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Paraneoplastic pemphigus: a clinical, laboratorial, and therapeutic overview [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2019
: Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a rare and severe autoimmune blistering disease characterized by mucocutaneous lesions associated with benign and malignant neoplasms.
Celina Wakisaka Maruta, Denise Miyamoto, Valeria Aoki, Ricardo Gomes Ribeiro de Carvalho, Breno Medeiros Cunha, Claudia Giuli Santi   +5 more
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Structure of the human desmoplakins. Implications for function in the desmosomal plaque.

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1990
Desmoplakins (DPs) I and II are two major related proteins located in the innermost portion of the desmosomal plaque where it is thought they may play a role in attaching intermediate filaments (IF) to the cell surface.
Kathleen Green, P M Steinert, D A Parry
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Autoantibodies against Components of Sensory Nerve Formations in the Intervertebral Disks and Adjacent Structures are Antigens Recognized by the Sera from Patients Affected by a New Variant of Endemic Pemphigus in El Bagre, Colombia [PDF]

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual
Introduction: Patients affected by a new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus in El Bagre, Colombia have autoantibodies directed against different proteins in the skin and internal organs.
Ana Maria Abreu-Velez, Jorge Mario Velez Arango, Yulieth Alexandra Upegui Zapata, Adriana Milena Olarte Aponte, Melisa Naranjo Vanegas, Ivan Naranjo Vanegas, Jose Antonio Vega, Takashi Hashimoto, Michael S Howard   +8 more
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Post translational Modifications and Protein-Protein Interactome of Endemic Pemphigus in El Bagre, Colombia: A New Variant Analysis [PDF]

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual
Background: A new variant of endemic pemphigus foliaceus, El Bagre-EPF, is an orphan autoimmune disease occurring in El Bagre and neighboring municipalities in Colombia, South America.
Ana Maria Abreu Velez, Mariana Ramirez-Posada, Michael S Howard   +2 more
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New insights into desmosome regulation and pemphigus blistering as a desmosome-remodeling disease

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2013
Desmosomes in keratinocytes are the most important intercellular adhering junctions that provide structural strength for the epidermis. These junctions are connected directly with desmosomal cadherin proteins.
Yasuo Kitajima
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Human autoantibodies against desmoplakins in paraneoplastic pemphigus.

Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1992
R S Labib, Grant J Anhalt, E J O'Keefe
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Impaired Trafficking of the Desmoplakins in Cultured Darier's Disease Keratinocytes

Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 2003
Alain Hovnanian, Susan Burge
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Isolation of cDNAs encoding desmosomal plaque proteins: evidence that bovine desmoplakins I and II are derived from two mRNAs and a single gene.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1988
Kathleen Green, Rex L Chisholm, Robert Goldman   +2 more
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Analysis of the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate

Clinics, 2011
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the reactivity of indirect immunofluorescence using rat bladder epithelium as a substrate in patients with pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris from the Department of Dermatology, University of São Paulo Medical School ...
Damaris G. Ortolan, Danielle P. G. Souza, Valéria Aoki, Claudia G. Santi, Tatiana V. B. Gabbi, Ligia M. F. Ichimura, Celina W. Maruta   +6 more
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Paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018
Background Paraneoplastic pemphigus is a rare multiorgan disease of autoimmune causes, usually triggered by neoplasias, mainly of lymphoproliferative origin, such as leukemia and lymphoma.
Richard Lucas Konichi-Dias, Aline Fernanda Ramos, Mauricio Eiji de Almeida Santos Yamashita, Cristiane Botelho Miranda Cárcano   +3 more
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