Pathogenesis of bullous pemphigoid

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-446

  Ujiie, Hideyuki ^a   Nishie, Wataru ^a   Shimizu, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animal model; Bullous pemphigoid; IgE autoantibody; NC16A; Pathogenesis; Type XVII collagen

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 17; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AUTOIMMUNE SKIN DISEASE; BULLOUS PEMPHIGOID; BULLOUS SKIN DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; SKIN;

EID: 79956290463     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: 15580520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2011.03.008     Document Type: Review

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