Signaling dependent and independent mechanisms in pemphigus vulgaris blister formation.

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is an autoimmune epidermal blistering disease caused by autoantibodies directed against the desmosomal cadherin desmoglein-3 (Dsg3). Significant advances in our understanding of pemphigus pathomechanisms have been derived from the generation of pathogenic monoclonal Dsg3 anti...

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Main Authors: Masataka Saito, Sara N Stahley, Christopher Y Caughman, Xuming Mao, Dana K Tucker, Aimee S Payne, Masayuki Amagai, Andrew P Kowalczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3513318?pdf=render