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ReviewDermatologic clinics2010

Type VII collagen: the anchoring fibril protein at fault in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Hye Jin Chung, Jouni Uitto

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Review in Dermatologic clinics, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

81 citing papers in PubMed, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Around the collagen triple helix: an introduction to studying associated genetic and acquired diseases.Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology · 2025
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  15. The Saudi National Policy and Protocol for Epidermolysis Bullosa.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025
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21 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hye Jin ChungDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Jefferson Medical College, and Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, 233 South 10th Street, Suite 450 BLSB, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
Jouni Uitto
Thomas Jefferson University · US

Funding

TRANSGENIC MICE WITH EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSAP01AR038923 · NIAMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI UITTO, JOUNI · 1987 to 2006
$7.8M
Molecular Genetics of the Cutaneous BMZ in EBR01AR054876 · NIAMS · THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY · PI FERTALA, ANDRZEJ, UITTO, JOUNI · 2008 to 2012
$1.7M
NIAMS NIH HHS P01 AR038923NIAMS NIH HHS P01 AR38923NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR054876NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR54876
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type VII collagen is a major component of the anchoring fibrils of the dermal-epidermal adhesion on the dermal side at the lamina densa/papillary dermis interface. Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DEB) emerged as a candidate for type VII collagen mutations becausing anchoring fibrils were shown to be morphologically altered, reduced in number, or completely absent in patients with different forms of DEB. Circulating autoantibodies recognize type VII collagen epitopes in epidermolysis bullosa acquisita. The suggestion that type VII collagen is required for human epidermal tumorigenesis relates to the increasing numbers of life-threatening complications associated with developing squamous cell carcinomas because of the extended life span of affected individuals with recessive DEB.

Indexed as

MutationCollagen Type VIIEpidermolysis Bullosa DystrophicaFibril-Associated CollagensHumansSkinCollagen Type VIIFibril-Associated Collagens

Identifiers

PMID19945621
PMCPMC2791403
OpenAlexW2068600217

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