A Kaleidoscope of Keratin Gene Expression and the Mosaic of Its Regulatory Mechanisms

March 2023 in “ International journal of molecular sciences ”

Ekaterina P. Kalabusheva, Anastasia S. Shtompel, A. Rippa, Sergey V. Ulianov, Sergey V. Razin, E. A. Vorotelyak

keratin genes epithelial cells chromatin compartmentalization topologically associated domains TADs transcription factors KLF4 CTCF enhancers promoters keratinocyte differentiation keratin gene misregulation hereditary disorders

Studysummary This review discusses the patterns and regulatory mechanisms of keratin expression in various biological conditions and reports no new experimental results.

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