Relevance of cellular infiltrate and cytokines in polymorphic eruption of pregnancy (PEP)

Journal of Dermatological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-69

  Caproni, Marzia ^a   Giomi, Barbara ^a   Berti, Samantha ^a   Bianchi, Beatrice ^a   Fabbri, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Cytokines; Microchimerism; Pemphigoid gestationis; Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HLA DR ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 8; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MYELOPEROXIDASE; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMIS; EOSINOPHIL; EPIDERMIS; EXOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; POLYMORPHIC ERUPTION OF PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWIN PREGNANCY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SKIN DISEASES; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 33744532582     PISSN: 09231811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2006.03.006     Document Type: Letter

References (10)

1. Ahmadi S., and Powell F.C. Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: current status. Australas J Dermatol 46 (2005) 55-60
2. Callen J.P., and Hanno R. Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP). A clinicopathologic study. J Am Acad Dermatol 5 (1981) 401-405
3. Cohen L.H., Capeless E.L., Kruzinski P.A., et al. Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy and its relationship to maternal-fetal weight and twin pregnancy. Arch Dermatol 125 (1989) 1534-1536
4. Aronson I.K., Bond S., Fielder V.C., et al. Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy: clinical and immunological observations in 57 patients. J Am Acad Dermatol 39 (1998) 933-939
5. Aractingi S., Berkane N., Bertheau P., et al. Fetal DNA in skin of polymorphic eruption of pregnancy. Lancet 352 (1998) 1898-1901
6. Liu Z., Diaz L.A., Troy J.L., et al. A passive transfer model of the organ specific autoimmune disease, using autoantibodies against the hemidesmosomal antigen, BP 180. J Clin Invest 92 (1993) 2480-2488
7. Caproni M., Giomi B., Volpi W., et al. Chronic idiopathic urticaria: infiltrating cells and related cytokines in autologous serum-induced wheals. Clin Immunol 114 3 (2005) 284-292
8. Artlett C.M., Smith J.B., and Jimenez S.A. Identification of fetal DNA and cells in skin lesions from women with systemic sclerosis. N Engl J Med 338 (1998) 1186-1191
9. Boeck S., Hamann M., Pihusch V., et al. Kinetics of dendritic cell chimerism and T cell chimerism in allogenic hematopietic stem cell recipients. Bone Marrow Transplant 10 (2005) 1-8
10. Borrego L., Peterson E.A., Diez L.I., et al. Polymorphic eruption of pregnancy and herpes gestationis: comparison of granulated cell proteins in tissue and serum. Exp Dermatol 24 (1999) 213-215