title: Pemphigoid nodularis: a case with 230 kDa hemidesmosomes antigen associated with bullous pemphigoid antigen.
abstract: We report a 73-year-old woman with typical clinical, histological and immunofluorescence features of pemphigoid nodularis. Direct immunofluorescence studies of prurigo nodularis-like lesions and peribullous skin showed the linear deposition of IgG and C3 at the basement membrane zone. Circulating IgG against the basement membrane was also detected by indirect immunofluorescence. The serum from the patient was shown to contain the autoantibody against 230 kDa hemidesmosomal antigen associated with bullous pemphigoid antigen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Aichi Medical University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tamada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokochi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oshitani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Owaribe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000032:analysis*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D003896:Desmosomes / Q000276:immunology*; D000071821:Dystonin; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000276:immunology*; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001324:Autoantigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII; C486268:DST protein, human