Is cerebral white matter hyperintensity mainly associated with hypertension among the components of metabolic syndrome in Koreans?
Age, female gender and hypertension were risk factors for cerebral WMH in the Korean population. Cerebral WMH was also associated with metabolic syndrome; however, metabolic syndrome offered no advantage over hypertension alone in predicting cerebral WMH.
Our data indicate that EPPK accelerates keratin bundling in proliferating keratinocytes during wound healing and suggest that EPPK might contribute to reinforcement of keratin networks under mechanical stress.