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Pemphigus (Pemphigus Vulgaris)

04/2008Evaluating efficacy of plasmapheresis for patients with pemphigus using desmoglein enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
10/2006Are desmoglein autoantibodies essential for the immunopathogenesis of pemphigus vulgaris, or just "witnesses of disease"?
05/2006Intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA/IgG antidesmocollin 1 pemphigus.
01/2005Decline of anti-desmoglein 1 IgG ELISA scores by withdrawal of D-penicillamine in drug-induced pemphigus foliaceus.
08/2004A mouse model of pemphigus vulgaris by adoptive transfer of naive splenocytes from desmoglein 3 knockout mice.
07/2004The detection of IgG and IgA autoantibodies to desmocollins 1-3 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using baculovirus-expressed proteins, in atypical pemphigus but not in typical pemphigus.
05/2004Exacerbation of paraneoplastic pemphigus by cyclophosphamide treatment: detection of novel autoantigens and bronchial autoantibodies.
10/2003230-kDa and 190-kDa proteins in addition to desmoglein 1 as immunological targets in a subset of pemphigus foliaceus with a combined cell-surface and basement membrane zone immune staining pattern.
11/2002IgG/IgA pemphigus with IgG and IgA antidesmoglein 1 antibodies detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
11/2002A case of IgA pemphigus successfully treated with acitretin.
08/2002Monitoring disease activity in pemphigus with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using recombinant desmogleins 1 and 3.
11/2001Dominant autoimmune epitopes recognized by pemphigus antibodies map to the N-terminal adhesive region of desmogleins.
11/2001Pemphigus vulgaris with autoantibodies to desmoplakin.
06/2001Paraneoplastic pemphigus: an association with fludarabine?
06/2001Detection of IgA autoantibodies to desmogleins by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay: the presence of new minor subtypes of IgA pemphigus.
05/2001Predominant IgG4 subclass in autoantibodies of pemphigus vulgaris and foliaceus.
04/2001Clinical phenotype and anti-desmoglein autoantibody profile in paraneoplastic pemphigus.
01/2001Immunoreactivity against intracellular domains of desmogleins in pemphigus.
11/2000Rapid response of IgA pemphigus of subcorneal pustular dermatosis type to treatment with isotretinoin.
11/2000Use of domain-swapped molecules for conformational epitope mapping of desmoglein 3 in pemphigus vulgaris.
07/2000Protection against pemphigus foliaceus by desmoglein 3 in neonates.
06/2000Identification of desmoglein 1 as autoantigen in a patient with intraepidermal neutrophilic IgA dermatosis type of IgA pemphigus.
02/2000Development of chimeric molecules for recognition and targeting of antigen-specific B cells in pemphigus vulgaris.
01/2000Induction of keratinocyte IL-8 expression and secretion by IgG autoantibodies as a novel mechanism of epidermal neutrophil recruitment in a pemphigus variant.
01/2000Detection of antigen-specific B cells in patients with pemphigus vulgaris by enzyme-linked immunospot assay: requirement of T cell collaboration for autoantibody production.

Articles by Research Topic

Disease

25Pemphigus (Pemphigus Vulgaris)
04/2008 - 01/2000
3Skin Diseases
06/2000 - 01/2000
2Bullous Pemphigoid (Pemphigoid)
11/2004 - 01/2000
1Allergic Contact Dermatitis
03/2001
1Folliculitis (Sycosis)
03/2001
1Impetigo
11/2000
1Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (Ritter's Disease)
11/2000
1Vesiculobullous Skin Diseases (Subcorneal Pustular Dermatosis)
11/2000
1Dissociative Disorders (Fugue)
04/2000
1Darier Disease (Darier's Disease)
04/2000
1Benign Familial Pemphigus (Hailey Hailey Disease)
04/2000
1Psoriasis (Pustulosis Palmaris et Plantaris)
03/2000

Drug/Important Bio-Agent (IBA)

10Immunoglobulin A (IgA)IBA
05/2006 - 01/2000
8AutoantibodiesIBA
10/2006 - 01/2000
7DesmogleinsIBA
04/2008 - 01/2001
6Immunoglobulin G (IgG)IBA
05/2006 - 01/2000
5Desmoglein 1IBA
01/2005 - 01/2000
4Desmoglein 3IBA
11/2004 - 07/2000
2Proteins (Proteins, Gene)IBA
07/2004 - 10/2003
2AntibodiesIBA
11/2002 - 11/2001
2AntigensIBA
02/2000 - 01/2000
1Penicillamine (Cuprimine)FDA Link
01/2005
1DesmocollinsIBA
07/2004
1AutoantigensIBA
05/2004
1Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan)FDA LinkGeneric
05/2004
1AcitretinFDA Link
11/2002
1Desmoplakins (Desmoplakin)IBA
11/2001
1EpitopesIBA
11/2001
1fludarabineIBA
06/2001
1Indomethacin (Indometacin)FDA LinkGeneric
03/2001
1Betamethasone (Celestone)FDA Link
03/2001
1Isotretinoin (Accutane)FDA LinkGeneric
11/2000
1Desmosomal CadherinsIBA
04/2000
1Cadherins (E-Cadherin)IBA
04/2000
1Interleukin-8 (Interleukin 8)IBA
01/2000

Therapy/Procedure

1Plasmapheresis
04/2008