The role of T lymphocytes and cytokines in the pathogenesis of pemphigoid gestationis

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1141-1148

  Fabbri, Paolo ^a,c   Caproni, M ^a   Berti, S ^a   Bianchi, B ^a   Amato, L ^a   De Pita O ^b   Frezzolini, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

^c Clinica Dermatologica II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Granulocytes; Immunohistochemistry; Pemphigoid gestationis; T helper 2 lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TRYPTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BLISTER; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PAPULAR URTICARIA; PATHOGENESIS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PRURITUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NEUTROPHIL ACTIVATION; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0038346521     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05265.x     Document Type: Article

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