The hemidesmosomal plaque

Growth of cultured human epidermal cells into multiple epithelia suitable for grafting.

1979 • 1,248 citations

Tumor diagnosis by intermediate filament typing: a novel tool for surgical pathology.

1983 • 863 citations

Characterization of bullous pemphigoid antigen: A unique basement membrane protein of stratified squamous epithelia

1981 • 639 citations

Diversity of cytokeratins

1981 • 611 citations

Molecular heterogeneity of the bullous pemphigoid antigens as detected by immunoblotting.

1986 • 521 citations

Plakoglobin: A protein common to different kinds of intercellular adhering junctions

1986 • 508 citations

Morphoregulatory molecules

1988 • 460 citations

FINE STRUCTURE OF DESMOSOMES, HEMIDESMOSOMES, AND AN ADEPIDERMAL GLOBULAR LAYER IN DEVELOPING NEWT EPIDERMIS

1966 • 450 citations

Skin regenerated from cultured epithelial autografts on full-thickness burn wounds from 6 days to 5 years after grafting. A light, electron microscopic and immunohistochemical study.

1989 • 424 citations

Differentiation-related Patterns of Expression of Proteins of Intermediate-size Filaments in Tissues and Cultured Cells

1982 • 419 citations

Isolation of complementary DNA for bullous pemphigoid antigen by use of patients' autoantibodies.

1988 • 369 citations

Intermediate-sized filaments of the prekeratin type in myoepithelial cells.

1980 • 328 citations

Identification of desmoglein, a constitutive desmosomal glycoprotein, as a member of the cadherin family of cell adhesion molecules.

1990 • 327 citations

Desmosomes and Hemidesmosomes: Constitutive Molecular Components

1990 • 280 citations

Structure of the human desmoplakins. Implications for function in the desmosomal plaque.

1990 • 275 citations

A Pool of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen(s) Is Intracellular and Associated with the Basal Cell Cytoskeleton-Hemidesmosome Complex

1985 • 250 citations

[34] Separation of cytokeratin polypeptides by gel electrophoretic and chromatographic techniques and their identification by immunoblotting

1986 • 249 citations

Biochemical and immunological characterization of desmoplakins I and II, the major polypeptides of the desmosomal plaque

1983 • 243 citations

Cytoskeletal components of lymphoid organs

1987 • 234 citations

A 230-kD Basic Protein Is the Major Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen

1989 • 232 citations

Changes in membrane-microfilament interaction in intercellular adherens junctions upon removal of extracellular Ca2+ ions.

1986 • 225 citations

Isolation of the intercellular glycoproteins of desmosomes.

1981 • 211 citations

Dispase, a Neutral Protease From Bacillus Polymyxa, Is a Powerful Fibronectinase and Type IV Collagenase

1989 • 211 citations

Identification and Partial Characterization of Pemphigoid Antigen Extracted from Normal Human Skin

1984 • 197 citations

Kinetics of desmosome assembly in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells: temporal and spatial regulation of desmoplakin organization and stabilization upon cell-cell contact. II. Morphological analysis.

1988 • 194 citations

The complement of desmosomal plaque proteins in different cell types.

1985 • 191 citations

Monoclonal antibody GB3, a new probe for the study of human basement membranes and hemidesmosomes

1987 • 185 citations

Antibodies to High Molecular Weight Polypeptides of Desmosomes: Specific Localization of a Class of Junctional Proteins in Cells and Tissues

1981 • 181 citations

Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen Localization Suggests an Intracellular Association with Hemidesmosomes

1985 • 178 citations

Desmosomal proteins: new markers for identification and classification of tumors.

1986 • 174 citations

Desmoplakins of Epithelial and Myocardial Desmosomes are Immunologically and Biochemically Related

1982 • 163 citations

Attachment of vimentin filaments to desmosomal plaques in human meningiomal cells and arachnoidal tissue.

1984 • 161 citations

Antibodies to epithelial desmosomes show wide tissue and species cross-reactivity

1983 • 160 citations

Hemidesmosome formation in vitro.

1983 • 154 citations

Immunochemical characterization of three components of the hemidesmosome and their expression in cultured epithelial cells.

1989 • 152 citations

Different modes of internalization of proteins associated with adhaerens junctions and desmosomes: experimental separation of lateral contacts induces endocytosis of desmosomal plaque material.

1982 • 146 citations

Tissue type-specific expression of intermediate filament proteins in a cultured epithelial cell line from bovine mammary gland

1983 • 145 citations

Production of Rabbit Antibodies Against Carboxy-Terminal Epitopes Encoded by Bullous Pemphigoid cDNA

1990 • 144 citations

Low level expression of cytokeratins 8, 18 and 19 in vascular smooth muscle cells of human umbilical cord and in cultured cells derived therefrom, with an analysis of the chromosomal locus containing the cytokeratin 19 gene.

1988 • 141 citations

Organization of desmosomal plaque proteins in cells growing at low calcium concentrations.

1988 • 133 citations

Regulation of desmosome assembly in epithelial cells: kinetics of synthesis, transport, and stabilization of desmoglein I, a major protein of the membrane core domain.

1989 • 130 citations

Ultrastructural comparison of the interface between epithelium and stroma in basal cell carcinoma and control human skin.

1976 • 129 citations

Specific epidermal protein markers are modulated during calcium-induced terminal differentiation.

1983 • 120 citations

Kinetics of desmosome assembly in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells: temporal and spatial regulation of desmoplakin organization and stabilization upon cell-cell contact. I. Biochemical analysis.

1988 • 119 citations

Antidesmosomal monoclonal antibody in the diagnosis of intracranial tumours

1987 • 119 citations

Specific attachment of desmin filaments to desmosomal plaques in cardiac myocytes.

1983 • 118 citations

Heterogenous Bullous Pemphigoid Antibodies: Detection and Characterization by Immunoblotting When Absent by Indirect Immunofluorescence

1989 • 111 citations

Isolation and characterization of hemidesmosomes from bovine corneal epithelial cells

1991 • 108 citations

Intermediate (skeletin) filaments in heart Purkinje fibers. A correlative morphological and biochemical identification with evidence of a cytoskeletal function.

1979 • 105 citations

Splitting and internalization of the desmosomes of cultured kidney epithelial cells by reduction in calcium concentration

1986 • 104 citations

Intermediate filament cytoskeleton of amnion epithelium and cultured amnion epithelial cells: expression of epidermal cytokeratins in cells of a simple epithelium.

1985 • 103 citations

Immunocytochemical identification of epithelium-derived human tumors with antibodies to desmosomal plaque proteins.

1983 • 101 citations

Localization of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen (BPA) in Isolated Human Keratinocytes

1985 • 98 citations

A constitutive transmembrane glycoprotein of Mr 165,000 (desmoglein) in epidermal and non-epidermal desmosomes. II. Immunolocalization and microinjection studies.

1986 • 97 citations

A constitutive transmembrane glycoprotein of Mr 165,000 (desmoglein) in epidermal and non-epidermal desmosomes. I. Biochemical identification of the polypeptide.

1986 • 96 citations

The Epidermal Cell which Selectively Adheres to a Collagen Substrate is the Basal Cell

1980 • 95 citations

Calcium-induced desmosome formation in cultured kidney epithelial cells

1986 • 88 citations

Localisation of the protein and glycoprotein components of bovine nasal epithelial desmosomes by immunoelectron microscopy.

1987 • 87 citations

A specific antigenic defect of the basement membrane is found in basal cell carcinoma but not in other epidermal tumors

1982 • 83 citations

Structure and assembly of desmosome junctions: biosynthesis and turnover of the major desmosome components of Madin-Darby canine kidney cells in low calcium medium.

1987 • 81 citations

Cytoskeletons of retinal pigment epithelial cells: Interspecies differences of expression patterns indicate independence of cell function from the specific complement of cytoskeletal proteins

1988 • 79 citations

Anchoring filaments of the amphibian epidermal-dermal junction traverse the basal lamina entirely from the plasma membrane of hemidesmosomes to the dermis

1984 • 76 citations

Biochemical characterization of desmosomal proteins isolated from bovine muzzle epidermis: amino acid and carbohydrate composition.

1985 • 74 citations

On the Molecular Organization, Diversity and Functions of Desmosomal Proteins

2007 • 72 citations

Monoclonal antibody to desmosomal glycoprotein 1—A new epithelial marker for diagnostic pathology

1987 • 66 citations

Structure and assembly of desmosome junctions: biosynthesis, processing, and transport of the major protein and glycoprotein components in cultured epithelial cells.

1987 • 62 citations

Cell Junctions and Their Development

1974 • 61 citations

Detection of Pemphigoid Antigen, Pemphigus Antigen, and Keratin Filaments by Indirect Immunofluorescence in Cultured Human Epidermal Cells

1980 • 61 citations

Mouse antisera specific for desmosomal adhesion molecules of suprabasal skin cells, meninges, and meningioma.

1986 • 59 citations

Immunohistochemical Localization of Basement Membrane Components During Hair Follicle Morphogenesis

1984 • 59 citations

Intermediate Filament and Associated Proteins in Heart Purkinje Fibers: A Membrane‐Myofibril Anchored Cytoskeletal System^a

1985 • 59 citations

The Desmosomal Plaque and the Cytoskeleton

2007 • 54 citations

Is the hemidesmosome a half desmosome? An immunological comparison of mammalian desmosomes and hemidesmosomes

1986 • 49 citations

Bullous Pemphigoid and Cicatricial Pemphigoid: Immunoblotting Detection of Involved Autoantigens

1989 • 49 citations

Role of calcium and calmodulin in hemidesmosome formation in vitro.

1984 • 48 citations

Cytoskeletal Proteins in Tumor Diagnosis

1989 • 48 citations

An epithelial cell line with elongated myoid morphology derived from bovine mammary gland

1983 • 45 citations

Hemidesmosomes of normal and regenerating mouse corneal epithelium

1982 • 44 citations

Hemidesmosomes, Collagen VII, and Intermediate Filaments in Basal Cell Carcinoma

1989 • 44 citations

The hemidesmosome: New fine structural features revealed by freeze-fracture techniques

1976 • 38 citations

Expression of Pemphigoid Antigen by SV40-Transformed Human Keratinocytes

1986 • 34 citations

The Use of Human Pemphigoid Autoantibodies to Study the Fate of Epidermal Basal Cell Hemidesmosomes After Trypsin Dissociation

1985 • 34 citations

Cytokeratin filaments and desmonsomes in the epithelioid cells of the perineurial and arachnoidal sheaths of some vertebrate species

1989 • 32 citations

Hemidesmosome-like intercellular specializations in human meningiomas

1978 • 26 citations

The assembly of the major desmosome glycoproteins of Madin‐Darby canine kidney cells

1989 • 25 citations

Pemphigus and Pemphigoid Antigens Are Expressed in Human Amnion Epithelium

1984 • 22 citations

Cell population kinetics in hairless mouse epidermis following a single topical application of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate II

1982 • 19 citations

Dual secretory and myoepithelial differentiation in the transplantable R3230AC rat mammary carcinoma

1988 • 12 citations

Distribution of pemphigus and pemphigoid antigens, laminin, and type IV collagen in corneal epithelium.

1981 • 11 citations

Characterization of Bullous Pemphigoid Antigen Synthesized by Cultured Human Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cell

1989 • 9 citations

Desmosomal Plaque Proteins Are Preserved in All Grades of Breast Cancer

1988 • 8 citations

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1989 • 3 citations

Production of hemidesmosome-specific monoclonal antibody: Its application for the diagnosis of oral squamous cell carcinoma.

1990 • 2 citations