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SUBMITTER: Yamamoto K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4612087 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yamamoto Kei K Miki Yoshimi Y Sato Mariko M Taketomi Yoshitaka Y Nishito Yasumasa Y Taya Choji C Muramatsu Kazuaki K Ikeda Kazutaka K Nakanishi Hiroki H Taguchi Ryo R Kambe Naotomo N Kabashima Kenji K Lambeau Gérard G Gelb Michael H MH Murakami Makoto M
The Journal of experimental medicine 20151005 11
Epidermal lipids are important for skin homeostasis. However, the entire picture of the roles of lipids, particularly nonceramide lipid species, in epidermal biology still remains obscure. Here, we report that PLA2G2F, a functionally orphan-secreted phospholipase A2 expressed in the suprabasal epidermis, regulates skin homeostasis and hyperplasic disorders. Pla2g2f(-/-) mice had a fragile stratum corneum and were strikingly protected from psoriasis, contact dermatitis, and skin cancer. Conversel ...[more]