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Bullous pemphigoid antigen 1 isoforms: potential new target autoantigens in multiple sclerosis?
1 Mar 2005
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BACKGROUND: The simultaneous occurrence of bullous pemphigoid (BP) and multiple sclerosis (MS), two autoimmune diseases involving the skin and the central nervous system (CNS), respectively, has been described. OBJECTIVES: As the BPAG1 gene encodes the epithelial isoform of BP antigen 1 (BPAG1-e), a major autoantigen of BP, as well as additional variants expressed in the neurones of the CNS and peripheral nervous...
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