An estimated 20–25% of the population is affected by chronic, non-communicable
inflammatory skin diseases. Chronic skin inflammation has many causes. Among the most …

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is the most common autoimmune bullous disease, characterized
by severe pruritus and skin blistering. The loss of tolerance against Collagen XVII, also …

The complement system comprises the frontline of the innate immune system. Triggered by
pathogenic surface patterns in different pathways, the cascade concludes with the formation …

Pemphigoid diseases are autoimmune chronic inflammatory skin diseases, which are
characterized by blistering of the skin and/or mucous membranes, and circulating and tissue …

Importance Bullous pemphigoid is a difficult-to-treat autoimmune blistering skin disease that
predominantly affects older adults and is associated with an increased mortality rate …

Pemphigus and pemphigoid diseases are autoimmune bullous diseases characterized and
caused by autoantibodies targeting adhesion molecules in the skin and/or mucous …

Introduction Inflammatory epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is characterized by a
neutrophilic response to anti-type VII collagen (COL7) antibodies resulting in the …

Pemphigoid diseases are a group of autoimmune blistering skin diseases defined by an
immune response against certain components of the dermal-epidermal adhesion complex …

Bullous pemphigoid is a subepidermal blistering disease associated with autoantibodies
(auto-ab) to BP180 and BP230 which affects elderly patients, predominately. Although it is a …

Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita and mucous membrane pemphigoid are autoimmune
blistering diseases characterized by mucocutaneous blisters elicited by an autoantibody …