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Biology and Biochemistry
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2026

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Overview

John A. McGrath is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields with a strong focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, as well as medicine. Key subfields of study include cell biology, molecular biology, dermatology, genetics, and pathology and forensic medicine.

The main topics covered in their work involve skin and cellular biology research, autoimmune bullous skin diseases, hair growth and disorders, dermatological and skeletal disorders, Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer, dermatology and skin diseases, and cell adhesion molecules research.

They have contributed to a significant body of literature, with frequent publication venues including:

  • British Journal of Dermatology
  • Journal of Investigative Dermatology
  • Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
  • Experimental Dermatology
  • The Journal of Dermatology

Their recent papers reflect a focus on epidermolysis bullosa and related skin fragility disorders. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility," 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • "Epidermolysis bullosa," 2020, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • "Prevalence, pathophysiology and management of itch in epidermolysis bullosa," 2020, British Journal of Dermatology
  • "Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Epidermolysis Bullosa: a 28-year Retrospective Study," 2021, Acta Dermato Venereologica
  • "Clinical trial of ABCB5+ mesenchymal stem cells for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa," 2021, JCI Insight

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors such as Alexandros Onoufriadis, Chao-Kai Hsu, Jemima E. Mellerio, Christos Tziotzios, and Sheila M. McSweeney, indicating active involvement in multidisciplinary and multi-author research projects.

Best Publications

  • Severity Scoring of Atopic Dermatitis: The SCORAD Index

    K.U. Schallreuter;Ch. Levenig;J. Berger;J. Umbert

  • The classification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB): Report of the Third International Consensus Meeting on Diagnosis and Classification of EB.

    Jo David Fine;Robin A J Eady;Eugene A. Bauer;Johann W. Bauer

  • Inherited epidermolysis bullosa: Updated recommendations on diagnosis and classification

    Jo David Fine;Leena Bruckner-Tuderman;Robin A.J. Eady;Eugene A. Bauer

  • Accumulation of Krebs cycle intermediates and over-expression of HIF1alpha in tumours which result from germline FH and SDH mutations.

    P. J. Pollard;J. J. Briere;N. A. Alam;J. Barwell

  • Revised classification system for inherited epidermolysis bullosa: Report of the second international consensus meeting on diagnosis and classification of epidermolysis bullosa

    Jo David Fine;Robin A J Eady;Eugene A. Bauer;Robert A. Briggaman

  • Prediction of Real-World Functional Disability in Chronic Mental Disorders: A Comparison of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

    Christopher R. Bowie;Colin Depp;John A. McGrath;Paula Wolyniec

  • Consensus reclassification of inherited epidermolysis bullosa and other disorders with skin fragility

    C. Has;J.W. Bauer;C. Bodemer;M.C. Bolling

  • Anatomy and Organization of Human Skin

    J. A. McGrath;R. A. J. Eady;F. M. Pope

  • Mutations in the plakophilin 1 gene result in ectodermal dysplasia/skin fragility syndrome.

    J. A. McGrath;J. R. McMillan;Carrie S. Shemanko;S. K. Runswick

  • Hay–Wells syndrome is caused by heterozygous missense mutations in the SAM domain of p63

    John A. McGrath;Pascal H.G. Duijf;Volker Doetsch;Alan D. Irvine

  • Germline NLRP1 Mutations Cause Skin Inflammatory and Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes via Inflammasome Activation

    Franklin L. Zhong;Ons Mamaï;Lorenzo Sborgi;Lobna Boussofara

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

    John E Wagner;Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto;John A McGrath;Maria Hordinsky

  • Alopecia Universalis Associated with a Mutation in the Human hairless Gene

    Wasim Ahmad;Muhammad Faiyaz ul Haque;Valeria Brancolini;Hui C. Tsou

  • Mutations in the 180–kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2), a hemidesmosomal transmembrane collagen (COL17A1), in generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa

    McGrath Ja;Gatalica B;Christiano Am;Li K

  • Loss of plectin causes epidermolysis bullosa with muscular dystrophy: cDNA cloning and genomic organization.

    W. H. I. Mclean;L. Pulkkinen;F. J. D. Smith;E. L. Rugg

  • Autoantibodies to extracellular matrix protein 1 in lichen sclerosus

    Noritaka Oyama;Ien Chan;Sallie M Neill;Takahiro Hamada

  • Loss of kindlin-1, a human homolog of the Caenorhabditis elegans actin-extracellular-matrix linker protein UNC-112, causes Kindler syndrome

    Dawn H. Siegel;Gabrielle H.S. Ashton;Homero G. Penagos;James V. Lee

  • The role of fibroblasts in tissue engineering and regeneration

    T Wong;J A McGrath;H Navsaria

  • Lipoid proteinosis maps to 1q21 and is caused by mutations in the extracellular matrix protein 1 gene (ECM1)

    Takahiro Hamada;W. H. Irwin McLean;Michele Ramsay;Gabrielle H. S. Ashton

  • Desmoglein 1 deficiency results in severe dermatitis, multiple allergies and metabolic wasting

    Liat Samuelov;Ofer Sarig;Robert M Harmon;Debora Rapaport

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin A.J. Eady
Robin A.J. Eady St Thomas' Hospital
Jouni Uitto
Jouni Uitto Thomas Jefferson University
Michael A. Simpson
Michael A. Simpson King's College London
Masashi Akiyama
Masashi Akiyama Nagoya University
Irene M. Leigh
Irene M. Leigh University of Dundee
Angela M. Christiano
Angela M. Christiano Columbia University
Jakub Tolar
Jakub Tolar University of Minnesota
Mei Chen
Mei Chen University of Southern California
Hiroshi Shimizu
Hiroshi Shimizu Hokkaido University
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman
Leena Bruckner-Tuderman University of Freiburg

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