The desmosome and pemphigus

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-54

  Waschke, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Desmoglein compensation; Desmogleins; Desmosomes; Pemphigus; Steric hindrance

Indexed keywords

ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEIN; AUTOANTIBODY; BACTERIAL TOXIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CADHERIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CAPTOPRIL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLAKIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RITUXIMAB;

APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DESMOSOME; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KERATINOCYTE; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOMA; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN DEFECT;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; ARMADILLO DOMAIN PROTEINS; CADHERINS; DESMOSOMES; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; KERATINOCYTES; PEMPHIGUS; PLAKINS;

ARMADILLO; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 44449092953     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-008-0420-0     Document Type: Review

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