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GENATLAS PHENOTYPE
last update : 24/05/2008
Symbol EBJ2E
Location 10q24.3
Name epidermolysis bullosa junctional, non-Herlitz type
Other name(s)
  • epidermolysis bullosa junctionalis, DiSentis type
  • epidermolysis bullosa junctionalis, severe, progressive, nonlethal type
  • epidermolysis bullosa, generalized atrophic benign
  • Corresponding gene COL17A1
    Other symbol(s) GABEB, EBJDH, nH-JEB
    Main clinical features
  • skin disorder in which blisters occur at the level of the lamina lucida in the skin basement membrane.
  • non-Herlitz' type is accompanied by a less severe phenotype than Herlitz's type.
  • blistering skin atrophy, alopecia, nail dystrophy and dental anomalies, tooth enamel hypoplasia
  • Genetic determination autosomal recessive
    Related entries . including some milder forms in heterozygotes (forms with intermediate severity between Herlitz form and DiSentis form)
    Function/system disorder dermatology
    Type disease
    Gene product
    Name COL17A1, bullous pemphigoid antigen 2 (BPAG2)
    Mechanism(s)
    Gene mutationChromosome rearrangementEffectComments
    other     truncating the distal ectodomain and positioned the only N-glycosylation site 34 amino acids from the newly formed C terminus
    Remark(s)