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  • Title: Basement membrane reactivity of antisera to type IV collagen and sera from patients with bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita.
    Author: Peng TK, Nisengard RJ, Levine MJ, Beutner EH.
    Journal: Proc Natl Sci Counc Repub China B; 1984 Jul; 8(3):268-73. PubMed ID: 6400590.
    Abstract:
    The basement membrane antigenic specificities of antibodies to Type IV collagen were compared to naturally occurring antibodies in sera from patients with bullous pemphigoid and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) by indirect immunofluorescence, mixed immunofluorescence and immunoabsorption. Results suggested that the three sera reacted with three different basement membrane antigens. In addition, absorption with Types I, II, III, or IV collagen failed to reduce the basement membrane reactivities of bullous pemphigoid or EBA sera. The antibodies to the basement membrane components should be useful in studying skin and mucous membrane diseases including periodontal diseases.
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