IgA autoantibodies in the pemphigoids and linear IgA bullous dermatosis

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-653

  Horváth, Barbara ^a,b,d   Niedermeier, Andrea ^a   Podstawa, Eva ^a   Müller, Ralf ^a   Hunzelmann, Nicolas ^c   Kárpáti, Sarolta ^b   Hertl, Michael ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bullous pemphigoid; IgA antibodies; Linear IgA bullous dermatosis; Mucous membrane pemphigoid; Pemphigoid gestationis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID ANTIGEN 1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS EXPRESSION SYSTEM; BINDING SITE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LINEAR IGA BULLOUS DERMATOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TARGETING;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID GESTATIONIS; PEMPHIGOID, BENIGN MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 77954651064     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2010.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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