Epidermal barrier defects link atopic dermatitis with altered skin cancer susceptibility
Atopic dermatitis can result from loss of structural proteins in the outermost epidermal layers, leading to a defective epidermal barrier. To test whether this influences tumour formation, we chemically induced tumours in EPI−/− mice, which lack three barrier proteins—Envoplakin, Periplakin, and Inv...
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Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2014-05-01
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/01888 |