Bullous Pemphigoid: A Prototypical Antibody-Mediated Organ-Specific Autoimmune Disease
Bullous Pemphigoid: A Prototypical Antibody-Mediated Organ-Specific Autoimmune Disease
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United States: Elsevier Inc
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a prototypical organ-specific autoimmune disease. Autoantibodies unfold their blister-inducing potential by triggering an Fcγ-dependent inflammatory reaction. The study by Iwata et al. in this issue provides the first direct evidence that IgG autoantibodies from BP patients may also weaken cell–matrix adhesion by depletin...
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Bullous Pemphigoid: A Prototypical Antibody-Mediated Organ-Specific Autoimmune Disease
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_923193852
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_923193852
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0022-202X
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1523-1747
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10.1038/jid.2009.12
