title: Lichen planus pemphigoides: case report and results of immunofluorescence and immunoelectron microscopic study.
abstract: A Japanese woman with lichen planus pemphigoides is reported. Immunologic characteristics of lichen planus pemphigoides antigen in the patient were investigated by indirect immunofluorescence and compared with those of bullous pemphigoid antigen or epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen. Ultrastructural localization of lichen planus pemphigoides antigen was studied with the use of immunoelectron microscopic techniques. Lichen planus pemphigoides antigen showed localization similar to that of bullous pemphigoid antigen but different from that of epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen. The antigenic stability of lichen planus pemphigoides antigen was different from that of bullous pemphigoid antigen or epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen. Thus this study demonstrates that lichen planus pemphigoides antigen is different from bullous pemphigoid antigen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo University Branch Hospital, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Okochi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamaki
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004820:Epidermolysis Bullosa / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D008010:Lichen Planus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M