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ArticleAging2015

Transcriptome and ultrastructural changes in dystrophic Epidermolysis bullosa resemble skin aging.

Jenny S Breitenbach, Mark Rinnerthaler, Andrea Trost, Manuela Weber, Alfred Klausegger, Christina Gruber, Daniela Bruckner, Herbert A Reitsamer, Johann W Bauer, Michael Breitenbach

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Article in Aging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Contribution of HMGB1 to keratinocyte inflammation in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2026
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  3. The Role of Fibroblasts in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa Pathogenesis and Current Treatment Approaches.JID innovations : skin science from molecules to population health · 2025
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  18. Signatures of Dermal Fibroblasts from RDEB Pediatric Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jenny S BreitenbachDepartment of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Mark RinnerthalerFachbereich Zellbiologie der Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Andrea TrostUniversity Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Manuela WeberFachbereich Zellbiologie der Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Alfred KlauseggerDepartment of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Christina GruberDepartment of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Daniela BrucknerUniversity Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Herbert A ReitsamerUniversity Clinic of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Research Program for Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Johann W BauerDepartment of Dermatology and EB House Austria, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
Michael BreitenbachFachbereich Zellbiologie der Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Paracelsus Medical University · ATUniversity of Salzburg · ATEB House Austria · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 26713
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aging process of skin has been investigated recently with respect to mitochondrial function and oxidative stress. We have here observed striking phenotypic and clinical similarity between skin aging and recessive dystrophic Epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB), which is caused by recessive mutations in the gene coding for collagen VII,COL7A1. Ultrastructural changes, defects in wound healing, and inflammation markers are in part shared with aged skin. We have here compared the skin transcriptomes of young adults suffering from RDEB with that of sex- and age-matched healthy probands. In parallel we have compared the skin transcriptome of healthy young adults with that of elderly healthy donors. Quite surprisingly, there was a large overlap of the two gene lists that concerned a limited number of functional protein families. Most prominent among the proteins found are a number of proteins of the cornified envelope or proteins mechanistically involved in cornification and other skin proteins. Further, the overlap list contains a large number of genes with a known role in inflammation. We are documenting some of the most prominent ultrastructural and protein changes by immunofluorescence analysis of skin sections from patients, old individuals, and healthy controls.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAgingEpidermolysis BullosaFemaleGene Expression RegulationHumansMaleMiddle AgedSkinSkin Physiological PhenomenaTranscriptomebullous skin diseasecollagenimmune fluorescence microscopykeratinloricrinmicroarray analysis of skin aging

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PMID26143532
PMCPMC4505166
OpenAlexW826044617

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