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JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY
Volume 129, Issue 5, Pages 1066-1070Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.425
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The pathobiology of primary cicatricial (scarring) alopecia (PCA) remains poorly understood and underinvestigated. In this issue, Karnik et al. identify a previously unsuspected player, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma), in the pathogenesis of the most frequent form of PCA, lichen plano-pilaris (LPP). The authors show that PPAR gamma is required for maintenance of a functional epithelial stem cell compartment in murine hair follicles, that the targeted deletion of PPAR. in the bulge/isthmus area of the hair follicle epithelium generates a skin pathology that resembles LPP, and that LPP patients show gene expression changes that indicate a defect in lipid metabolism and peroxisome biogenesis. This study invites the revisitation of many open questions in PCA pathobiology and the exploration of new avenues for future PCA management.
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