Cleavage of desmoglein 3 can explain its depletion from keratinocytes in pemphigus vulgaris

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 858-863

  Cirillo, Nicola ^a   Campisi, Giuseppina ^b   Gombos, Fernando ^a   Perillo, Letizia ^a   Femiano, Felice ^a   Lanza, Alessandro ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Desmoglein 3; Keratinocytes; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; PLAKOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; KERATINOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOPLAKINS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 51949092571     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2008.00719.x     Document Type: Article

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