Pemphigus: A complex T cell-dependent autoimmune disorder leading to acantholysis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Veldman, Christian ^a   Feliciani, Claudio ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acantholysis; Autoimmunity; Pemphigus; Skin; T cells

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ARGININE; CALMODULIN; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LEUCINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN SERINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ACANTHOLYSIS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SKIN EPITHELIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACANTHOLYSIS; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLISTER; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; PEMPHIGUS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 49349087524     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-007-8045-y     Document Type: Review

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