblast cultures. Partially purified preparations of this enzyme displayed marked thermal lability and diminished affinity for Ca2+, a metal cofactor, suggesting the existence of a mutant enzyme. The data suggest that these 3 biochemical abnormalities, increased synthesis, decreased thermal stability and diminished affinity for Ca2+, should serve as reliable in vitro markers for genetic discrimination of recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-202X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
79 Suppl 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105s-108s
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormalities in collagenase expression as in vitro markers for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.