Anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid with IgG autoantibodies to the beta and gamma subunits of laminin 5

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999 Apr;40(4):637-9. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70453-6.

Abstract

Anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid is an autoimmune subepithelial blistering disorder of mucous membranes and skin. By immunoblot analyses, sera of most patients with antiepiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid have been shown to react specifically with the alpha3 chain of laminin 5. We describe the first patient with anti-epiligrin cicatricial pemphigoid in whom circulating IgG autoantibodies directed against the beta3 and gamma2-chains of laminin 5 were detected. Treatment with oral prednisolone was beneficial in controlling the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / blood*
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology*
  • Kalinin
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Immunoelectron
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / diagnosis
  • Pemphigoid, Benign Mucous Membrane / immunology*

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Cell Adhesion Molecules
  • Immunoglobulin G