Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica | |
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Other names | Dystrophic EB |
Specialty | Medical genetics ![]() |
Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica or dystrophic EB (DEB) is an inherited disease affecting the skin and other organs.[1]
"Butterfly child" is the colloquial name for a child born with the disease, as their skin is seen to be as delicate and fragile as that of a butterfly.[2]
Signs and symptoms
The deficiency in anchoring fibrils impairs the adherence between the epidermis and the underlying dermis. The skin of DEB patients is thus highly susceptible to severe blistering.[citation needed] Collagen VII is also associated with the epithelium of the esophageal lining, and DEB patients may suffer from chronic scarring, webbing, and obstruction of the esophagus. Affected individuals are often severely malnourished due to trauma to the oral and esophageal mucosa and require feeding tubes for nutrition. They also suffer from iron-deficiency anemia of uncertain origin, which leads to chronic fatigue.
Open wounds on the skin heal slowly or not at all, often scarring extensively, and are particularly susceptible to infection. Many individuals bathe in a bleach and water mixture to fight off these infections.[citation needed] The chronic inflammation leads to errors in the DNA of the affected skin cells, which in turn causes squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). The majority of these patients die before the age of 30, either of SCC or complications related to DEB.
The chronic inflammatory state seen in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) may cause small fiber peripheral neuropathy (SFN);[3] RDEB patients have reported the sensation of pain in line with neuropathic pain qualities.[4]
Causes
DEB is caused by genetic defects (or mutations) within the human COL7A1 gene encoding the protein type VII collagen (collagen VII).[5] DEB-causing mutations can be either dominant or recessive.[citation needed] Most families with family members with this condition have distinct mutations.[6]
Collagen VII is a very large molecule (300 kDa) that dimerizes to form a semicircular looping structure: the anchoring fibril. Anchoring fibrils are thought to form a structural link between the epidermal basement membrane and the fibrillar collagens in the upper dermis.
Pathophysiology
In the absence of mutations of the COL7A1 gene, an autoimmune response against type VII collagen can result in an acquired form of epidermolysis bullosa called epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.[7]
There exist other types of inherited epidermolysis bullosa, junctional epidermolysis bullosa and epidermolysis bullosa simplex, which are not related to type VII collagen deficiency. These arise from mutations in the genes encoding other proteins of the epidermis or the basement membrane at the junction between the epidermis and the dermis.[8]
Diagnosis
Classification
Name | Locus & Gene | OMIM |
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Dominant dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (DDEB) | 3p21.3 (COL7A1) | Template:OMIM2 |
Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB)
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3q22-q23 (COL7A1), 3p21.3 (MMP1) | Template:OMIM2 |
Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, pretibial | 3p21.3 (COL7A1) | Template:OMIM2 |
Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa | 3p21.3 (COL7A1) | Template:OMIM2 |
Epidermolysis bullosa with congenital localized absence of skin and deformity of nails | 3p21.3 (COL7A1) | Template:OMIM2 |
Transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn (TBDN) | 3p21.3 (COL7A1) | Template:OMIM2 |
See also
References
- ^ Reference, Genetics Home. "dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa". Genetics Home Reference. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
- ^ Pittman, Taylor (2015-04-21). "'Butterfly Child' With Rare, Painful Condition Displays Strength That Will Blow You Away". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
- ^ [1], Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa results in painful small fibre neuropathy.
- ^ Schräder NHB, Yuen WY, Jonkman MF (2018). "Pain Quality Assessment Scale for Epidermolysis Bullosa". Acta Derm Venereol. 98 (3): 346–349. doi:10.2340/00015555-2827. PMID 29057428.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Varki, R.; Sadowski, S.; Uitto, J.; Pfendner, E. (March 2007). "Epidermolysis bullosa. II. Type VII collagen mutations and phenotype–genotype correlations in the dystrophic subtypes". Journal of Medical Genetics. 44 (3): 181–92. doi:10.1136/jmg.2006.045302. PMC 2598021. PMID 16971478.
- ^ Csikós, M.; Szőcs, H. I.; Lászik, A.; Mecklenbeck, S.; Horváth, A.; Kárpáti, S.; Bruckner-Tuderman, L. (May 2005). "High frequency of the 425A→G splice-site mutation and novel mutations of the COL7A1 gene in central Europe: significance for future mutation detection strategies in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa". British Journal of Dermatology. 152 (5): 879–886. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06542.x. PMID 15888141.
- ^ Mihai, Sidonia; Sitaru, Cassian (May–June 2007). "Immunopathology and molecular diagnosis of autoimmune bullous diseases". Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 11 (3): 462–481. doi:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00033.x. PMC 3922353. PMID 17521373.
- ^ Fine, Jo-David; Eady, Robin A. J.; Bauer, Eugene A.; Bauer, Johann W.; Bruckner-Tuderman, Leena; Heagerty, Adrian; Hintner, Helmut; Hovnanian, Alain; Jonkman, Marcel F.; Leigh, Irene; McGrath, John A.; Mellerio, Jemima E.; Murrell, Dedee F.; Shimizu, Hiroshi; Uitto, Jouni; Vahlquist, Anders; Woodley, David; Zambruno, Giovanna (2008). "The classification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Report of the Third International Consensus Meeting on Diagnosis and Classification of EB". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 58 (6): 931–950. doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2008.02.004. PMID 18374450.
- ^ James, Berger & Elston 2005, p. 558
- ^ a b Freedberg et al. 2003, p. 601
- ^ Freedberg et al. 2003
- ^ Rapini, Bolognia & Jorizzo 2007, p. 458
- ^ James, Berger & Elston 2005, pp. 558–9
Sources
- Freedberg, Irwin M.; Eisen, Arthur Z.; Wolff, Klauss; Austen, K. Frank; Goldsmith, Lowell A.; Katz, Stephen I., eds. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-138076-8.
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(help) - Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
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