Loricrin is a major protein component of the cornified cell envelope found in terminally differentiated epidermal cells.[5]
Loricrin is expressed in the granular layer of all keratinized epithelial cells of mammals tested including oral, esophageal and stomach mucosa of rodents, tracheal squamous metaplasia of vitamin A deficient hamster and estrogen induced squamous vaginal epithelium of rats.[6]
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Further reading[]
Ishida-Yamamoto A, Takahashi H, Iizuka H (1998). "Loricrin and human skin diseases: molecular basis of loricrin keratodermas". Histol. Histopathol. 13 (3): 819–26. PMID9690138.
Ishida-Yamamoto A (2003). "Loricrin keratoderma: a novel disease entity characterized by nuclear accumulation of mutant loricrin". J. Dermatol. Sci. 31 (1): 3–8. doi:10.1016/S0923-1811(02)00143-3. PMID12615358.
Ishida-Yamamoto A, Hohl D, Roop DR, et al. (1994). "Loricrin immunoreactivity in human skin: localization to specific granules (L-granules) in acrosyringia". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 285 (8): 491–8. doi:10.1007/BF00376822. PMID8274037. S2CID9857068.
Maestrini E, Monaco AP, McGrath JA, et al. (1996). "A molecular defect in loricrin, the major component of the cornified cell envelope, underlies Vohwinkel's syndrome". Nat. Genet. 13 (1): 70–7. doi:10.1038/ng0596-70. PMID8673107. S2CID9108586.
Richard G, Brown N, Smith LE, et al. (2000). "The spectrum of mutations in erythrokeratodermias--novel and de novo mutations in GJB3". Hum. Genet. 106 (3): 321–9. doi:10.1007/s004390051045. PMID10798362.
Matsumoto K, Muto M, Seki S, et al. (2001). "Loricrin keratoderma: a cause of congenital ichthyosiform erythroderma and collodion baby". Br. J. Dermatol. 145 (4): 657–60. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04412.x. PMID11703298. S2CID32827034.
O'Driscoll J, Muston GC, McGrath JA, et al. (2002). "A recurrent mutation in the loricrin gene underlies the ichthyotic variant of Vohwinkel syndrome". Clin. Exp. Dermatol. 27 (3): 243–6. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2230.2002.01031.x. PMID12072018. S2CID44453747.