In mucous membrane pemphigoid, autoantibodies are produced against what structural units that bind the epithelial cells to each other?

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In mucous membrane pemphigoid, autoantibodies are produced against hemidesmosomes, which are the structural units that bind the epithelial cells to the underlying basement membrane. Desmosomes and desmogleins are components of intercellular junctions between epithelial cells, not between epithelial cells and the basement membrane. Pemphigleins are not a known structural unit involved in this condition.

In Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid, Autoantibodies Are Produced Against What Structural