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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Main Authors: Sara Cipolat, Esther Hoste, Ken Natsuga, Sven R Quist, Fiona M Watt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/01888