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BP180 as the common autoantigen in blistering diseases with different clinical phenotypes.
1 Jan 2002
Abstract excerpt
Bullous pemphigoid antigen 180 (BP180, type XVII collagen) is a transmembrane hemidesmosomal glycoprotein of basal keratinocytes that spans the lamina lucida of the dermal-epidermal junction. Five autoimmune subepidermal blistering diseases are associated with an immune response to BP180, including bullous pemphigoid (BP), pemphigoid gestations (PG), cicatricial pemphigoid (CP), lichen planus pemphigoides (LPP),...
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