| 110308 | Q922U2 | K2C5_MOUSE | Keratin, type II cytoskeletal 5 (Cytokeratin-5) (CK-5) (Keratin-5) (K5) (Type-II keratin Kb5) | DISRUPTION PHENOTYPE | Paws are frequently denuded and epidermis loses contact with the dermis following the mechanical stress of birth, mice die within 1 hour of birth (PubMed:11408584). Tongue cytolysis is evident following birth even before the first milk uptake (PubMed:11408584). Complete loss of keratin filaments in the basal layer, leading to cleavage of the epidermis in the subnuclear cytoplasm just superficial to the hemidesmosomes (PubMed:11408584). Increase in Krt6 expression in the spinous and lower granular layers as well as weakly in basal layer of the blistering roof of cytolyzing cells at birth (PubMed:11408584). Decrease in Krt14 expression in the skin following birth (PubMed:11408584). Increase in Langerhans cells in the epidermis (PubMed:19267394). Decrease in Ctnnd1/p120 localization to the plasma membrane and adherens junctions of basal keratinocytes (PubMed:19267394). Increase in the cytokines Cxcl16, Ccl2, Ccl19 and Ccl20 in the epidermis at birth (PubMed:19267394). {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11408584, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19267394}. |