465-476 FA Flashcards
Tight junction function
Prevent paracellular movement of solute, claudin and occludins.
Zonula adherence
Connect Actin cytoskeleton of adjacent cells with cadherins
Loss of E cadherin
Metastasis
Desmosome another name, function
Maculla adherens
Structural support via intermediate filament interactions.
Pemphigus vulgaris pathology
AutoAb to desmoglein 1 and 3
What channel protein is in gap junction?
Connexon
Connexon function
permit electrical and chemical communication Betwn cell
Hemidesmosome function
Basal cell keratin with BM
AutoAb to hemidesmosome.
bullous pemphigoid
Integrity of BM maintained by
Integrins by bindibg to collagen, laminine and fibronectin
Parakeratosis example
Psoriasis
Actinic keratosis
Retention of nucleus in stratum corneum
Parakeratosis
Increase thickness of stratum granulosum
Lichen planus( hypergranulosis)
Acantholysis
Seperation of epidermal cell
Acantholysis seen in
pemphigus V