Pathogenicity and Epitope Characteristics of Anti-Desmoglein-1 from Pemphigus Foliaceus Patients Expressing only IgG1 Autoantibodies

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1373-1378

  Hacker Foegen, Mary K ^a   Janson, Marleen ^a   Amagai, Masayuki ^b,c   Fairley, Janet A ^a   Lin, Mong Shang ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AUTOANTIBODY; CONFORMATIONAL EPITOPE; DESMOGLEIN 1; DESMOGLEIN 1 ANTIBODY; DESMOSOMAL GLYCOPROTEIN; EPITOPE; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; LINEAR EPITOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DISEASE COURSE; ECTODOMAIN; EPITOPE MAPPING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN;

EID: 0347624708     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1747.2003.12608.x     Document Type: Article

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