title: Pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans with circulating autoantibodies to bullous pemphigoid antigen 230.
abstract: We describe a woman from Korea with pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans associated with ulcerative colitis. On immunofluorescence examination, she demonstrated in vivo bound and circulating IgG antibasement membrane zone antibodies. The immunoelectron microscopy and immunoblot analysis showed that the antibodies reacted with the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230. We consider that the circulating autoantibodies to the bullous pemphigoid antigen 230 in this patient were an epiphenomenon, resulting from epidermal damage induced by inflammation of pyodermatitis-pyostomatitis vegetans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bong Kyun
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Soo-Chan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology*; D001485:Basement Membrane / Q000276:immunology; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D003094:Collagen / Q000276:immunology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D000071821:Dystonin; D005260:Female; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D024041:Non-Fibrillar Collagens; D011711:Pyoderma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D000097805:Collagen Type XVII
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; 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