Desmosomes are specialized structures of the cell membrane that are crucial for the establishment and maintenance of cell-cell adhesion and tissue integrity. Transmembrane proteins of desmosomes, desmogleins, and desmocollins are responsible for extracellular binding and, thus, are important for interkeratinocyte…
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The frequency of osteoporosis in patients with pemphigus vulgaris on treatment
Background: Pemphigus vulgaris was almost fatal before the advent of glucocorticoids. Unfortunately, the high doses and prolonged administration of glucocorticoids, which often needed to control the disease, result in numerous adverse effects many of which are serious. Aims: To evaluate the patients…
Resistant oral mucosal lesions in pemphigus vulgaris responsive to double filtration plasmapheresis: First case report from Turkey.
Background Adjuvant therapeutic methods are employed when pemphigus vulgaris (PV) fails to be controlled by conventional corticosteroid treatment. Objective: The efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) was investigated in a PV patient with severe, refractory mucosal disease. Methods A total…
Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Anti-Laminin 332 Autoantibodies Detected by a Novel Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid
IMPORTANCE A rare variant of mucous membrane pemphigoid (MMP) is characterized by circulating anti-laminin 332 (Lam332) autoantibodies and seems to be associated with concurrent malignant neoplasms. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and clinical significance of anti-Lam332 autoantibody detection from a large…
Desmosomal adhesion and pemphigus vulgaris: the first half of the story
Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a paradigm of autoimmune disease affecting intercellular adhesion. The mechanisms that lead to cell–cell detachment (acantholysis) have crucial therapeutic implications and are currently undergoing major scrutiny. The first part of this review focuses on the classical…
Oxidative stress and autoimmune skin disease.
Antioxidants play the important role in our body of neutralizing free radicals and peroxides that are formed during normal physiologic events. While these reactive oxygen species are necessary for numerous biological processes, when created in excess they can have deleterious…
Application for Tacrolimus Ointment in Treating Refractory Inflammatory Ocular Surface Diseases
Purpose To evaluate the therapeutic effects of topical tacrolimus ointment on refractory inflammatory ocular surface diseases. Design Retrospective interventional consecutive case series. Methods In Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea, 0.02% tacrolimus ointment was topically applied 1 to 3 times per…
An attempt to develop mouse model for anti-laminin γ1 pemphigoid.
BACKGROUND: We recently reported that the autoantibodies of anti-p200 pemphigoid sera react with laminin γ1 and renamed this entity as anti-laminin γ1 pemphigoid. However, it has not been clarified whether the anti-laminin γ1 autoantibodies, particularly those to the C-terminal integrin binding…
Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment in Hailey-Hailey Disease: A Series of 8 患者.
OBJECTIVES: Hailey-Hailey disease (HHD), or benign familial pemphigus, is a rare autosomal dominant genodermatosis characterized by the formation of blisters. Eruptions are usually located in large skin folds, and when blisters become infected the condition can be very painful and disabling.…
