"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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmoplakins" by people in Profiles.
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Genome-Wide Association Study: Functional Variant rs2076295 Regulates Desmoplakin Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 11 01; 202(9):1225-1236.
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Nuclear association of the cytoplasmic tail of MUC1 and beta-catenin. J Biol Chem. 2003 Sep 26; 278(39):38029-39.
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Plakoglobin and beta-catenin: distinct but closely related. Science. 1992 Aug 21; 257(5073):1142-4.