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- which auto-antibodies target desmogleins. PV is caused by circulating autoantibodies (IgG) that target Dsg3 (Desmoglein 3) and sometimes Dsg1. PV is manifested...
- desmosomes that join cells to one another. Desmogleins are targeted in the autoimmune disease pemphigus. Desmoglein proteins are a type of cadherin, which...
- in the skin known as desmogleins. These proteins form the glue that keeps skin cells attached and the skin intact. When desmogleins are attacked, skin cells...
- Desmoglein-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DSG1 gene. Desmoglein-1 is expressed everywhere in the skin epidermis, but mainly it is expressed...
- via attachment points called desmosomes. When autoantibodies attack desmogleins, the cells become separated from each other and the epidermis becomes...
- junctions between epithelial, myocardial, and certain other cell types. Desmogleins and desmocollins connect extracellularly via homophilic and heterophilic...
- pemphigus vulgaris antigen is, like the genes coding for the other two known desmogleins, ****igned to chromosome 18". Human Genetics. 89 (3): 347–50. doi:10.1007/bf00220557...
- desmogleins to link adjacent cells by extracellular adhesion. There are seven desmosomal cadherins in humans, three desmocollins and four desmogleins...
- cadherin family like desmocollins and desmogleins. Patients with pemphigus have antibodies targeting their desmoglein proteins, triggering the immune system...
- adhesions, as they both attach cells to the extracellular matrix. Instead of desmogleins and desmocollins in the extracellular space, hemidesmosomes utilize integrins...