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Keratin-9

Known as: Cytokeratin 9, Keratin-9 [Chemical/Ingredient], Keratin 9 
A type II keratin found predominantly expressed in the terminally differentiated EPIDERMIS of palms and soles. Mutations in the gene for keratin 9… 
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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
Keratin 9 Is Required for the Structural Integrity and Terminal Differentiation of the Palmoplantar Epidermis
Keratin 9 (K9) is a type I intermediate filament protein whose expression is confined to the suprabasal layers of the… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Mesenchymal-epithelial interactions in the skin: aiming for site-specific tissue regeneration.
1998
1998
Mutations in keratin K9 in kindreds with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma and epidemiology in Northern Ireland.
Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK, MIM #144200) is an autosomal dominant disorder in which hyperkeratosis confined to… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Mutations in the 1A domain of keratin 9 in patients with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma.
Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma is an autosomal dominant skin disorder characterized by hyperkeratosis of the palms and… 
1995
1995
Ultrastructural changes resulting from keratin-9 gene mutations in two families with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma.
Palmoplantar keratoderma of Voerner type (or epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder… 
1995
1995
Palmoplantar keratoderma in association with carcinoma of the esophagus maps to chromosome 17q distal to the keratin gene cluster.
Palmoplantar keratoderma is a group of hereditary disorders of keratinization involving hyperkeratosis of palms and soles. Two… 
1994
1994
Keratin 9 gene mutational heterogeneity in patients with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma
Mutations in the human keratin 9 gene have recently been shown to be involved in the etiology of palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Molecular characterization of the body site-specific human epidermal cytokeratin 9: cDNA cloning, amino acid sequence, and tissue specificity of gene expression.
Differentiation of human plantar and palmar epidermis is characterized by the suprabasal synthesis of a major special… 
1992
1992
Mapping of a gene for epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma to the region of the acidic keratin gene cluster at 17q12–q21
SummaryEpidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK) (Vörner-Unna-Thost) is an autosomal dominantly inherited skin disease of… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Distribution of a special subset of keratinocytes characterized by the expression of cytokeratin 9 in adult and fetal human epidermis of various body sites.
Biochemical analyses have previously shown that palmar and plantar epidermis, unlike the epidermis of other body sites, contain… 
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