Desmosomal cadherins and signaling: Lessons from autoimmune disease

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-84

  Spindler, Volker ^a   Waschke, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Cadherins; Cell adhesion; Desmogleins; Desmosomes; Pemphigus; Signaling

Indexed keywords

DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 3; DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; PEMPHIGUS ANTIBODY;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL ANCHORAGE; CYTOSKELETON; DESMOSOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INTERNALIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DESMOGLEINS; DESMOSOMAL CADHERINS; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PEMPHIGUS; PROTEIN KINASE C; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896990480     PISSN: 15419061     EISSN: 15435180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419061.2013.877000     Document Type: Review

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