University of California San Francisco

The plant lectin wheat germ agglutinin inhibits the binding of pemphigus foliaceus autoantibodies to desmoglein 1 in a majority of patients and prevents pathomechanisms of pemphigus foliaceus in vitro and in vivo.

Ortiz-Urda S, Elbe-Bürger A, Smolle J, Marquart Y, Chudnovsky Y, Ridky TW, Bernstein P, Wolff K, Rappersberger K PMID: 14634141

Sustainable correction of junctional epidermolysis bullosa via transposon-mediated nonviral gene transfer.

Ortiz-Urda S, Lin Q, Yant SR, Keene D, Kay MA, Khavari PA PMID: 12808440

PhiC31 integrase-mediated nonviral genetic correction of junctional epidermolysis bullosa.

Ortiz-Urda S, Thyagarajan B, Keene DR, Lin Q, Calos MP, Khavari PA PMID: 12828862

[New immunosuppressive agents for treating psoriasis].

Ortiz-Urda S, Rappersberger K PMID: 12634991

Injection of genetically engineered fibroblasts corrects regenerated human epidermolysis bullosa skin tissue.

Ortiz-Urda S, Lin Q, Green CL, Keene DR, Marinkovich MP, Khavari PA PMID: 12531881

Stable nonviral genetic correction of inherited human skin disease.

Ortiz-Urda S, Thyagarajan B, Keene DR, Lin Q, Fang M, Calos MP, Khavari PA PMID: 12244305

Pathogenesis of the permeability barrier abnormality in epidermolytic hyperkeratosis.

Schmuth M, Yosipovitch G, Williams ML, Weber F, Hintner H, Ortiz-Urda S, Rappersberger K, Crumrine D, Feingold KR, Elias PM PMID: 11676820

A localized variant of paraneoplastic pemphigus: acantholysis associated with malignant melanoma.

Schaeppi H, Bauer JW, Hametner R, Metze D, Ortiz-Urda S, Salmhofer W, Rappersberger K, Hintner H PMID: 11422052