Epithelioid sarcomas typically express vimentin, cytokeratins, epithelial membrane antigen, and CD34, whereas they are usually negative for S100, desmin, and FLI-1.
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Desmin, titin, and other z-line proteins are involved in eccentric contractions, but their mechanism is poorly understood in comparison to crossbridge cycling in concentric contractions.
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In human heart failure, desmin expression is upregulated, which has been hyopthesized to be a defense mechanism in an attempt to maintain normal sarcomere alignment amidst disease pathogenesis.
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Desmin was first described in 1976, first purified in 1977, the gene was cloned in 1989, The function of desmin has been deduced through studies in knockout mice.
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Desmin was first described in 1976, first purified in 1977, the gene was cloned in 1989, The function of desmin has been deduced through studies in knockout mice.
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In 1980, synemin was first identified in avian smooth muscle and was initially described as an IF-associated protein due to its colocalization and copurification with desmin and vimentin.
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Biomechanical analyses of the consequence of the deficiencies in the cytoskeletal proteins dystrophin ( the protein deficient in Duchenne muscular dystrophy ) and desmin in isolated muscle fibres and muscle cell cultures
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Its size, structure, and sequence / location of protein motifs is similar to other type III IF proteins such as desmin, vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein ( GFAP ).
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It is closely related to its non-epithelial family members, vimentin, desmin, and peripherin, which are all involved in the structure and function of the cell s cytoskeleton.
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Other cytoskeletal proteins involved in DCM include ?-cardiac actin, desmin, and the nuclear lamins A and C . Mitochondrial deletions and mutations presumably cause DCM by altering myocardial ATP generation.