Pregnant women have increased incidence of IgE autoantibodies reactive with the skin and placental antigen BP180 (type XVII collagen)

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 198-204

  Noe, Megan H ^a   Messingham, Kelly A N ^a   Brandt, Debra S ^a   Andrews, Janet I ^a   Fairley, Janet A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; IgE; Pregnancy; Type XVII collagen

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BP180; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNION; ARTICLE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANTIBODY FORMATION; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SKIN; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 77953622631     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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