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Immunologic and histopathologic characterization of an active disease mouse model for pemphigus vulgaris.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jan 2002
Ohyama Manabu, Amagai Masayuki, Tsunoda Kazuyuki, Ota Takayuki, Koyasu Shigeo, Hata Jun-ichi, Umezawa Akihiro, Nishikawa Takeji
Abstract excerpt
Pemphigus vulgaris is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes that is caused by anti-desmoglein 3 IgG autoantibodies. Recently, we generated an active disease mouse model for pemphigus vulgaris by adoptive transfer of splenocytes from immunized desmoglein 3-/- mice to Rag2-/- mice. In this study, we performed immunologic and histopathologic studies using this pemphigus vulgaris model in...
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