"Desmoplakins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmoplakins" by people in Profiles.
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Alterations in desmosomal adhesion at protein and ultrastructure levels during the sequential progressive grades of human oral tumorigenesis. Eur J Oral Sci. 2018 08; 126(4):251-262.
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Compound heterozygous mutations in desmoplakin associated with skin fragility, follicular hyperkeratosis, alopecia, and nail dystrophy. Pediatr Dermatol. 2018 Jul; 35(4):e218-e220.
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Establishment of 3D Co-Culture Models from Different Stages of Human Tongue Tumorigenesis: Utility in Understanding Neoplastic Progression. PLoS One. 2016; 11(8):e0160615.
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Isolation of the non-glycosylated proteins of desmosomes and immunolocalization of a third plaque protein: desmoplakin III. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1985 Feb; 82(3):810-4.