Bullous pemphigoid autoantibodies preferentially recognize phosphoepitopes in collagen XVII

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2736-2739

  Zimina, Elena P ^a   Hofmann, Silke C ^a   Fritsch, Anja ^a   Kern, Johannes S ^a,b   Sitaru, Cassian ^a   Bruckner Tuderman, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 17;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BLISTER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 53949104513     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.132     Document Type: Letter

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