This gene encodes a protein whose function has been linked to hair growth. A similar protein in rat functions as a transcriptional corepressor for
thyroid hormone and interacts with
histone deacetylases.[7]
^Zhong Z, Zhong M, Lu Y, Lu L, Wang J, Xu D, Wang F, Xu G, Chen J (March 2016). "Identification of mutations in U2HR in two Chinese families with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis". Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 41 (2): 175–8.
doi:
10.1111/ced.12711.
PMID26269244.
S2CID5581940.
^Ahmad W, Faiyaz ul Haque M, Brancolini V, Tsou HC, Ul Haque S, Lam H, Aita VM, Owen J, Deblaquiere M (1998). "Alopecia universalis associated with a mutation in the human hairless gene". Science. 279 (5351): 720–4.
doi:
10.1126/science.279.5351.720.
PMID9445480.
Ahmad M, Abbas H, Haque S (1993). "Alopecia universalis as a single abnormality in an inbred Pakistani kindred". Am. J. Med. Genet. 46 (4): 369–71.
doi:
10.1002/ajmg.1320460405.
PMID8357006.
Cichon S, Anker M, Vogt IR, Rohleder H, Pützstück M, Hillmer A, Farooq SA, Al-Dhafri KS, Ahmad M (1998). "Cloning, genomic organization, alternative transcripts and mutational analysis of the gene responsible for autosomal recessive universal congenital alopecia". Hum. Mol. Genet. 7 (11): 1671–9.
doi:
10.1093/hmg/7.11.1671.
PMID9736769.
Hillmer AM, Kruse R, Macciardi F, Heyn U, Betz R, Ruzicka T, Propping P, Nothen M, Cichon S (2002). "The hairless gene in androgenetic alopecia: results of a systematic mutation screening and a family-based association approach". Br. J. Dermatol. 146 (4): 601–8.
doi:
10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04766.x.
PMID11966690.
S2CID8340914.
Henn W, Zlotogorski A, Lam H, Martinez-Mir A, Zaun H, Christiano AM (2002). "Atrichia with papular lesions resulting from compound heterozygous mutations in the hairless gene: A lesson for differential diagnosis of alopecia universalis". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 47 (4): 519–23.
doi:
10.1067/mjd.2002.124609.
PMID12271294.
Xie Z, Chang S, Oda Y, Bikle DD (2006). "Hairless suppresses vitamin D receptor transactivation in human keratinocytes". Endocrinology. 147 (1): 314–23.
doi:
10.1210/en.2005-1111.
PMID16269453.
S2CID46590367.
Betz RC, Indelman M, Pforr J, Schreiner F, Bauer R, Bergman R, Lentze MJ, Nöthen MM, Cichon S (2007). "Identification of mutations in the human hairless gene in two new families with congenital atrichia". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 299 (3): 157–61.
doi:
10.1007/s00403-007-0747-8.
PMID17372750.
S2CID13529447.
This gene encodes a protein whose function has been linked to hair growth. A similar protein in rat functions as a transcriptional corepressor for
thyroid hormone and interacts with
histone deacetylases.[7]
^Zhong Z, Zhong M, Lu Y, Lu L, Wang J, Xu D, Wang F, Xu G, Chen J (March 2016). "Identification of mutations in U2HR in two Chinese families with Marie Unna hereditary hypotrichosis". Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 41 (2): 175–8.
doi:
10.1111/ced.12711.
PMID26269244.
S2CID5581940.
^Ahmad W, Faiyaz ul Haque M, Brancolini V, Tsou HC, Ul Haque S, Lam H, Aita VM, Owen J, Deblaquiere M (1998). "Alopecia universalis associated with a mutation in the human hairless gene". Science. 279 (5351): 720–4.
doi:
10.1126/science.279.5351.720.
PMID9445480.
Ahmad M, Abbas H, Haque S (1993). "Alopecia universalis as a single abnormality in an inbred Pakistani kindred". Am. J. Med. Genet. 46 (4): 369–71.
doi:
10.1002/ajmg.1320460405.
PMID8357006.
Cichon S, Anker M, Vogt IR, Rohleder H, Pützstück M, Hillmer A, Farooq SA, Al-Dhafri KS, Ahmad M (1998). "Cloning, genomic organization, alternative transcripts and mutational analysis of the gene responsible for autosomal recessive universal congenital alopecia". Hum. Mol. Genet. 7 (11): 1671–9.
doi:
10.1093/hmg/7.11.1671.
PMID9736769.
Hillmer AM, Kruse R, Macciardi F, Heyn U, Betz R, Ruzicka T, Propping P, Nothen M, Cichon S (2002). "The hairless gene in androgenetic alopecia: results of a systematic mutation screening and a family-based association approach". Br. J. Dermatol. 146 (4): 601–8.
doi:
10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04766.x.
PMID11966690.
S2CID8340914.
Henn W, Zlotogorski A, Lam H, Martinez-Mir A, Zaun H, Christiano AM (2002). "Atrichia with papular lesions resulting from compound heterozygous mutations in the hairless gene: A lesson for differential diagnosis of alopecia universalis". J. Am. Acad. Dermatol. 47 (4): 519–23.
doi:
10.1067/mjd.2002.124609.
PMID12271294.
Xie Z, Chang S, Oda Y, Bikle DD (2006). "Hairless suppresses vitamin D receptor transactivation in human keratinocytes". Endocrinology. 147 (1): 314–23.
doi:
10.1210/en.2005-1111.
PMID16269453.
S2CID46590367.
Betz RC, Indelman M, Pforr J, Schreiner F, Bauer R, Bergman R, Lentze MJ, Nöthen MM, Cichon S (2007). "Identification of mutations in the human hairless gene in two new families with congenital atrichia". Arch. Dermatol. Res. 299 (3): 157–61.
doi:
10.1007/s00403-007-0747-8.
PMID17372750.
S2CID13529447.