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Epitopes targeted by bullous pemphigoid T lymphocytes and autoantibodies map to the same sites on the bullous pemphigoid 180 ectodomain.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Dec 2000
Lin M S, Fu C L, Giudice G J, Olague-Marchan M, Lazaro A M, Stastny P, Diaz L A
Abstract excerpt
Bullous pemphigoid is a blistering skin disease characterized by autoantibodies directed against the NC16A domain of bullous pemphigoid 180 (collagen XVII), a transmembrane protein of epidermal basal cells. Passive transfer studies in mice have shown that antibodies that bind to this immunodominant region of bullous pemphigoid 180 are capable of inducing a skin disease that closely mimics bullous pemphigoid,...
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