Autoimmune and infectious skin diseases that target desmogleins

Desmosomes are intercellular adhesive junctions of epithelial cells that contain two major transmembrane components, the desmogleins (Dsg) and desmocollins (Dsc), which are cadherin-type cell–cell adhesion molecules and are anchored to intermediate filaments of keratin through interactions with plak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: AMAGAI, Masayuki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Japan Academy 2010
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108298/