Comprehensive analysis of the gene encoding filaggrin uncovers prevalent and rare mutations in ichthyosis vulgaris and atopic eczema.

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Published in Nat Genet on April 08, 2007

Authors

Aileen Sandilands1, Ana Terron-Kwiatkowski, Peter R Hull, Gráinne M O'Regan, Timothy H Clayton, Rosemarie M Watson, Thomas Carrick, Alan T Evans, Haihui Liao, Yiwei Zhao, Linda E Campbell, Matthias Schmuth, Robert Gruber, Andreas R Janecke, Peter M Elias, Maurice A M van Steensel, Ivo Nagtzaam, Michel van Geel, Peter M Steijlen, Colin S Munro, Daniel G Bradley, Colin N A Palmer, Frances J D Smith, W H Irwin McLean, Alan D Irvine

Author Affiliations

1: Epithelial Genetics Group, Human Genetics Unit, Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.

Associated clinical trials:

Treatment of Staphylococcus Aureus Colonization in Hand Eczema | NCT01591785

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