Binding of pemphigus vulgaris IgG to antigens in desmosome core domains excludes immune complexes rather than directly splitting desmosomes

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1049-1055

  Aoyama, Y ^a   Nagai, M ^b   Kitajima, Y ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desmogleins; Desmosome; Immunoelectron microscopy; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOPLAKIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; EPIDERMIS CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KERATINOCYTE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KERATINOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PEMPHIGUS;

EID: 77951243214     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09672.x     Document Type: Article

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