"Desmoplakins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Desmoplakins are cytoskeletal linker proteins that anchor INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS to the PLASMA MEMBRANE at DESMOSOMES.
| Descriptor ID |
D051180
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.220.790.500
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmoplakins" by people in Profiles.
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Nguyen VT, Ndoye A, Bassler KD, Shultz LD, Shields MC, Ruben BS, Webber RJ, Pittelkow MR, Lynch PJ, Grando SA. Classification, clinical manifestations, and immunopathological mechanisms of the epithelial variant of paraneoplastic autoimmune multiorgan syndrome: a reappraisal of paraneoplastic pemphigus. Arch Dermatol. 2001 Feb; 137(2):193-206.
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Vu TN, Lee TX, Ndoye A, Shultz LD, Pittelkow MR, Dahl MV, Lynch PJ, Grando SA. The pathophysiological significance of nondesmoglein targets of pemphigus autoimmunity. Development of antibodies against keratinocyte cholinergic receptors in patients with pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus. Arch Dermatol. 1998 Aug; 134(8):971-80.