Where does rituximab fit in the treatment of autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering skin disease?

R Nigam, J Levitt - Journal of Drugs in Dermatology: JDD, 2012 - europepmc.org
… We propose rituximab as a first-line therapy for pemphigus vulgaris and steroid-dependent
bullous … No head-to-head studies are available with respect to safety and efficacy of rituximab

The emerging role of rituximab in autoimmune blistering diseases

AR Ahmed, S Shetty - American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2015 - Springer
is to evaluate the current data on the use of rituximab in the treatment of autoimmune
mucocutaneous blistering … PV is an autoimmune blistering disease that affects the skin and …

[HTML][HTML] Skin barrier and autoimmunity—mechanisms and novel therapeutic approaches for autoimmune blistering diseases of the skin

NE Stevens, AJ Cowin, Z Kopecki - Frontiers in Immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… Combining conventional systemic corticosteroids with rituximab treatment has also … treatment
and emerging therapeutics for autoimmune skin blistering diseases and highlight blistering

A comprehensive analysis of treatment outcomes in patients with pemphigus vulgaris treated with rituximab

AR Ahmed, S Shetty - Autoimmunity reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
… in blister formation causing erosions of the epidermis which leads to a breakdown of the barrier
function of the skin … One patient was treated with CS and ISA for mucocutaneous disease. …

Critical analysis of the use of rituximab in mucous membrane pemphigoid: a review of the literature

S Shetty, AR Ahmed - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2013 - Elsevier
is an autoimmune blistering disease. In patients who do not respond to conventional therapy,
rituximab … The current literature on the treatment of MMP with RTX is limited. OBJECTIVE: In …

[HTML][HTML] Consensus on the treatment of autoimmune bullous dermatoses: bullous pemphigoid, mucous membrane pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita …

CG Santi, AC Gripp, AM Roselino, DS Mello… - Anais brasileiros de …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
… MMP from other diseases with mucocutaneous involvement. 53 Chan … Oral cavity trauma
using ill-fitting dentures can lead to the … of protein A immunoadsorption and rituximab: a protocol …

[HTML][HTML] Rituximab in pemphigus: Road covered and challenges ahead

K Vinay, S Dogra - Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2018 - journals.lww.com
… characterized by mucocutaneous blisters and … rituximab was used to treat non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma dawned upon a new era of targeted therapy to treat autoimmune blistering diseases. …

Comparison of rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin in the treatment of autoimmune bullous diseases: Real‐life data from a single centre

L Huseynova Terzi, N Akdogan… - … Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… The model fit was assessed using appropriate residual and goodness-of-… disease, affected
sites (mucosal only or mucosal and skin), duration of disease to the initiation of the treatment

Developing biomarkers for predicting clinical relapse in pemphigus patients treated with rituximab

LN Albers, Y Liu, NA Bo, RA Swerlick… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
… factor of 12.32 in patients with mucocutaneous disease (P = .001); … written by autoimmune
blistering disease experts in … time to zero at time of treatment fit the nature of this process and …

[HTML][HTML] Reversing autoimmunity combination of rituximab and intravenous immunoglobulin

AR Ahmed, S Kaveri - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
treatment of autoimmune mucocutaneous blistering diseases, … widespread PV involving the
skin and multiple mucosae (41). … are monitored for structural fitness and autoreactivity at five …