The role of intramolecular epitope spreading in the pathogenesis of endemic pemphigus foliaceus (Fogo Selvagem)

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 197, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1501-1510

  Li, Ning ^a   Aoki, Valeria ^b   Hans Filho, Gunter ^c   Rivitti, Evandro A ^b   Diaz, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoimmunity; Desmogleins; Epitope spreading; Pemphigus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BRAZIL; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; INTRAMOLECULAR EPITOPE SPREADING; KERATINOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RELAPSE; REMISSION;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BRAZIL; CADHERINS; DESMOGLEIN 1; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PEMPHIGUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0038281525     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.20022031     Document Type: Article

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