In the face of so many similarities between CTCL and AD, evaluation of expression of genes encoding the cornified envelope (CE) proteins such as the late cornified envelope-like proline-rich protein-1 (LELP-1), small proline-rich proteins (SPRR1A, SPRR1B, SPRR3), repetin (RPTN), cornulin (CRNN), hornerin (HRNR), loricrin (LOR) and filaggrin (FLG, FLG2) might provide accurate information and findings to differentiate those diseases and determine their relation to the course and development of both diseases. This evidence concerns the gene RPTN and primary cutaneous T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma.