A bstract Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune blistering skin disease characterized
by the presence of pathogenic autoantibodies against desmoglein 1, a component of …

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is a blistering autoimmune skin disease rare in most of the world
but endemic in certain regions of Brazil. PF is characterized by the detachment of epidermal …

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by bullous skin
lesions and the presence of antibodies against desmoglein 1. In this study we sought to …

Pemphigus foliaceus (PF) is an autoimmune skin disease characterized by autoantibodies
directed mainly against desmoglein‐1. The purpose of this study was to determine whether …

Transmembrane proteins of the cadherin superfamily, the desmogleins and desmocollins,
mediate intercellular adhesion in desmosomes. Autoantibodies to desmoglein 1 (dsg1) are …

Skin blisters of pemphigus foliaceus (PF) present concomitant deposition of autoantibodies
and components of the complement system (CS), whose gene polymorphisms are …

Endemic pemphigus foliaceus (EPF) is a blistering skin disease characterized by
autoantibodies against the desmosomal protein desmoglein 1. Genetic and environmental …

Following the candidate gene approach we analyzed the CD40L, CD40, BLYS and CD19
genes that participate of B-cell co-stimulation, for association with pemphigus foliaceus (PF) …

Autoimmune blistering dermatoses (ABDs) are characterized by autoantibodies to
keratinocyte surface antigens and molecules within the dermal–epidermal junction causing …

Background and aim Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is known to have one of the strongest HLA
associations among autoimmune diseases. DRB1* 0402 and DQB1* 0503 in particular are …