Article
The 97 kDa linear IgA bullous dermatosis antigen is not expressed in a patient with generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa with a novel homozygous G258X mutation in COL17A1.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Nov 1998
Shimizu H, Takizawa Y, Pulkkinen L, Zone J J, Matsumoto K, Saida T, Uitto J, Nishikawa T
Abstract excerpt
The nature and expression pattern of the 97 kDa linear IgA bullous dermatosis antigen (LAD-1) and its role in epidermolysis bullosa have not been fully elucidated. In this study, we examined the expression of LAD-1 in the skin specimens of 70 patients with the various subtypes of epidermolysis bu...
Topics
- Antigens
- Autoantigens
- Carrier Proteins
- Cohort Studies
- Collagen
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Desmosomes
- Dystonin
- Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica
- Epitopes
- Female
- Heteroduplex Analysis
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
