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Table 5 Major EB subtypes and their targeted proteins (per the 2008 international consensus report [3])

From: Inherited epidermolysis bullosa

Major EB Type

Major EB Subtypes

Targeted Protein(s)

EB simplex (EBS)

suprabasal subtypes

 
 

   lethal acantholytic EBS

desmoplakin

 

   plakophilin-1 deficiency

plakophilin-1

 

   EBS superficialis (EBSS)

?

 

basal subtypes

 
 

   EBS, localized (EBS-loc)

K5, K14

 

   EBS, Dowling-Meara (EBS-DM)

K5, K14

 

   EBS, other generalized (EBS,-gen nDM)

K5, K14

 

   EBS with mottled pigmentation (EBS-MP)

K5

 

   EBS with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD)

plectin

 

   EBS with pyloric atresia (EBS-PA)

plectin; α6β4 integrin

 

   EBS, autosomal recessive (EBS-AR)

K14

 

   EBS, Ogna (EBS-Og)

plectin

 

   EBS, migratory circinate (EBS-migr)

K5

Junctional EB (JEB)

JEB, Herlitz (JEB-H)

laminin-332

 

JEB, generalized non-Herlitz (JEB-nH gen)

laminin-332; type XVII collagen

 

JEB, localized non-Herlitz (JEB-nH loc)

type XVII collagen

 

JEB with pyloric atresia (JEB-PA)

α6β4 integrin

 

JEB, inversa (JEB-I)

laminin-332

 

JEB, late onset (JEB-lo)

?

 

LOC syndrome

laminin-332 α3 chain

Dominant dystrophic EB (DDEB)

DDEB, generalized (DDEB-gen)

type VII collagen

 

DDEB, acral (DDEB-ac)

type VII collagen

 

DDEB, pretibial (DDEB-Pt)

type VII collagen

 

DDEB, pruriginosa (DDEB-Pr)

type VII collagen

 

DDEB, nails only (DDEB-na)

type VII collagen

 

DDEB, bullous dermolysis of newborn (DDEB-BDN)

type VII collagen

Recessive dystrophic EB (RDEB)

RDEB, severe generalized (RDEB-sev gen)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, generalized other (RDEB, generalized mitis (RDEB-O)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, inversa (RDEB-I)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, pretibial (RDEB-Pt)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, pruriginosa (RDEB-Pr)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, centripetalis (RDEB-Ce)

type VII collagen

 

RDEB, bullous dermolysis of newborn (RDEB-BDN)

type VII collagen

Kindler syndrome

 

kindlin-1

  1. Modified from Fine JD et al (reference [3])