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- Title
Calmodulin 4 is dispensable for epidermal barrier formation and wound healing in mice.
- Authors
Lessard, Juliane C.; Kalinin, Alexandr; Bible, Paul W.; Morasso, Maria I.
- Abstract
Calcium-mediated signals play important roles in epidermal barrier formation, skin homoeostasis and wound repair. Calmodulin 4 (Calm4) is a small, Ca2+-binding protein with strong expression in suprabasal keratinocytes. In mice, Calm4 first appears in the skin at the time of barrier formation, and its expression increases in response to epidermal barrier challenges. In this study, we report the generation of Calm4 knockout mice and provide evidence that Calm4 is dispensable for epidermal barrier formation, maintenance and repair.
- Subjects
CALMODULIN; EPIDERMIS; WOUND healing; CALCIUM-binding proteins; KERATINOCYTE differentiation; WOUNDS &; injuries
- Publication
Experimental Dermatology, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
0906-6705
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/exd.12568