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Role of different pathways of the complement cascade in experimental bullous pemphigoid.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 2006
Nelson Kelly C, Zhao Minglang, Schroeder Pamela R, Li Ning, Wetsel Rick A, Diaz Luis A, Liu Zhi
Abstract excerpt
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune subepidermal blistering disease associated with autoantibodies directed against the hemidesmosomal proteins BP180 and BP230 and inflammation. Passive transfer of antibodies to the murine BP180 (mBP180) induces a skin disease that closely resembles human BP. In the present study, we defined the roles of the different complement activation pathways in this model system. Mice...
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