BACKGROUND: Epithelial tissues of the gastrointestinal tract and the liver express predominantly cytokeratin 8 and cytokeratin 18. In vitro experiments and animal studies have demonstrated a ...

Mutations in genes encoding the skin proteins keratin 1 or keratin 10 are responsible for EN, but these mutations only occur in some cell populations of the body, including those of skin lesions ...

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have now identified causative mutations in another ...

Keratin is the protein which is involved in the formation of hair, nails and skin. Another theory states keratosis pilaris skin condition can be caused by a genetic mutation, as quoted in the ...