Toxin in bullous impetigo and staphylococcal scalded-skin syndrome targets desmoglein 1

Nature Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1275-1277

  Amagai, M ^a   Matsuyoshi, N ^b   Wang, Z H ^b   Andl, C ^b   Stanley, J R ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN; EXFOLIATIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS ALPHA TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMPETIGO BULLOSA; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXFOLIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC EPIDERMAL NECROLYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOPLAKINS; DESMOSOMES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXFOLIATINS; HUMANS; IMPETIGO; MICE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SCALDED SKIN SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; PEMPHIGUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033710565     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/81385     Document Type: Article

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