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- Title
Epidermolysis Bullosa—A Different Genetic Approach in Correlation with Genetic Heterogeneity.
- Authors
Pânzaru, Monica-Cristina; Caba, Lavinia; Florea, Laura; Braha, Elena Emanuela; Gorduza, Eusebiu Vlad
- Abstract
Epidermolysis bullosa is a heterogeneous group of rare genetic disorders characterized by mucocutaneous fragility and blister formation after minor friction or trauma. There are four major epidermolysis bullosa types based on the ultrastructural level of tissue cleavage: simplex, junctional, dystrophic, and Kindler epidermolysis bullosa. They are caused by mutations in genes that encode the proteins that are part of the hemidesmosomes and focal adhesion complex. Some of these disorders can be associated with extracutaneous manifestations, which are sometimes fatal. They are inherited in an autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant manner. This review is focused on the phenomena of heterogeneity (locus, allelic, mutational, and clinical) in epidermolysis bullosa, and on the correlation genotype–phenotype.
- Subjects
EPIDERMOLYSIS bullosa; FOCAL adhesions; HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC disorders; CLAUDINS; GENETIC mutation; GENETIC correlations
- Publication
Diagnostics (2075-4418), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 6, p1325
- ISSN
2075-4418
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/diagnostics12061325