Stratum corneum chymotryptic

Hansson L, Stromqvist M, Backman A, Wallbrandt P, Carlstein A, Egelrud T. Cloning, expression, and characterization of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme. A skin-specific human serine proteinase. J Biol Chem 1994 269 19420-19426. 

Ekholm E, Egelrud T. Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in psoriasis. Arch Dermatol Res 1999 291 195-200. 

Sondell B, Dyberg P, Anneroth GK, Ostman PO, Egelrud T. Association between expression of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme and pathological keratinization in human oral mucosa. Acta Derm Venereol 1996 76 177-181. 

Johnson B, Horn T, Sander C, Kohler S, Smoller BR. Expression of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in ichthyoses and squamoproliferative processes. J Cutan Pathol 2003 30 358-362. 

Hansson L, Backman A, Ny A, et al. Epidermal overexpression of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in mice A model for chronic itchy dermatitis. J Invest Dermatol 2002 118 444-449. 

Tanimoto H, Underwood LJ, Shigemasa K, et al. The stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme that mediates shedding and desquamation of skin cells is highly overexpressed in ovarian tumor cells. Cancer 1999 86 2074-2082. 

Lundstrom, A. and Egelrud, T., Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme a proteinase which may be generally present in the stratum corneum and with a possible involvement in desquamation, Acta Derm. Venereol. (Stockh.), 71, 471, 1991. 

Egelrud, T., Purification and preliminary characterization of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme a proteinase that may be involved in desquamation, J. Invest. Dermatol., 101,200, 1993. 

Sondell, B., Thomell, L.-E., Stigbrand, T., and Egelrud, T., Immunolcoalization of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in human skin and oral epithelium with monoclonal antibodies evidence of a proteinase specifically expressed in keratinizing squamous epithelia, J. Histochem. Cytochem., 42, 459, 1994. 

Ekholm, E. and Egelrud, T., The expression of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme in human anagen hair follicles further evidence for its involvement in desquamation-like processes, Br. J. Dermatol., 139, 585, 1998. 

Egelrud, T., Stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme evidence of its location to the stratum corneum extracellular space, Eur. J. Dermatol., 2, 50, 1992. 

Franzke, C.W., Baici, A., Bartels, J., Christophers, E., and Wiedow, O., Antileukoprotease inhibits stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme evidence for a regulative function in desquamation, J. Biol. 

Watkinson, A., Harding, C., Moore, A., and Coan, P. Water modulation of stratum corneum chymotryptic enzyme activity and desquamation. Arch. Dermatol. Res. 293, 470-476 (2001). 

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