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. 2021 Jul;38(4):908-912.
doi: 10.1111/pde.14668. Epub 2021 Jun 21.

Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia associated with compound heterozygous ITGB4 pathogenic variants: Minimal skin involvement but severe mucocutaneous disease

Lynette Wei Yi Wee  1 , Ene Choo Tan  2   3 , Priya Bishnoi  1 , Yi Zhen Ng  4 , Declan Patrick Lunny  4 , Hwee-Woon Lim  2 , Siew-Peng Lee  2 , Christina Ong  5 , Te Lu Yap  6 , Yee Hui Mok  7 , Mei Yi Low  8 , Cristelle Chu-Tian Chow  9 , Lian Derrick  10 , John Edmund Armourer Common  4 , Ellen Birgitte Lane  4 , Mark Jean Aan Koh  1
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Epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia associated with compound heterozygous ITGB4 pathogenic variants: Minimal skin involvement but severe mucocutaneous disease

Lynette Wei Yi Wee et al. Pediatr Dermatol. 2021 Jul.

Abstract

We report a case of junctional epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia (JEB-PA) with minimal skin involvement but severe protein-losing enteropathy and airway involvement. Genetic analysis revealed heterozygous mutations in the ITGB4 gene encoding integrin β4 protein. Parental testing confirmed inheritance of frameshift variant (c.794dupC) as maternal and splice site variant (c.1608C>T/p.Cys536Cys) as paternal. Immunofluorescence mapping of her skin revealed a subepidermal blister with decreased and frayed integrin β4 at both the floor and the roof of the blister, while the intestinal mucosa showed complete absence of integrin β4. We review the literature and discuss the differential expression of integrins in the skin and gastrointestinal tract, as well as the role of chronic inflammation in the pathogenesis of EB.

Keywords: ITGB4; enteropathy; epidermolysis bullosa; epidermolysis bullosa with pyloric atresia.

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