Gene expression data from the skin of Cdsniep-/-adult mice

Peeling Skin Disease (PSD; OMIM 270300) is an inflammatory ichthyosis due to homozygous loss-of-function mutations in Corneodesmosin (CDSN) and characterized by lifelong patchy peeling of the skin associated with eczema, food allergy and severe itching. The pathophysiology of PSD is still poorly known. The initial event of the disease, the detachment of the SC due to a CDSN deficiency, leads to an impairment of the permeability barrier which could in turn trigger erythema, pruritus and atopic manifestations by mechanisms not entirely elucidated. Cdsn-deficient mouse models are interesting tools to decipher these underlying mechanisms. In order to explore the still poorly known pathophysiological mechanisms of PSD, we analyzed the cutaneous transcriptome of two epidermis-specific Cdsn-deficient mouse models representative of early (occurrence of the permeability defect in Cdsnep-/- E18.5 embryos) and chronic (permanent permeability defect in Cdsniep-/- adult mice) phases of the disease

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