Evaluation of desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 autoantibodies in oral cancer: A pilot study

• Main Authors: Pavan Kumar Yellarthi (Author), Arvind Muthukrishnan (Author), Raghurama Rao Gandikota (Author), Y Sandhya Pavankumar (Author), Divya Uppala (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Carcinogenesis is a complex multistep process involving alterations at the cellular level. Alteration in cell-to-cell adhesion of oral epithelium plays an important role in carcinogenesis and metastasis. The alterations in the role of desmosomal components due to autoantibodies to desmog...