From infancy and usually for life, some families suffer from broken hair due to a congenital form of hair loss called monilethrix. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn and the University of Bonn have now identified causative mutations in another keratin gene, KRT31. They hope that this will improve the diagnosis of this rare disease.
University of BonnSep 5 2024 Their results have now been published in the renowned "British Journal of Dermatology ".
Nonsense mutation for "spindle hair" The research team led by Prof. Regina Betz from the Institute of Human Genetics at the UKB, who is a member of the Transdisciplinary Research Area "Life & Health" and the Cluster of Excellence ImmunoSensation2 at the University of Bonn, investigated four families with suspected monilethrix in which no mutations were found in the three known genes. The team therefore carried out exome sequencing on six affected family members, i.e.
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