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Pathogenic autoantibody production requires loss of tolerance against desmoglein 3 in both T and B cells in experimental pemphigus vulgaris.
European journal of immunology - 1 Mar 2002
Tsunoda Kazuyuki, Ota Takayuki, Suzuki Harumi, Ohyama Manabu, Nagai Tetsuo, Nishikawa Takeji, Amagai Masayuki, Koyasu Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
Mechanisms of tolerance break against desmoglein 3 (Dsg3) in patients with pemphigus vulgaris (PV) producing pathogenic anti-Dsg3 IgG autoantibodies are unclear. In this study, using a novel PV mouse model involving Dsg3 knockout mice, we investigated the mechanisms leading to production of autoantibodies against Dsg3. Adoptive transfer of Dsg3(-/-) splenocytes immunized with recombinant mouse Dsg3 to Rag2(-/-)...
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