Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Contribution of GATA6 to homeostasis of the human upper pilosebaceous unit and acne pathogenesis

  • Bénédicte Oulès,
  • Christina Philippeos,
  • Joe Segal,
  • Matthieu Tihy,
  • Matteo Vietri Rudan,
  • Ana-Maria Cujba,
  • Philippe A. Grange,
  • Sven Quist,
  • Ken Natsuga,
  • Lydia Deschamps,
  • Nicolas Dupin,
  • Giacomo Donati,
  • Fiona M. Watt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18784-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Although acne vulgaris is the most common human inflammatory skin disease, its pathogenic mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Here the authors show that GATA6 is involved in maintaining homeostasis of the upper pilosebaceous unit of human skin and may contribute to acne pathogenesis.