Antibodies against desmoglein 3 (pemphigus vulgaris antigen) are present in sera from patients with paraneoplastic pemphigus and cause acantholysis in vivo in neonatal mice

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 775-782

  Amagai, Masayuki ^a   Nishikawa, Takeji ^a   Nousari, Hossein C ^b   Anhalt, Grant J ^b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cadherin; Desmosomes; ELISA; Neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLISTER; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032528878     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI3647     Document Type: Article

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