FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF VITAMIN D RESPONSE ELEMENTS IN THE LCE2 GENE CLUSTER WITH RELEVANCE TO PSORIASIS.

Abdullah Aljabri; Abdullah Alhazmi; Osama Alateeq; G Kerr Whitfield; Jui-Cheng Hsieh.

doi:10.21474/IJAR01/1677

30 Sep 2016 Vol. 4 (09) pp. 1949-1951 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/1677

FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF VITAMIN D RESPONSE ELEMENTS IN THE LCE2 GENE CLUSTER WITH RELEVANCE TO PSORIASIS.

Abdullah Aljabri, Abdullah Alhazmi, Osama Alateeq, G Kerr Whitfield and Jui-Cheng Hsieh.

College of Medicine, Al Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Basic Medical Sciences,University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix,Arizona,United States.

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Abstract

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease characterized by abnormal keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. A genetic risk factor for psoriasis is a deletion of LCE3B and LCE3C genes encoding structural proteins in terminally differentiated keratinocytes, suggesting that compromised skin barrier function has a role in psoriasis susceptibility. Because analogs of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D) are used in psoriasis treatment, we hypothesized that 1,25D acts via the vitamin D receptor (VDR) to upregulate expression of LCE2B genes, potentially mitigating the absence of LCE3B/LCE3C gene products.

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Abdullah Aljabri, Abdullah Alhazmi, Osama Alateeq, G Kerr Whitfield and Jui-Cheng Hsieh. (2016); FUNCTIONAL TESTING OF VITAMIN D RESPONSE ELEMENTS IN THE LCE2 GENE CLUSTER WITH RELEVANCE TO PSORIASIS., International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 4 (09), 1949-1951, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1677