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Query: UMLS:C0038362 (stomatitis)
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We investigated a 73-kDa polypeptide (p73), a minor component of the rabies virion (HEP-Flury and ERA strains), accounting for as much as 1% of total virion proteins. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting with the antiserum against the heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) demonstrated that p73 was identical to a constitutive type of cellular hsp70. The antiserum also detected p73/hsp70 in the purified virions of other negative-stranded RNA viruses, such as vesicular stomatitis virus (New Jersey serotype), Newcastle disease virus (Miyadera strain), and influenza A virus (PR8 strain), among which, however, the contents were variable.
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PMID:Identification of heat shock protein 70 in the rabies virion. 132 9

Chronic ulcerative stomatitis (CUS) is a recently described mucocutaneous condition in which patients experience chronic, painful, ulcerative lesions of the oral mucosa. CUS is diagnosed by immunofluorescence studies that demonstrate antinuclear antibodies. These autoantibodies are specific for a protein, deltaNp63alpha, which is normally expressed in basal cell nuclei of stratified squamous epithelia. The purpose of this study was to characterize the autoimmune response in CUS. Protein antigens were produced by in vitro transcription/translation of polymerase chain-reaction (PCR)-amplified cDNAs. We used immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation experiments with serum from CUS patients to examine the (1) antibody isotype, (2) immunogenic functional domains of the deltaNp63alpha antigen, and (3) cross-reactivity with homologous p53, p73, and p63 proteins. Results demonstrate CUS patient antibodies to deltaNp63alpha, and 52% of cases have circulating IgA isotype antibodies. The N-terminal and DNA-binding domains are the immunodominant regions, and antibody cross-reactivity with p53, p63, and p73 isoforms is limited.
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PMID:Autoimmunity to deltaNp63alpha in chronic ulcerative stomatitis. 1772 Aug 49