title: Autoantibodies to bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigens in an infant.
abstract: We describe a 1-year-old boy with multiple tense blisters on the skin, who showed circulating autoantibodies directed to both bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigens. The patient's serum IgG antibodies bound to the 290-kDa epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen with immunoblot analysis of human dermal extracts. Immunoblot analysis also demonstrated that the patient's serum autoantibodies were reactive with recombinant NC16a domain of the 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen. This study confirmed the presence of circulating autoantibodies directed to both bullous pemphigoid antigen and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawachi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ikegami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Otsuka
mesh_terms: D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D016107:Epidermolysis Bullosa Acquisita / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D010391:Pemphigoid, Bullous / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII; C486268:DST protein, human; C044589:epidermolysis bullosa acquisita antigen