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M Amagai

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1 Adhesion of epidermal Langerhans cells to keratinocytes mediated by E-cadherin. Nature 1993 2.68
2 Characterization of autoantibodies in pemphigus using antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with baculovirus-expressed recombinant desmogleins. J Immunol 1997 2.31
3 Pemphigus: is there another half of the story? J Invest Dermatol 2001 2.22
4 Desmoglein 3-ELISA: a pemphigus vulgaris-specific diagnostic tool. Arch Dermatol 1999 2.19
5 Monitoring of methyl jasmonate-responsive genes in Arabidopsis by cDNA macroarray: self-activation of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and crosstalk with other phytohormone signaling pathways. DNA Res 2001 1.92
6 Explanations for the clinical and microscopic localization of lesions in pemphigus foliaceus and vulgaris. J Clin Invest 1999 1.87
7 Development of chimeric molecules for recognition and targeting of antigen-specific B cells in pemphigus vulgaris. Br J Dermatol 2000 1.45
8 Herpetiform pemphigus showing reactivity with pemphigus vulgaris antigen (desmoglein 3) Br J Dermatol 1997 1.44
9 The new pemphigus variants. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999 1.44
10 Protection against pemphigus foliaceus by desmoglein 3 in neonates. N Engl J Med 2000 1.43
11 Dominant autoimmune epitopes recognized by pemphigus antibodies map to the N-terminal adhesive region of desmogleins. J Immunol 2001 1.31
12 Lack of mucosal involvement in pemphigus foliaceus may be due to low expression of desmoglein 1. J Invest Dermatol 1998 1.28
13 Paraneoplastic pemphigus associated with Castleman tumor, myasthenia gravis and bronchiolitis obliterans. J Am Acad Dermatol 1999 1.23
14 Human leukocyte antigen in Sweet's syndrome and its relationship to Behçet's disease. Arch Dermatol 1988 1.21
15 Paraneoplastic pemphigus: an association with fludarabine? Br J Dermatol 2001 1.21
16 Are desmoglein autoantibodies essential for the immunopathogenesis of pemphigus vulgaris, or just "witnesses of disease"? Exp Dermatol 2006 1.13
17 Use of domain-swapped molecules for conformational epitope mapping of desmoglein 3 in pemphigus vulgaris. J Invest Dermatol 2000 1.11
18 Further analyses of epitopes for human monoclonal anti-basement membrane zone antibodies produced by stable human hybridoma cell lines constructed with Epstein-Barr virus transformants. J Invest Dermatol 1993 1.11
19 Human desmocollin 1 (Dsc1) is an autoantigen for the subcorneal pustular dermatosis type of IgA pemphigus. J Invest Dermatol 1997 1.09
20 Monitoring disease activity in pemphigus with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant desmogleins 1 and 3. Br J Dermatol 2002 1.07
21 Pemphigus vulgaris antigen, a desmoglein type of cadherin, is localized within keratinocyte desmosomes. J Cell Biol 1993 1.04
22 Induction of keratinocyte IL-8 expression and secretion by IgG autoantibodies as a novel mechanism of epidermal neutrophil recruitment in a pemphigus variant. Clin Exp Immunol 2000 1.03
23 Development of pemphigus vulgaris in a patient with pemphigus foliaceus: antidesmoglein antibody profile shift confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000 1.01
24 Cutaneous pemphigus vulgaris with skin features similar to the classic mucocutaneous type: a case report and review of the literature. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008 0.99
25 Late development of antidesmoglein 1 antibodies in pemphigus vulgaris: correlation with disease progression. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.99
26 Dissociation of intra- and extracellular domains of desmosomal cadherins and E-cadherin in Hailey-Hailey disease and Darier's disease. Br J Dermatol 2000 0.99
27 Predominant IgG4 subclass in autoantibodies of pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus. J Dermatol Sci 2001 0.98
28 Characterization of paraneoplastic pemphigus autoantigens by immunoblot analysis. J Invest Dermatol 1995 0.98
29 Phosphatidylcholine-specific phospholipase C, but not phospholipase D, is involved in pemphigus IgG-induced signal transduction. Arch Dermatol Res 1999 0.96
30 Compositionally different desmosomes in the various compartments of the human hair follicle. Differentiation 1998 0.95
31 Recognition of desmoglein 3 by autoreactive T cells in pemphigus vulgaris patients and normals. J Invest Dermatol 1998 0.94
32 Desmoyokin, a 680 kDa keratinocyte plasma membrane-associated protein, is homologous to the protein encoded by human gene AHNAK. J Cell Sci 1993 0.94
33 Detection of antigen-specific B cells in patients with pemphigus vulgaris by enzyme-linked immunospot assay: requirement of T cell collaboration for autoantibody production. J Invest Dermatol 2000 0.94
34 Thymoma with pemphigus foliaceus. Intern Med 2000 0.93
35 Desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 are the target autoantigens in herpetiform pemphigus. Arch Dermatol 1999 0.93
36 Pemphigus foliaceus with prominent neutrophilic pustules. Br J Dermatol 2001 0.92
37 The majority of bullous pemphigoid and herpes gestationis serum samples react with the NC16a domain of the 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen. Arch Dermatol Res 1996 0.92
38 Localization of the human AHNAK/desmoyokin gene (AHNAK) to chromosome band 11q12 by somatic cell hybrid analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1995 0.91
39 Anti-desmoglein IgG autoantibodies in patients with pemphigus in remission. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008 0.91
40 Human autoantibodies against HD1/plectin in paraneoplastic pemphigus. J Invest Dermatol 1999 0.90
41 Rapid response of IgA pemphigus of subcorneal pustular dermatosis type to treatment with isotretinoin. J Am Acad Dermatol 2000 0.90
42 Different effects of dominant negative mutants of desmocollin and desmoglein on the cell-cell adhesion of keratinocytes. J Cell Sci 2000 0.89
43 Immunofluorescence and immunoblot studies on the reactivity of pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceus sera with desmoglein 3 and desmoglein 1. Epithelial Cell Biol 1995 0.87
44 Heterogeneous MHC II restriction pattern of autoreactive desmoglein 3 specific T cell responses in pemphigus vulgaris patients and normals. J Invest Dermatol 1998 0.86
45 C-Terminus of desmoyokin/AHNAK protein is responsible for its translocation between the nucleus and cytoplasm. J Invest Dermatol 2000 0.86
46 The detection of IgG and IgA autoantibodies to desmocollins 1-3 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using baculovirus-expressed proteins, in atypical pemphigus but not in typical pemphigus. Br J Dermatol 2004 0.86
47 Identification of desmoglein 1 as autoantigen in a patient with intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA dermatosis type of IgA pemphigus. Exp Dermatol 2000 0.86
48 Pemphigus vulgaris antigen lacks biochemical properties characteristic of classical cadherins. J Invest Dermatol 1994 0.85
49 Natural occurrence of Nuc in the sera of autoimmune-prone MRL/lpr mice. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993 0.85
50 A mouse model of pemphigus vulgaris by adoptive transfer of naive splenocytes from desmoglein 3 knockout mice. Br J Dermatol 2004 0.85
51 The clinical transition between pemphigus foliaceus and pemphigus vulgaris correlates well with the changes in autoantibody profile assessed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Br J Dermatol 2001 0.84
52 Characterization of bullous pemphigoid antibodies by use of recombinant bullous pemphigoid antigen proteins. J Invest Dermatol 1991 0.84
53 Epimorphin expression during human foetal hair follicle development. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.84
54 A case of an inflammatory variant of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita: chronic bullous dermatosis associated with nonscarring mucosal blisters and circulating IgG anti-type-VII-collagen antibody. Dermatology 1998 0.83
55 A case of pemphigus vulgaris showing reactivity with pemphigus antigens (Dsg1 and Dsg3) and desmocollins. J Invest Dermatol 1995 0.83
56 HLA-DRB1 polymorphisms and autoimmune responses to desmogleins in Japanese patients with pemphigus. Tissue Antigens 1999 0.83
57 Exacerbation of paraneoplastic pemphigus by cyclophosphamide treatment: detection of novel autoantigens and bronchial autoantibodies. Br J Dermatol 2004 0.83
58 A Case of pemphigus foliaceus which occurred after five years of remission from pemphigus vulgaris. Dermatology 2001 0.82
59 Neonatal pemphigus vulgaris with extensive mucocutaneous lesions from a mother with oral pemphigus vulgaris. Br J Dermatol 2002 0.81
60 Alopecia as a rare but distinct manifestation of pemphigus vulgaris. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2011 0.81
61 The novel SLCO2A1 heterozygous missense mutation p.E427K and nonsense mutation p.R603* in a female patient with pachydermoperiostosis with an atypical phenotype. Br J Dermatol 2014 0.80
62 Paraneoplastic pemphigus with cutaneous and serological features of pemphigus foliaceus. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.80
63 Immune response towards the amino-terminus of desmoglein 1 prevails across different activity stages in nonendemic pemphigus foliaceus. Br J Dermatol 2010 0.80
64 Novel non-radioisotope immunoprecipitation studies indicate involvement of pemphigus vulgaris antigen in paraneoplastic pemphigus. J Dermatol Sci 1998 0.80
65 Induction of autoantibodies in normal mice by injection of nucleobindin and natural occurrence of antibodies against nucleobindin in autoimmune MRL/lpr/lpr mice. Immunol Lett 1995 0.80
66 Involvement of the bulge region with decreased expression of hair follicle stem cell markers in senile female cases of alopecia areata. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2010 0.80
67 Detection of autoantibodies against bullous pemphigoid and pemphigus antigens by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using the bacterial recombinant proteins. Exp Dermatol 1995 0.79
68 A case of IgA pemphigus successfully treated with acitretin. Br J Dermatol 2002 0.79
69 Increased incidence of pemphigus vulgaris in southern Europeans living in Germany compared with native Germans. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2002 0.79
70 Pemphigus vulgaris with autoantibodies to desmoplakin. Br J Dermatol 2001 0.79
71 Detection of IgA autoantibodies to desmogleins by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: the presence of new minor subtypes of IgA pemphigus. Arch Dermatol 2001 0.79
72 Association of EGF receptor expression with proliferating cells and of ras p21 expression with differentiating cells in various skin tumours. Br J Dermatol 1990 0.79
73 Drug-induced pemphigus foliaceus with features of pemphigus vulgaris. Br J Dermatol 2001 0.79
74 Pemphigus foliaceus: preferential binding of IgG1 and C3 at the upper epidermis. Br J Dermatol 1997 0.79
75 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. J Invest Dermatol 1994 0.79
76 Clinical phenotype and anti-desmoglein autoantibody profile in paraneoplastic pemphigus. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001 0.79
77 Gottron-like papules induced by hydroxyurea. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005 0.79
78 Intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA/IgG antidesmocollin 1 pemphigus. Br J Dermatol 2006 0.78
79 Intractable ulcer caused by Mycobacterium shinshuense: successful identification of mycobacterium strain by 16S ribosomal RNA 3'-end sequencing. Clin Exp Dermatol 2009 0.78
80 Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis (Ofuji's disease): indomethacin as a first choice of treatment. Clin Exp Dermatol 2001 0.77
81 A case of cicatricial pemphigoid with simultaneous IgG autoantibodies against the 180 kd bullous pemphigoid antigen and laminin 5. J Am Acad Dermatol 1998 0.77
82 Preferential activation of the complement system in the lower epidermis of patients with pemphigus vulgaris. Br J Dermatol 1998 0.77
83 Production of the entire extracellular domain of BP180 (type XVII collagen) by baculovirus expression. J Dermatol Sci 2000 0.77
84 Pemphigus vulgaris antigen is a desmosomal desmoglein. Dermatology 1994 0.77
85 Synergistic cell killing by antitumor agents and hyperthermia in cultured cells. Gan 1980 0.77
86 Association of ras p21 with differentiation of epidermal keratinocytes in proliferating skin diseases. J Dermatol Sci 1992 0.77
87 The human genes for desmogleins (DSG1 and DSG3) are located in a small region on chromosome 18q12. Genomics 1994 0.77
88 Coexistence of psoriasis and linear IgA bullous dermatosis. Br J Dermatol 2000 0.77
89 Decline of anti-desmoglein 1 IgG ELISA scores by withdrawal of D-penicillamine in drug-induced pemphigus foliaceus. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005 0.76
90 IgG/IgA pemphigus with IgG and IgA antidesmoglein 1 antibodies detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Br J Dermatol 2002 0.76
91 Analysis of antigens recognized by autoantibodies in herpes gestationis. Usefulness of immunoblotting using a fusion protein representing an extracellular domain of the 180 kD bullous pemphigoid antigen. J Dermatol Sci 1996 0.76
92 A case of drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome showing transient immunosuppression before viral reactivation during treatment for pemphigus foliaceus. Clin Exp Dermatol 2006 0.76
93 A case of herpetiform pemphigus coexisting with psoriasis vulgaris. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.76
94 Towards a better understanding of pemphigus autoimmunity. Br J Dermatol 2000 0.75
95 Immunoreactivity against intracellular domains of desmogleins in pemphigus. J Dermatol Sci 2001 0.75
96 Pemphigus herpetiformis with an autoimmune response to recombinant desmoglein 1. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.75
97 Unique immunobullous disease in a child with a predominantly IgA response to three desmosomal proteins. Br J Dermatol 1999 0.75
98 Primary tuberculosis of the penis after intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation therapy. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2008 0.75
99 [Clinical aspects and immunopathology in 48 patients with pemphigus]. Hautarzt 2000 0.75
100 Pemphigus erythematosus: detection of anti-desmoglein-1 antibodies by ELISA. Dermatology 1999 0.75
101 Pemphigoid nodularis with IgA autoantibodies against the intracellular domain of desmoglein 1. Br J Dermatol 2000 0.75
102 Allergic contact dermatitis from betamethasone valerate in Japan. Clin Exp Dermatol 2001 0.75
103 Trichilemmal tumor arising in a seborrheic keratosis: analysis of cell kinetics by BrdU staining. J Dermatol 1991 0.75
104 Canine hyperplastic intraepidermal pustular and suprabasal acantholytic dermatosis with features of human pemphigus vegetans. Vet Pathol 2007 0.75
105 [Cicatricial pemphigoid]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2000 0.75
106 [Bronchial asthma]. Kurinikaru Sutadi 1986 0.75
107 Immunoglobulin G deposition to nonhemidesmosomal lamina lucida and early neutrophil involvement are characteristic features in a case of anti-p200 pemphigoid. Br J Dermatol 2012 0.75
108 Evaluating efficacy of plasmapheresis for patients with pemphigus using desmoglein enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Br J Dermatol 2008 0.75
109 Pemphigus: from immunofluorescence to molecular biology. J Dermatol Sci 1996 0.75
110 A case of herpetiform pemphigus associated with autoimmune hemolytic anemia: detection of autoantibodies against multiple epidermal antigens. Dermatology 1996 0.75
111 230-kDa and 190-kDa proteins in addition to desmoglein 1 as immunological targets in a subset of pemphigus foliaceus with a combined cell-surface and basement membrane zone immune staining pattern. Exp Dermatol 2003 0.75
112 Vesicular pemphigoid--ultrastructural and immunoelectron microscopic study. Dermatologica 1989 0.75
113 [Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2000 0.75
114 Exclusion of the TAP1 and TAP2 genes within the HLA class II region as candidate susceptibility genes to pemphigus in the Japanese population. J Dermatol Sci 2004 0.75
115 Parallel fluctuation of anti-desmoglein 3 and anti-BP180 autoantibody titres in a patient with bullous pemphigoid. Clin Exp Dermatol 2004 0.75
116 [Antigen-induced biphasic eosinophil infiltration in the airways of actively sensitized guinea pigs and its inhibition by PAF antagonist and cyclosporin A]. Arerugi 1990 0.75
117 [Horizontal tomography of tumors of the head and neck using the Princeps 60 x-ray apparatus for the head region]. Nihon Jibiinkoka Gakkai Kaiho 1971 0.75
118 [Plasma cell leukemia presenting with circulating villous lymphocytes and an indolent clinical course]. Rinsho Ketsueki 2000 0.75
119 Localization of the human gene for 230-kDal bullous pemphigoid autoantigen (BPAG1) to chromosome 6pter----q15. Cytogenet Cell Genet 1991 0.75
120 [Bullous pemphigoid]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2000 0.75
121 Keyboard wrist pad. Contact Dermatitis 2001 0.75
122 Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita in a 6-year-old Japanese boy. Int J Dermatol 1998 0.75
123 Aleukaemic leukaemia cutis as an initial manifestation of myeloid/NK cell precursor acute leukaemia. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2006 0.75
124 [Herpes gestationis]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2000 0.75
125 [Two cases of Trichophyton mentagrophytes infection contracted from a hamster and a chinchilla]. Nihon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi 2000 0.75
126 [The role of bronchial responsiveness to leukotrienes in antigen-induced immediate and late asthmatic response]. Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi 1992 0.75
127 Specific detection of anti-cell surface antibodies in herpes gestationis sera. Exp Dermatol 1996 0.75
128 [Linear IgA bullous dermatosis]. Ryoikibetsu Shokogun Shirizu 2000 0.75
129 Placental glutathione-S-transferase-pi mRNA is abundantly expressed in human skin. J Invest Dermatol 1990 0.75
130 Mitogen-mediated protein phosphorylation in Werner's syndrome fibroblasts. Cell Struct Funct 1988 0.75