Pemphigus group: overview, epidemiology, mortality, and comorbidities

K Kridin - Immunologic research, 2018 - Springer
Pemphigus forms a group of rare autoimmune bullous diseases that affect the skin and
mucous membranes. This group has a chronic course leading to high morbidity and …

The new pemphigus variants

ND Robinson, T Hashimoto, M Amagai… - Journal of the American …, 1999 - Elsevier
Pemphigus describes a group of autoimmune diseases characterized by blisters and
erosions of the skin and mucous membranes, acantholysis by histology, and autoantibodies …

Autoimmunity against desmosomal cadherins in pemphigus

M Amagai - Journal of dermatological science, 1999 - Elsevier
Pemphigus is a unique and interesting autoimmune disease, in which autoantibodies play a
major pathogenic role and cause blister formation. Several questions raised from clinical …

Impact of serum cytokine levels on EEG-measured arousal regulation in patients with major depressive disorder and healthy controls

FM Schmidt, A Pschiebl, C Sander, KC Kirkby… - …, 2016 - karger.com
Background: In major depressive disorder (MDD), findings include hyperstable regulation of
brain arousal measured by electroencephalography (EEG) vigilance analysis and …

[HTML][HTML] Non-classical forms of pemphigus: pemphigus herpetiformis, IgA pemphigus, paraneoplastic pemphigus and IgG/IgA pemphigus

AM Porro, LVN Caetano, LSN Maehara… - Anais brasileiros de …, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The pemphigus group comprises the autoimmune intraepidermal blistering diseases
classically divided into two major types: pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus foliaceous …

Update on fogo selvagem, an endemic form of pemphigus foliaceus

V Aoki, EA Rivitti, LA Diaz… - The Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Pemphigus are organ‐specific autoimmune diseases, where autoantibodies (mainly
immunoglobulin [I g] G) directed against epidermal targets (glycoproteins of the desmosomal …

[HTML][HTML] Direct and indirect immunofluorescence

V Aoki, JX Sousa Jr, LMI Fukumori… - Anais brasileiros de …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
A imunofluorescência é um valioso instrumento auxiliar no diagnóstico das dermatoses
bolhosas autoimunes e desordens inflamatórias, uma vez que seus achados clínicos e …

Clinical, pathologic, and immunologic features of pemphigus herpetiformis: a literature review and proposed diagnostic criteria

LMC Costa, MA Cappel… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Pemphigus herpetiformis (PH), a rare type of pemphigus, is characterized by immunologic
findings consistent with pemphigus but with a unique clinical and pathologic presentation …

Immunobullous diseases

F Wojnarowska, VA Venning - Rook's Textbook of dermatology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This chapter deals with the autoimmune blistering diseases The molecular mechanisms
underpinning the structural integrity of the epidermis and its attachment to the dermis are …

Desmoglein 1 and desmoglein 3 are the target autoantigens in herpetiform pemphigus

K Ishii, M Amagai, A Komai, T Ebihara… - Archives of …, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To determine the cell surface autoimmune target of herpetiform pemphigus (HP).
Design Serum samples of HP were examined by immunoblot studies with human epidermal …