Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Foliaceus Sera Show an Inversely Graded Binding Pattern to Extracellular Regions of Desmosomes in Different Layers of Human Epidermis

Autoantibodies against a novel epithelial cadherin in pemphigus vulgaris, a disease of cell adhesion

1991 • 1,014 citations

An evaluation of confocal versus conventional imaging of biological structures by fluorescence light microscopy.

1987 • 850 citations

Affinity purification of antibodies from diazotized paper blots of heterogeneous protein samples.

1981 • 815 citations

Immunochemistry on ultrathin frozen sections

1980 • 755 citations

Identification, developmental regulation, and response to heat shock of two antigenically related forms of a major nuclear envelope protein in Drosophila embryos: application of an improved method for affinity purification of antibodies using polypeptides immobilized on nitrocellulose blots

1984 • 668 citations

Autoantibodies against the amino-terminal cadherin-like binding domain of pemphigus vulgaris antigen are pathogenic.

1992 • 337 citations

Absorption of pathogenic autoantibodies by the extracellular domain of pemphigus vulgaris antigen (Dsg3) produced by baculovirus.

1994 • 320 citations

Demonstration of an Adhering-Junction Molecule (Plakoglobin) in the Autoantigens of Pemphigus Foliaceus and Pemphigus Vulgaris

1989 • 280 citations

Detection of Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Foliaceus Antigens by Immunoblot Analysis Using Different Antigen Sources

1990 • 264 citations

Human autoantibodies against a desmosomal core protein in pemphigus foliaceus.

1984 • 211 citations

Pemphigus Antibodies Identify a Cell Surface Glycoprotein Synthesized by Human and Mouse Keratinocytes

1982 • 209 citations

Identification of pemphigus vulgaris antigen extracted from normal human epidermis and comparison with pemphigus foliaceus antigen.

1988 • 200 citations

Human autoantibodies against the 230-kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG1) bind only to the intracellular domain of the hemidesmosome, whereas those against the 180-kD bullous pemphigoid antigen (BPAG2) bind along the plasma membrane of the hemidesmosome in normal human and swine skin.

1993 • 176 citations

A monoclonal antibody to the desmosomal glycoprotein desmoglein I binds the same polypeptide as human autoantibodies in pemphigus foliaceus.

1986 • 149 citations

Ultrastructural Localization of Pemphigus Autoantibodies within the Epidermis

1971 • 128 citations

Antidesmosomal monoclonal antibody in the diagnosis of intracranial tumours

1987 • 119 citations

Demonstration of intra- and extracellular localization of bullous pemphigoid antigen using cryofixation and freeze substitution for postembedding immunoelectron microscopy

1989 • 116 citations

Pemphigus vulgaris antigen, a desmoglein type of cadherin, is localized within keratinocyte desmosomes

1993 • 116 citations

Experimentally Induced Pemphigus Vulgaris in Neonatal BALB/c Mice: A Time-Course Study of Clinical, Immunologic, Ultrastructural, and Cytochemical Changes

1985 • 95 citations

Further analysis of pemphigus autoantibodies and their use in studies on the heterogeneity, structure, and function of desmosomes.

1986 • 93 citations

Comparison of antifading agents used in immunofluorescence

1989 • 86 citations

Immunomorphologic and Biochemical Identification of the Pemphigus Foliaceous Autoantigen Within Desmosomes

1992 • 76 citations

Human autoantibodies against desmosomes: possible causative factors in pemphigus.

1984 • 70 citations

Subclass Reactivity of Pemphigus Foliaceus Autoantibodies with Recombinant Human Desmoglein

1993 • 59 citations

A cell surface desmosome-associated component: identification of tissue-specific cell adhesion molecule.

1986 • 57 citations

The use of silver-enhanced 1-nm gold probes for light and electron microscopic localization of intra- and extracellular antigens in skin.

1992 • 53 citations

Characterization of Pemphigus Foliaceus Antigen from Human Epidermis

1990 • 45 citations

Ultrastructural Studies of Acantholysis Induced In Vivo by Passive Transfer of IgG from Endemic Pemphigus Foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem)

1989 • 43 citations

South American pemphigus foliaceus: electron microscopy and immunoelectron localization of bound immunoglobulin in the skin and oral mucosa

1980 • 39 citations

In vivo binding site of pemphigus vulgaris antibodies and their fate during acantholysis

1989 • 39 citations

The Extracellular Aminoterminal Domain of Bovine Desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) Is Recognized Only by Certain Pemphigus Foliaceus Sera, Whereas Its Intracellular Domain Is Recognized by Both Pemphigus Vulgaris and Pemphigus Foliaceus Sera

1994 • 32 citations

A comparative immunoelectron microscopic study of typical and atypical cases of pemphigoid

1988 • 31 citations

Ultrastructural localization of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus antigens in cultured human squamous carcinoma cells

1991 • 25 citations

Surface Distribution of Pemphigus Antibody-Binding Substance(s) on Isolated Guinea Pig Epidermal Cells. An Immunoferritin Electron Microscopic Study

1978 • 24 citations

Demonstration of desmosomal antigens by electron microscopy using cryofixed and cryosubstituted skin with silver-enhanced gold probe.

1994 • 24 citations

Ultrastructural localization of in vivo bound immunoglobulin in epidermis of Brazilian pemphigus foliaceus (fogo selvagem)

1977 • 18 citations

Human monoclonal anti-basement membrane zone antibodies derived from virally transformed lymphocytes of a patient with bullous pemphigoid recognize epitopes associated with hemidesmosomes

1991 • 14 citations

Effect of resin use in the post-embedding procedure on immunoelectron microscopy of membranous antigens, with special reference to sensitivity.

1990 • 12 citations

Application of an image analyzer to gold labeling in immunoelectron microscopy to achieve better demonstration and quantitative analysis.

1993 • 8 citations