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Here, we evaluated ultrastructural desmosomal morphology in the human skin organ culture (HSOC) model injected with either anti-desmoglein (DSG) 1\/3 single-chain variable fragment (scFv, termed Px4-3), Staphylococcus aureus exfoliative toxin (ETA) as a reference and positive control, and normal human IgG as a negative control. Each experimental condition was evaluated in abdominal skin biopsies from five different donors. After 24 h of incubation, we processed the samples for histological and ultrastructural electron microscopy analyses. We found that Px4-3 or ETA induced a loss of desmosomes and increased interdesmosomal widening, similar to patient skin biopsies and other pemphigus models. 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