Autoimmune diseases are initiated when patients develop aberrant T and/or B cell
responses against self proteins. These responses presumably are directed to single …

The presentation of lupus erythematosus (LE) ranges from a skin rash unaccompanied by
extracutaneous stigmata to a rapidly progressive lethal multiorgan disease. The diagnosis …

Background: In major depressive disorder (MDD), findings include hyperstable regulation of
brain arousal measured by electroencephalography (EEG) vigilance analysis and …

Blistering eruptions are rare cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus (LE) that may
be caused by different mechanisms. Subepidermal clefting with frank vesiculation may occur …

Background In select cases, lichen planus has been observed to be a paraneoplastic
condition sometimes associated with paraneoplastic pemphigus, a disease featuring …

This chapter deals with the autoimmune blistering diseases The molecular mechanisms
underpinning the structural integrity of the epidermis and its attachment to the dermis are …

Bullous systemic lupus erythematosus is a subepidermal blistering disease that occurs only
rarely in a subset of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and even less commonly in …

Bullous pemphigoid (BP) and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita are distinct autoimmune
blistering disorders. BP is characterized by autoantibodies directed against the NC16A …

Immunological methods, which have been widely used in autoimmune blistering diseases
(AIBDs) of the oral mucosa, can also be adopted as auxiliary diagnostic tools in oral lichen …

Autoantibodies to basement membrane proteins BP180 and BP230 are characteristic of
bullous pemphigoid and other subepidermal immunobullous disorders. These antibodies …