The tryptic cleavage product of the mature form of the bovine desmoglein 1 ectodomain is one of the antigen moieties immunoprecipitated by all sera from symptomatic patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-366

  Abréu Vélez, Ana María ^a   Javier Patiño, Pablo ^b   Montoya, Fernando ^b   Bollag, Wendy B ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Desmogleins; Desmosomes; Palmo plantar keratoderma; Pemphigus; Plectins

Indexed keywords

ANAZOLENE SODIUM; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CONCANAVALIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; ENVOPLAKIN; EPITOPE; KERATIN; PERIPLAKIN; PROTEIN A; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CATTLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SILVER STAINING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CADHERINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; DESMOGLEIN 1; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; PEMPHIGUS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PRECIPITIN TESTS;

EID: 0042160183     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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