Expression of the FGFR2c mesenchymal splicing variant in human keratinocytes inhibits differentiation and promotes invasion [PDF]
, 2018 The altered isoform switching of the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) and aberrant expression of the mesenchymal FGFR2c isoform in epithelial cells is involved in cancer progression.
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Involvement of Nail Apparatus in Pemphigus Vulgaris in Ethnic Poles Is Infrequent
Frontiers in Medicine, 2018 Pemphigus vulgaris lesions have a tendency to localize around natural body orifices. The aim here was to analyze the involvement of nail apparatus in pemphigus vulgaris.
Pawel Pietkiewicz +4 more
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Bullous pemphigoid associated with milia, increased serum IgE, autoantibodies against desmogleins, and refractory treatment in a young patient [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2017 : Bullous pemphigoid is a blistering autoimmune disease characterized by two hemidesmosomal proteins (anti-BP180 and 230). Pemphigus, by contrast, is characterized by two autoantibodies (anti-desmoglein 1 and 3).
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus: insight into the autoimmune pathogenesis, clinical features and therapy [PDF]
, 2017 Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a rare autoimmune skin disease that is always associated with a neoplasm. Usually, oral, skin, and mucosal lesions are the earliest manifestations shown by paraneoplastic pemphigus patients.
Andrea Ciofalo +21 more
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A global perspective of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. [PDF]
, 2012 Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a progressive inherited heart disease characterized by ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death especially in the young. ARVC has been traditionally associated with the Mediterranean basin,
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 BackgroundPemphigus is a group of autoimmune blistering diseases including Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) and Pemphigus foliaceus (PF). These conditions exhibit lesions with mucosal or mucocutaneous (PV) or cutaneous (PF) morphology, as framed by the Desmoglein
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Factors associated with non-pathogenic antibodies against desmoglein-3 in pemphigus foliaceus [PDF]
Anais Brasileiros de DermatologiaBackground Anti-desmoglein (Dsg)1 is produced in pemphigus foliaceus (PF), affecting exclusively the skin. Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) shows the production of anti-Dsg3 in the mucosal form, and anti-Dsg1 and 3 in the mucocutaneous form.
Sebastian Vernal +5 more
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Detection of anti-desmoglein antibodies in oral lichen planus: What do we know so far
Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 Oral lichen planus (OLP) is an inflammatory disease of the oral mucosa. Clinically, two main subsets are described, namely non-erosive and erosive OLP. While non-erosive OLP is usually responsive to local therapies, erosive OLP is often refractory also ...
Dario Didona, Michael Hertl
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The many faces of Aire in central tolerance
Frontiers in Immunology, 2013 Although the role that Autoimmune Regulator (Aire) plays in the induction of central tolerance is well known, the precise cellular and molecular mechanisms are still unclear and debated.
Martti eLaan, Pärt ePeterson
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A Recurrent Intragenic Deletion in the Desmoglein 4 Gene Underlies Localized Autosomal Recessive Hypotrichosis [PDF]
, 1996 6 páginas, 2 figuras.A newly defined form of inherited hair loss, named localized autosomal recessive hypotrichosis (LAH, OMIM 607903), was recently described in the literature (Kljuic et al. 2003a; Rafique et al.
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