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ST18 affects cell–cell adhesion in pemphigus vulgaris in a tumour necrosis factor‐α‐dependent fashion*
18 Nov 2020
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a life-threatening mucocutaneous autoimmune blistering disease. We previously showed that genetic variants within the ST18 gene promoter area confer a sixfold increase in the propensity to develop PV. ST18, a transcription factor, was found to be overexpressed in the epidermis of patients with PV. In addition, it was found to promote autoantibody-mediated abnormal epidermal...
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